When faced with a perplexing situation, a sampling net can give you the solution.

An easy and cheap sampling net is a 5 gallon paint strainer. Put the strainer over your landing net and you can use it to seine the water. Sometimes, I even wade right into the feeding lane. It puts down the fish, but when you are not catching the fish anyway, it can give you some possible reasons.

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