fish finding techniques

[fishinpox]

which do you think is a better bait for locating fish small, big, topwater??

i think a topwater is great if you have the paticentce because if you can entich a topwater strike it usally means there is more (schooly) fish around. on the other hand i also like smaller baits like a dudley on a jighead because it is eaiser to get a strike from a wider range of fish in size opposed to throwing a large bait hoping to catch the attention of the "loner" trophy.