If you are getting them to blow up constantly like that, you are doing something right. Just need a minor change to get them to take it. That change may just be a change in the retrieval speed, color, size of the plug, or a combo of the above. Also, not every blow up with result in a hook up. I've had them absolutely crush a plug and somehow miss two large trebles.

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... I'm wondering if your experience is better fishing for stripes at night closer to a full moon than a new moon? ...
New moon is better. If its full, hope for cloud cover to cover up the moon, or find the dark banks and fish those.

Andrew