Last weekend I was fishing Morgan Lake, catching a few here and there on jigs. I ran into a friend of mine that was fishing with live bait. He was drifting with 6 poles out and had 3/4 a cooler full. I was getting plenty of bites but they weren't holding on when I tried to set teh hook.

We were both fishing the same method (drifting) but I did notice he was fishing about 3' deep and I was about 6' - 8'.

My question is: Do you think he was catching more than me because he was using live bait or the depth he was fishing or both?