When a 30-pound striped bass inhales a jig in four feet of water, it figures out in no time at all that it has a predicament. It wants to dog deep, throwing headshakes and running for cover until it either pops the hook or gets wrenched back to the surface. But on Maryland's Susquehanna Flats, it's got no place to go but out. And considering that deep water isn't easy to find in this niche area of the northern Chesapeake Bay, the bass tend to go way, way out. On the Susquehanna Flats, you learn the importance of a full spool very quickly.