As the tide switched and the sun began to drop behind the surrounding hills, the water got a little cooler - just enough to shut down the bite. It was a lesson in the importance of water temp for fooling large stripers, and an even bigger tutorial in besting cows with light tackle. Even though the fish finder was lit up with cows at eight feet, it seemed a outbreak of lockjaw plagued the area. We headed back to the ramp with insight to apply to our home waters back in New Jersey and wrists aching from the fights. If you've never seen a big bass boil in the shallows, get down to Maryland before the fish head back out to sea.