i have been thinking the same thing as you guys. so i was jigging for lakers this past sunday on cayuga, i got into a bunch of baitfish, i dropped down a sabiki rig (i think that is how you spell it) i jigged it around and picked up a bunch of alewifes, threw them in a bucket. i hooked them on a live bait rig two at a time and dropped them overboard while i continued to jig. i did see numerous lakers on the bottom show interest but never hit the alewifes. all the while i was catching lakers on the jig. i ended up drowning 4 alwifes. i caught a total of 8 lakers all in the 25-30 inch range on the jig. never a single bite on the live bait. i'm totally stumped. what the heck? mind you my jig was 14 feet from the bait!