Never had much luck with the surface iron unless it was a school of breezing hungry fish
, I've caught most on yoyo iron
(My favorite outfit used to be a Penn 4/0 Special narrow on a Truline D-8
, now I use a BeastMaster 12/30=the original TLD 30 2-speed mounted on a Calstar 665H w/60# Hollow Ace & Seaguar 60# fluorocarbon top-shot
) .
Just my experience.
FFY