Like deep said they aren't in a feed mode. Catching a sail on a drifted dead sardine is a luck thing. Livies or trolled ballyhoo are the way to go. THE KEY IS FINDING BAIT AND STAYING ON TOP OF IT.
We fished a couple days before that day and had bait balls and cutters all to ourselves on the 960 line right at the 100f. Even had a huge sperm whale come up through the bait balls.
It's an unreal scene when it happens. What the video doesn't show is when you go by the ...