i will give yall my freshwater experience with crappie.... I know.... different fish- but there are similarities in their bite...
Sometimes I find the fish want the jig straight up and down and jigged with a lot of motion.... sometimes they want the jig thrown out and hit it on the fall....and sometimes they want the jig in front of them perfectly still (even have to adapt my movement to counteract the boat's movement).. a fish, is a fish, is a fish....
I always try to adapt my presentation based on my past experiences... it doesnt seem to matter much on what species- the tactics are similar (jigging, draggin the bottom, resting bait on bottom while compensating for boat movement).... I got on a grouper bite on one of the TFF tuna trips at our day stop.. I found the grouper(yellowmouth) wanted the bait sitting on the bottom perfectly still without any movement from the boat.... so I would go to the bottom- and let enough line out I could keep tension on it, and still move the rod up and down to keep the weight from stirring up the bottom while bouncing... I cant remember how many 5-7 I caught, but "Pee Wee- Deep Sea Headquarters" told me he was impressed... that meant a lot to this rookie. ANd on the night time YFT I found that If I threw the jig out past the lights and let it fall on a tight line while popping it avery 5 seconds- I could hook up. I had to switch to a spinning rig to get the jig out that far. On another trip I found that the chunk bite became REEEEEEEAAALLLYY boring so I asked Jamie to pin on a piggieperch... he set me up with a egg sinker carolina rig... freelined it out to my topshot connection and that resulted in hookups almost everytime(until the rest of the boat caught wind of what I was doing... LOL)
Adaptation is one of the most important factors in a successful trip.... have it in the back of your mind to fish each tactic 30 minutes until you find what they start hitting, then key in on the slight differences (color, style, size).... I have learned this through constantly being on the water -whether it be salt or fresh.(with 99% of my time being on freshwater- but the tactics carry over)