A lot of people don't seem to get this part.After you set the hook,the yo-yo breaks free from the hook.The fish then either spits out the pogie,or expels it from its gills.The loaded pogie is then picked up by a SECOND bass.Whether you suffer a break-off or hook pull,has nothing to do with anything.You can land and keep every bass you ever hook.The problem is the 2nd fish,she gets to live with the lead and skewer.

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BD, I KNOW you mean well, but "Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt"?

Why why why do you chime in if you have never chunked or yo yo-ed or wire-lined or any other deep water boat technique for 'the great morone saxitilis'. You just absolutely showed that you have never live lined pogies for bass. How do you get the bait down to bass and past your 'boos'? Some guys 3-way, some guys add an egg sinker, some yo-yo. All add lead to the 'great Atlantic'

Yo-yoing just puts the lead inside the bait, thats the difference. It was banned at the MV tournament (they can say it is health reasons), but solid lead cannot, at a molecular level get into the meat and poison people, and yes there is some collateral damage as animal mentioned, I am certain, but wire line, and every other fishery has collateral damage. They banned it because, what is to stop someone from stuffing 3 of 4 yo-yo rigged pogies @2lbs each down the gullet of a bass; 42lbs becomes 48 or 50. '

Oops; I wasn't yo-yoing, must have already been inside that fish' thus it opens the door for cheating.

I chose not to rig them this way for bass (tuna yes) and do I know how, but truth be told I prefer to catch bass from shore, and save the boat for bottom fish, tuna and sharks.

What RIJim said a few replies below are true, even for a republican.

one important thing to remember is that while fishing in over 50ft of water with a bunker about 12in long it is highly unlikely you will hook up with a 20in schoolie, the fish you get yo yoing are not babies

Again, see Animals post; MOST of the guys fishing yo-yo's are on HEAVY tackle, they arent hooking and releasing fish, they want to get 5 and get home. the problem is the busted off, non-caught fish.

Pat, you wrote a great article, but I'm worried you'll turn some of the light-tackle crowd into pin-hookers, and THEN these techniques will become a problem...

i see the argument, however, just think of how many of the weighted pogies dont get eaten (sure some do). but i'm prob not the only one whose lost a fish because the fish felt the hook. now imagine a fish mouthing 8oz of lead plus a skewer

INSIDE a pogy; less likely to me than the fish feeling lead on a 3-way or egg-sinker.

fair enough, however i appreciate yoyoing in the dog days of august

I fish the yo-yo,so I'm not condemning it's use,however,the bass you land,does not contain a loaded pogie.The fish you see following it to the boat does.

Bryan, my question was because of my ignorance in this particular method of "getting deep". i don't believe that you have to have done all the ways of deep water fishing for striped bass to formulate an opinion/theory, albeit informed or not. that is the purpose of asking questions isn't it? to become better informed about a certain subject, right?

Very good response, most educational, and if you reread the part about the MV Derby i think you'll find that i suggested that this method left room for unethical competition. that is all :wave:!

nice comments about my ineptitude, though.
whatever floats yer boat, trips your trigger,
or helps ya to sleep at night :faga:.

WOW, Jenn!

What have ya got against Rednecks?
They're people, too ya know...............:heybaby:
At least i didn't slam the caveman :tooth: :tooth:

Is there a post missing or sometin?? She don't normally slam somebody -

:wave:Nothing against them....I are one!:humpty:

Most days I may have found it funny but with the recent rash of temper flair ups around here leaving the post was tempting fate:huh:.....like I said tongue in cheek or not it had potential to provoke.....

That's COOL!
Just trying to add a little levity :kewl:.