I still come back to the fact that it is possible to yo-yo effectively without using all of that dangerous crap. There is plenty of info out there about how to do it, perhaps the best of both worlds for those that like the method and find it successful.

Am I the only person who doesn't know what yo yo ing is? I've heard the term many times before, but could someone give a quik overview of what it entails?
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I'm not going to get into details because it's like showing you how to shoot dope.

It's deadly.

You weight a pogie with a lead or an old spark plug. You do some other stuff and then you hook it in back of the dorsal fin. You have to be on a boat. You drop in straight down and..... get the picture.

Funny how all the fish caught with lead in there belly are still alive, until they are killed another way. How many fish are caught with plugs hanging out of their face? Or like was mentioned snag hooks on there bellys? Snag-drop-snap" line breaks. Ohh well tie on another snag hook on and rip it again.

It's on the books in Mass now that all the "gear" must be attached to the mainline. Problem (or complaints of a problem) solved.
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+1

For me, this is easy.

I would not use the harmful secret bait :fury:

I think it would be funnier if we caught dead fish :devil2:.

I never lost a fish yo yo'ing, never. Everytime I did fish this way was on a comm. license a buddy of mine held. I have never ever cut a fish open that I caught surf fishing that I filleted that I ever found lead in its gullet either. So it either isn't being done that often, or when it is done it is very effective and the angler lands the fish, or its doesn't kill the fish who ate the lead. After all how many floaters do any of us see? Anyone can query a post that I did here that explains it in a finite manner. I did yo yo in the canal once, but I got really tired trying to hold bottom, using 14 #'s of lead weight, standing in the middle of the railroad bridge using a spiral wrapped boat rod.