Pogie Question
Well, the big schools of adult pogies have been in and around my area for the last several days and yesterday I was finally able to snag one! (from shore) Having never used one live I wondered how to most effectively hook it? I ended up putting the hook into its mouth and up through the top of its head. Wow! What a resilient little fish that was. It lived for over an hour before I had to quit fishing. I was fishing a river mouth at slack tide and the turn out and had several BIG stripers send that sucker flying out of the water but could not get one to catch it! I free spooled the pogie but it took 150 yds of line and was going strong and would have spooled me.
So, any good tips on how to effectively fish these live if I should be so lucky to snag another one? This pogie was a good 12 inches long and will become chunk bait tonight. Planning on cutting it into 1/3's.
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