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I caught a 31-inch striper a few years ago on a swimming plug on 10-pound test. It didn't fight like decent fish at all, but when I went to land it I was surprised by it's respectable size. I dragged it up onto the sand, and when I went to grab it I notices my lure lure was in mid-air about two feet in front of the fish. Here's what happened. The fish had been caught before on bait. The leader was hanging out of it's mouth. The treble on my plug went through the opening on the swivel at the end of the leader in its mouth, which is how I landed it (what are the odds of that?)
The fish was in pretty bad condition; weak, skinny and kind of red looking around the fins. It didn't look like it was going to make it. So I ate it. It tasted good.
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