I find it ironic and sad

[Got Stripers]

Hey nothing wrong with live bait, if our water's were full of schools of large adult bunker, I'd have something other then plastic on the end of my line.

As for the hookpoint being almost inside the plastic, you will be surprised how good a hooker that set up is. Trust me if it weren't I'd not be still fishing it after over a decade. Sometimes when the rats are about, it's just a matter of misses and smaller mouths, but still it's a very good rig and hook.