In my younger know-it-all years, I laughed at a guy livelining a choggy at the canal run while everyone else was livelining herring.....He got the last laugh!! I caught two cod in the canal a few years ago and both had choggies in their bellies. About the only thing I have not found in stripers belly is an eel...Go figure?
Eels, bivalve bodies, worms, very small fish, etc. are digested more quickly and easily than large fish covered in scales and shelled invertebrates. This could skew any at-home stomach content analysis of stripers, or of any other fish.
The worst day fishing is better than the best day working. ...Wait a minute, my work IS fishing. Sweet.