YoYo bait inside my buddies bass

[Sluggoslinger]

I heard its deadly though... You don't have any more discription on how that was rigged do you? Just curious...

[Mr. Sandman]

He asked me what this was and described it to me fairly well and I said it was probably some of the comm guys yoyoing big bait near the bottom. Few recs actually fish like this. Personally I have never done it and don't know exactly how to rig it but know it goes on. The weight had fallen thru the baitfish and was in the belly of the bass, it was about 8 oz of lead. the baitfish was opened and the weight inserted and baitfish slit was stapled up closed. I didn't get exactly where the hook was but he said he didn't find a hook. The fish also had a second large bait in there as well.

He said he was glad he didn't weigh it in for a contest because he would not want to take the blame for something like this if it was opened up.

PS (lots of large fish were brought in yesterday by the comms...several close to 50#)

[Mike P]

As far as I know, yo-yoing is perfectly legal. It targets big bass, well above the 34" commercial minimum. Those fish aren't going to be intentionally released anyway. The problem is breaking one off, as was apparently the case with your friend's. I don't know how much harm the weight causes---but I have cleaned a number of bass over the years that had ingested rocks.

It can cause problems for guys at tournament weigh-ins. Rumor has it that a well known MV charter captain was DQ'd on a Derby winning fish because a yo-yo weight was inside when the Committee opened it up. I also hear it won him a 5 year suspension.

[clambelly]

are you serious?
non-legal to yo-yo?
why?
should chunking be banned as well?

[reelecstasy]

Originally Posted by clambelly

are you serious?
non-legal to yo-yo?
why?
should chunking be banned as well?

take a deep breath, that is why it was put in the form of a question.....geez

[clambelly]

Originally Posted by reelecstasy

take a deep breath, that is why it was put in the form of a question.....geez

sorry. i didn't mean to over-react. sometimes all day on the water melts my brain.

a guy i know of has caught MANY fish over 50 pounds with the yo-yo. i have no clue how it works, but i do know it DOES work.

[Clammer]

Billy ;;
it wasn,t Ray ===== But I guy::: if you saw him on the water /you,d think he was some ya-hoo

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Mike P

As far as I know, yo-yoing is perfectly legal. It targets big bass, well above the 34" commercial minimum. Those fish aren't going to be intentionally released anyway. The problem is breaking one off, as was apparently the case with your friend's. I don't know how much harm the weight causes---but I have cleaned a number of bass over the years that had ingested rocks.

It can cause problems for guys at tournament weigh-ins. Rumor has it that a well known MV charter captain was DQ'd on a Derby winning fish because a yo-yo weight was inside when the Committee opened it up. I also hear it won him a 5 year suspension.

Nobody was banned. The weight of the lead inside the fish was deducted from the total weight of the fish and the fish counted.

[nightfighter]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

Nobody was banned. The weight of the lead inside the fish was deducted from the total weight of the fish and the fish counted.

Nobody was banned last year, but I think MikeP is referring to an incident which occurred years ago, before the internet age.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

Nobody was banned last year, but I think MikeP is referring to an incident which occurred years ago, before the internet age.

That would be correct. This thread started in 2006. Lev's fish was 2007. No one ever said Lev was banned.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Mike P

That would be correct. This thread started in 2006. Lev's fish was 2007. No one ever said Lev was banned.

I have been fishing the derby since "73" and of the two or three people I can think of who are banned or were banned from the derby I don't believe any of them were caught stuffing weight in a fish.