I guess you can't yo-yo on this site

[Fish_Eye]

Hi Sandman,

In an old issue of OTW you'll find an editorial comment on a reader question "What is this in the belly of a striper?" It showed pictures of the steel rods and lead weights (some 10 or 12 of them in just one striper) that baffled the OTW reader.

I know the finer points of the technique and would never devulge them...first out of respect for the person who passed on the info (a commercial hi-hook) and secondly, I don't believe it's a proper technique for catching stripers...too many fish ingest lead and that's not a healthy fish to eat in the long run.

Furthermore, some poor angler will weigh in a fish at either the Derby, The OTW event, an ASA tourney or FLW event and will likely be looked at as a cheat. I know a half dozen fisherman that have zipped opened fish full of junk. In the old days (early 70's) it involved spark plugs and coat hangers...I'll leave it at that.