Glen,
Welcome to the site. I guess the first question is, where do you fish? Do you fish NH and the Merrimack River? If so, try Hayabusa Sabiki Rig -- "Hage Aurora" -- The hooks have a small "bead" of green fluorescent that hold the iridescent fish scale on the hook. It does glow in the dark and I've used these for catching herring and all different types of bait fish in Florida. The Baby Shrimp Rig by Mustad is also very effective in our local waters. They are simple to use and very effective. Just lower them down and jig them up with a lift of the rod and you'll catch bait, sometimes several at once. Small shad darts also work well.
Small mackerel also work well for big stripers, so do large chunks of larger macks.
Good fishing!
Mike
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