JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Chuck Gould wrote:
On Oct 22, 6:18?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
I have argued for a long time against yo-yoing and finally, somebody
is stepping up to the plate.

http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?4495
Salmon fishermen, as well as halibut fishermen, often use a "jigging"
technique in this region. It sounds very much like the yo-yoing
described in the article, except they use artificial lures instead of
lead weighted bait fish. Are artificial lures that much less effective
for striped bass?


Striped bass respond to artificial lures, flies, live bait, chumming, et
cetera, just like most other other aggressive fish.

...or even just a fat clam on a hook. That's how my son caught his first
serious fish in Montauk when he was about 5. It was one big ass fish, and to
my son, it seemed even bigger when he shlepped it back to the car wrapped in
a towel, past all these big guys who saw the whole thing happen. It's
amazing how much a 5 year old can swagger at the appropriate time.

You get better action with a 5 to 7 inch spot hooked through the back
behind the dorsal fin. Stripped bass love spot.