YoYo bait inside my buddies bass

[Sluggoslinger]

Well I am dying to know how to do it. I also respect certain secrets like the yo yo setup. I hope to one day learn it by putting in my time and earning it. Part of the beauty of fishing for striper is all the techniques that come with experience. From what I know even if you have a book explaining how to yo yo, it will still take a TON of practice to learn how to fish it correctly.

[Nebe]

In a nutshell....
you rig a pogie like you would a ballyhoo.. shove some lead inside the belly to act as a weight and as a keel so it doesnt roll, sew it up... you make a bunch of them and then brine them(optional) the term yo-yo comes from the jigging motion you make with your pogie- hopefully it is right off the bottom.. Chumming with finely ground up pogies is the the key to success.

[Flaptail]

I heard this all started with some RI guys in RI regitered red seacraft who would come over to the brickyard off Menemsha and yoyo tons of fish then hi tail it back to Ri via water. Seems like ten years or so was when I first heard of this from some guys I know that hang in Vineyard Sound alot. Anyone know if that is true?

[thefishingfreak]

like nebe said..
we do it with mackeral for tuna.
you jam a wood skewer thru one eye all the way to the tail so the bait stays nice and strait. then stuff a 2-3-4 oz sinker down its throat.. zip tie its mouth shut.. then hook thru the top of the back arround the skewer...so it will hang perfectly stait..

this way the bait sits perfecty strait and looks like it's swimming. no roll....no bending....no nuthin...looks like it's alive but easier to catch

yo-yo away

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

I heard this all started with some RI guys in RI regitered red seacraft who would come over to the brickyard off Menemsha and yoyo tons of fish then hi tail it back to Ri via water. Seems like ten years or so was when I first heard of this from some guys I know that hang in Vineyard Sound alot. Anyone know if that is true?

Flap:
It was 1992 or 3 when that stuff was going on. I know the guys your talking about but won't name names. They were killing it on MV and bringing the fish back to RI. I remember they would come into Charlie Murats old shop in No. Smithfield with a truck load of 30's. And this was when the moritorium had just ended and a 30 was a big deal.
Yo Yo was the trick.

[thefishingfreak]

go rent the video "stand up to a giant" with dennis braid.

they show you how to to rig a yo-yo

[Clammer]

Paul before that ===we were doing it before the closure ;;;;

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Clammer

Paul before that ===we were doing it before the closure ;;;;

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