snagging and dropping for small stripers your thoughts?

[plugginpete]

I drove to New Jersey to see the craziness on Sunday. I got some stripers on a SS popper. Saw a lot of folks snagging and dropping. Most of these were 24 to 27 inch stripers. Do you think that kills the fish? A couple were bleeding badly when thrown back. What are your thoughts, guys?

[Monty]

I think it Sucks.
I do not snag and drop, I am against it.
Finchaser has discussed this often, talked about using circle hooks.
Cowherder recently posted about a day he did extremely well with artificials, but that the others using snag and drop did better.
His day was excellent, seemed like no need to snag and drop.

[fishinmission78]

^^^^Do you think there's any chance of that? I'm not meaning to criticize , do you fish in Jersey. Not many want to try anything else or they claim it's the only thing that works. I'm not trying to argue just stating what im seeing. I would agree I think it's probably killing a lot more fish than people realize.

[cowherder]

yeah it seems like everyone's doing it. The three main ways they're catching fish now in daytime blitzez are poppers, shads, and snag & drop. The guys who were snagging the peanuts out fished me by at least 4 to 1 though.

[jigfreak]

On the Water just posted an article on how to catch more fish by snagging n dropping. ROFL

[vpass]

I watched one of the guys next to me using this technique killed 3 shorts that the water turned red when he released them. he was going thru the gills to remove the hook. I bet half the fish that were released died form snag and drop technique.

[Monty]

I watched one of the guys next to me using this technique killed 3 shorts that the water turned red when he released them. he was going thru the gills to remove the hook. I bet half the fish that were released died form snag and drop technique.

What a waste. Jersey finally gets a few great days of fishing and instead of people sharpening their skills with artificials, or challenging themselves to catch the abundance of bass on artificials, a lot of people resort to snag and drop and injure and kill.
I don't get people. I just do not understand their single mindlessness.

[dogfish]

What the hell is wrong with you joisey guys? snagging and dropping for dinks, has it become that desperate?

[finchaser]

It's disgusting but they say they are targeting keeper size fish
As I always say many of the so called bass fisherman especially the ones in the cell phone mafia can't catch a bass with out snag and drop a blitz and a phone call. Makes me want to :upck:

[SharkHart]

I cant lie i did my share of snag n drop but only when they ignored lures. I watched a lot of guys flip bails and let em runoff i would hit em the moment i felt a knock and had no issues with deep hooks or missed hits

[basshunter]

^^I guess if you were going to do it, would make sense in doing it right. You want to set that hook as quickly as possible.Saw a lot of dudes doing that the last time I was out fishing. Vive la difference.

[surferman]

I think I have read here many times the bunker makes everyone a bass fisherman.:d

[finchaser]

I cant lie i did my share of snag n drop but only when they ignored lures. I watched a lot of guys flip bails and let em runoff i would hit em the moment i felt a knock and had no issues with deep hooks or missed hits

I agree with you 100% but most do that count to 10 bulls-it they read about to make sure the fish swallows it.

[storminsteve]

I haven't done it yet. Was next to a guy last week that seemed to catch one striper after another doing that. Like vpass said, a few of his went back very bloody they probably didn't make it.

[fishinmission78]

No one was snagging and dropping for stripers yesterday. Didn't see any caught on bait either, it was all about artificials.

[bababooey]

What's the big deal if you are going to keep some anyway? Shouldn't you be allowed to catch them however you want? Jeez!

[finchaser]

these are mostly shorts^^^