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Using cowbells allows them to come up slower and release the air. Other methods, they come up too quick and fill up and can’t release. I have caught a lot of Lakers over the years that had hook holes in their mouths, ripped gills, and lures in their mouths. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Awesome thank you! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

No. Fizzing is different. To burp a laker, flip it on its back and run your thumbs from its lower belly towards its mouth applying slight pressure. This will push the air out of them so they do not struggle to go back down. I have never put them on a clip on the rigger to send them back. If you get all the air out, they go back down quickly. Sometimes you can watch them go back down on the fish finder.

Copper is already not much fun to fight fish on. Why add an inline to it? I run mine off of Otter boats with duel keels.

There are a ton of factors that make these numbers higher or lower. Not horsing them up keeps them from blowing up and not being able to return to the cold water they need. Proper methods like burping need to be used to help increase survival.

We are heading to Ocean City MD on memorial Day weekend and wanted to do some pier fishing. Anyone have any pointers, locations and set ups that are a must? Thanks in advance!

Nice Job Abe! Nice lure choice!

No need! After the launch gets closed at Sandy from the flooding, it will be a ghost town like two years ago! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app