Rocks for stripa bait

[Blackfish Bobby]

ROCKS FOR BAIT !!!! Forgot to share this pic.
Stripers were so darn hungry Saturday they were eating rocks.

One fish had two of these big stones in its gut...... When I felt them I thought they were clams much like he must have when he ate them.

Woulda been a good Pool Fish :eek:

[Blackfish Bobby]

ROCKS FOR BAIT !!!! Forgot to share this pic.
Stripers were so darn hungry Saturday they were eating rocks.

One fish had two of these big stones in its gut...... When I felt them I thought they were clams much like he must have when he ate them.

Woulda been a good Pool Fish :eek:

The ROCK

[Gerry Zagorski]

Oh boy you realize you're going to cause a rock shortage now... Kinda like what happened with Salmon colored gulp last year :D

[BugEye Chris]

Do you realize the controversy this new striper
Food is going to cause at the weigh station in
The upcoming tournaments

[dales529]

They are called Rockfish in some states:D

[BigRock44]

Holy cow! :eek:
I've been using the wrong bait all these years...

[Rocky]

Do you realize the controversy this new striper
Food is going to cause at the weigh station in
The upcoming tournaments

So true! How would you like to weigh in a winner and they find rocks in the belly?

[Andreas Toy]

Old timers say that certain species of fish use them
As ballast prior to upcoming storms when they sense
Barometric pressure dropping. Sunday had bad weather,
Go figure?!

[Reel Class]

Old timers say that certain species of fish use them
As ballast prior to upcoming storms when they sense
Barometric pressure dropping. Sunday had bad weather,
Go figure?!

exactly what freddy said.... I've heard the same exact thing!

[Blackfish Bobby]

Thanks for sharing that info. Very interesting. I was wondering how in the world the fish would pass such large stones.

[bulletbob]

Thanks for sharing that info. Very interesting. I was wondering how in the world the fish would pass such large stones.

Most likely they wouldn't.

[blindalfred]

I've found pebbles in trout stomachs. I figured they picked them up when nymphing. That's some pebble, but they probably pick them up the same way when looking for crabs and such on the bottom.

[Blackfish Bobby]

Yeah but these bad boys were the size of a large egg. :eek:

[Pennsy Guy]

Old timers say that certain species of fish use them
As ballast prior to upcoming storms when they sense
Barometric pressure dropping. Sunday had bad weather,
Go figure?!

I heard that about bluefish years ago.