Got out tonight with my grandson, Anthony, for about 2 hours.  Stripers were going nuts breaking the surface all around us.  We hooked several, 4 broke off, two in a nearby submerged tree and two simply broke our 8 lb test.  Lost probably another 5-6 reeling them in.  We kept 4 that were gut hooked.  They were 25″, 23″,  22″ & 19″. We released around 6 undersized. We went thru about 30 nightcrawlers. Several times we had strikes at the same time, and we managed one double catch.

We were using a #2 hook with a nightcrawler, Texas Rigged, and a 1/8 ounce bullet weight, with a BB split shot about 18 inches above the hook, keeping the bullet weight away from the hook.