These approaches arent limited to Raritan Bay but can be applied to spring striper fishing in many areas, according to habitat in any given location
Once on the bottom, slowly lift and drop, only moving the worm a few inches
Note: If you have ever felt the pain of having to use pliers to pull out a treble hook from your finger, hand, arm, leg, back, head, or even your eye, then you know the pain that these hooks cause
Choosing a fishing rod to go with this size reel: 5000 or 50 Sized reels are of medium size and will generally marry up well with 6-7ft barra or snapper rods rated up to 10Kg or will be great to use on light-med 10-11ft surf rod rated up to 6Kg or you could even use this fishing reel on an 8-9ft general purpose rod
Curved Spoons that literally have a curve molded or bent in them typically kick or flutter out to the side on slack line