Inside the striper's stomach they found 10 bullet-shaped lead weights weighing nearly two pounds -- surefire evidence of "yo-yoing, " a baiting technique banned from the high-profile event, which will be held again next month.
But the incident stirred a fierce debate here about yo-yoing, a technically challenging but potent technique that involves stuffing a bait fish with lead weight so it will sink to the ocean's bottom where big stripers lie.