Constant line pressure is a must. Stripers aren't leapers so you won't see them until they lull exhausted next to the boat. Even then, they are a force to respect. Garry Sperry, considered by many to be America's foremost fresh water striper guide, had his wrist cracked by a struggling striper. By the time you boat your 22 pounder, you're aware that you've just won one hell of a fish fight.
Limit is three per person per day.
Sperry, who has fished for tarpon through-out the central Americas, compares the contest to fishing for salt water trophies. Not only are the big stripers powerful, they are hyper. They stay alive by swimming rapidly after quick, darting little shad. And they cover long distances in a hurry. Sperry tells of a blue heron that flapped over a school of surface-feeding stripers he was pursuing.