Yep. As said, go with White's Auto Fisher. And you may not have this exact problem in Ohio, but something to consider...

My father and a friend tried using several dozen in a large reservoir full of catfish to supply a community fish fry. They knew it would take a couple of hours to put them all out around the lake, and they hoped that would be enough time for the fish to bite. That way, they could just keep making a loop around the lake, re-baiting and loading the boat.

The only ones smarter than them were the alligators. By the time they made it back around, they were finding more catfish heads than catfish.

If you have smart predators around, it won't take them long to figure out that a tripped yo yo is a sure sign to an easy meal.

Airport, that’s a Hawg

Thanks AIX

I’ll have to admit that I was surprised when I started using yo-yos. I’d always heard how finicky crappie were and how I “needed” small mono that they wouldn’t see.


Then I started using yo-yos and catching them just fine with 40 lb twine!

Dang, yes it is!

OK I admit it I'am a little slow. Why are they illegal in some states?

Same reason there are limits on other fishing gear. People decided certain methods or amounts have an unfair advantage or there were problems with the way it used to be such as people setting a bunch of lines and then never checking them or people setting many and catching what some felt were “too many” fish so they restricted methods or gear. I don’t know all the fancy words, but it has to do with events leading to policy changes (I think)


Getting it changed [should] be a matter of getting enough people to agree

Ive never seen the need for them myself . They look useful for setting from things that dont give . I normaly tie to whippy limbs when the water is high . We also drill into solid things logs or pilings and stick fiberglass bank poles in . Those 4' 3/8 fence post work good on logs . You just dont see hardly any yo yos around here