Pyramid is Great for Striper, I never caught a striper until I fished at Pyramid...me and my fishin buddy Kev rented a boat and we fished near the dam. The lady at the gate was nice enough to give us a free pack of anchovies...and we had all the lures etc and nothing was working until we used anchovies....all I did was tied the like directly to a size 6 mosquito hook or just about any hook will do...I have yet to try circle hooks...but all you do is just cut up the anchovies into little 1 inch chunks and hook it carefully so it wont tear off when you cast....and just cast it out about 50 feet and just do nothing but wait...watch for line movement...usually these fish cruise around so the eat and swim and eat and swim...but every time by buddy goes there now all he uses is anchovies and he catches tons of them....plus you can also use some weight and let it drift to the bottom and you might catch a catfish...