I been racking my peanut brain for the past two days about how to effectively reach the fish this weekend with this Northeast blow they are predicting.
Seems how I can probaly pee about as far as I could throw an eel into the wind, I need an alternative. I have considered throwing a tin squid/ eel skin combo, but that would require me finding them and getting to a store before they close tonight.
So, I was thunkin' (hear the gears grinding) that if I have used eel skins over bottle swimmers before, how would they work if I were to slip an eel skin over a super strike needle fish and somehow lash it to it? Would this be an effective method of delivery? Would I need to somehow cut a groove into the hard plastic body with maybe a dremel tool to make a lashing channel? What would I do about the rear hook? Put it on a piece of wire so it is hanging out the back or cut it through like the front hook? Or maybe no rear hook at all, but wouldn't that affect the action/ weight/ castablitly of the needle fish itself?

Any thoughts or criticism be grealty appreciated since I am down to about 4 hours to departing time.

thanks ya'll

Red,
No rear hook on the superstrike. I've done it and they work. Another option is to use the habs stubby needle which makes a good eelskin plug. Again just the treble - no rear hook. Good luck.
DZ

I might have better luck winning the lottery than being able to find Habs' needles. I only have one left and it is a big white one. With the bright moon, would rather have it available to fish without the eel skin over it. Thanks for the idea though...........But just maybe........

Big moon, rig the skin with the blue side out ;)

redlite,
Mung will kill this idea, but what about a heavy bank sinker and a dropper loop about 12" above the weight to attach the eel, and drag that in slow?

The bank sinker idea has the areodynamics of a helicopter missing one blade. Hard to cast three way rigs. The needle fish would most likely be more mung friendly as I can fish it at various speeds/ depths to keep out of the mung if it is on the bottom. Besides, what is "MUNG"???? Ain't seem any in a few weeks....(knock on wood)

toss that big black and purple needle or the yellow and white