I read John's excellent 101 article but have a question...

When do you start eelin'? Now, or when the water warms up?

Thanks,
Rob

not until at least june, maybe the new moon.

Originally posted by blackeye
not until at least june, maybe the new moon. :rolleyes:

Rob, go ahead and throw eels as soon as the bass are around.

Originally posted by tlapinski
:rolleyes:

Rob, go ahead and throw eels as soon as the bass are around.

Yep

I stand corrected
I personally don't start using eels untill the water is a little warmer and the fish are a little finicky-er.

Bass hate eels... It goes beyond a hunger thing, it has more to do with survival insticncts...They see them, they kill them.

I never had one single bass tell me they don't like eels :)

That what happens is the eels try to get into the stripers gill plates and naturally the bass would not like that so...."BANG" its eels for dinner! I don't buy that though, I think ells are simply "bass candy" as they say!:drool:

Lefty Kreh said it best:

"Throwing an eel in front of a striped bass is like rolling a wine bottle into a drunk tank."

That pretty much says it all - as only Lefty can phrase things.

If the big girls are around, there's no such thing as too early.