Does anybody have any or have any info on them?

I got an eel bob from a friend at a tackle shop, not sure if its a clark though. It worked great for me, wanna get some with a lil bigger weight for next season when the surf is kickin so i can get the eel down near the bottom. Basically its an egg weight that is through wired attached to a hook. You cut skin the eel back a couple inches, cut off the head, insert the hook into the eel, pull the skin over the eeg weight and tie on with a bag twisty minus the paper coating. I could bring it by the shop if you were interested in looking at it.

Yeah, bring it on by when you get a chance.

It's actually for the Ironman, he's got plans for it if it's a Clark. By the description it's at least similar.

Thanks Chef!

WHat makes the clark so good? What did you guys hear? I did well with it , but didnt get it till november so it didnt really get too much action. Next year though, is a different story. Ill bring it by sometime in the next week probally.

I'm pretty sure that was developed by one of the Jamestown Clarke's
They used to fish that east side from Beavertail, in....
The countdown method works very well over there - in the big water you get on the east side of J-town, an eel bob makes perfect sense.

Thats what i got then. The guy who gave it to me , learned of them from a jamestown local.

Eel bobs were made up and down the coast in the late 1800's till the 1950's. They were very popular on the Cape.:D

Blackeye (boardmember) has a grandfather who lives in the vineyard who makes a cool eel bob type rig.. its a stainless tube attached to a length of toilet chain and along the toilet chain are little cork floats so your eelskin can wiggle along the surface. I have one but I also have sluggos.. which would you use??:huh:

Eben, that's an old style Cuttyhunk rig. Someone used to sell them commercially. I used to see them on the rack at Red Top in the old days.

Flap i beleive you are right and i have no idea what i am saying
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Originally posted by Eben
Flap i beleive you are right and i have no idea what i am saying
:hidin:

thats a first!
:laughs:

got pic of the tube n float one?

Originally posted by Joe
I'm pretty sure that was developed by one of the Jamestown Clarke's
They used to fish that east side from Beavertail, in....
The countdown method works very well over there - in the big water you get on the east side of J-town, an eel bob makes perfect sense.

The Clark eel bob was developed and sold by one of the J-town Clarks - I want to say it was Arthur but I may be wrong. He held the RI state record for striped bass with a fish that he caught in '30's and the mount of that fish still hangs in the Beavertail lighthouse, if memory serves.

He was a eel fisherman of some note, kept a bath-tub full of eels in his basement at all times from what I've been told - although I don't know what Mrs. Clark's reaction was to that :smash:

Maybe Fish_Eye will see this and chime in here - he and I talked about this at length ages ago and he knows a great deal more than I do on it - if I remember right he researched it at one point and may have some interesting details for you.

Hmmmm.....I'm trying to remember if we were under the influence of bloooberries at the time...:spin:....it's possible....

I beleive it was Arthur that caught the record.

The Cuttyhunk floating eelskin rig. I know the guy who owns the company now, has boxes and boxes of all the original peices, just need to be put together. Luckily I got him to make me some. Here are some shorter ones.

...and no he doesnt want to sell the company, I already asked 50 times.

thanks tattoo, how much do you think the tube weighs? :-}

The tubes are hollow and allow water to pass through and blow up the skin. It's pretty light overall.

I beleive the rig was designed for drifting more than anything, it proablly casts like crap. I have yet to use one, but that will change come spring time.

Got an extra ya wanna sell tattoo?

i think phil burgess in norton sells them

You can also make the eel bob on a ball jig or smilin bill , etc. by cutting of the head , hollowing out the skin about an inch by removing the meat then tying it into the barb of the jig.

DZ showed us some a few years ago at one of the four leg picnics.

that's exactly like mine- Blackeye' grandfather was the previous owner i believe.. he made those and something he called the pirrannah jig

Is this more or less an eel skin rig that floats some what? With that chunk of lead up front I would think the thing would sink. With the cork added it must give it zero bouyancy. I take it you use just the eel skin and not the whole eel? With the cork it must hinder the skin from inflating completely though. I fish and make eelskins and am interested in this thing. Thanks P.M.

After reading the post's again I figured out that the tube up front was hollow and not lead thus it would float hence the name floating eel skin rig. Stupid. P.M.

its hollow so the skin will fill up with water and look alive :D

Burgess had them and still might. Picked up a few but never got around to using them.

where is Burgess?

Norton, off the 123 exit.

I believe an eel bob is different than any skin jig , skin plug etc. as far as i know , you use the whole eel (not skinned) for a bob except for the small amount you cut out at the head to fit on the jig or egg sinker.

Yes, thats the eel bob i have saltheart. I described it in my first post. You only skin a couple inches at the beginning, cut off the head, put the hook into the eel, and then tie the skin around the egg weght.

Where is the hook placed and what direction, up or down ?

OK, then how about placing the hook up the blow hole via a leader or wire that goes thru the egg

Ill try to get over to my parents house and use there dig cam, I got the eel bob in the freezer w/eel.

Heres the eel bob i have rigged with a freezer burned eel:D

Closeup

Nekkid eel bob

Nekkid closeup

Nice.

Please comment if the following observation regarding the wire and egg sinker is true


The wire appears to be doubled up going thru the sinker and then securely wraped along with another wrap to form the outer loop.
If not, where is the inner loop wire wraped to prevent from opening up or is it soldered ?

Also, the egg more likely is drilled out to accomadate the heavy gauge wire.

THX

Originally posted by Saltheart
You can also make the eel bob on a ball jig or smilin bill , etc. by cutting of the head , hollowing out the skin about an inch by removing the meat then tying it into the barb of the jig.

DZ showed us some a few years ago at one of the four leg picnics.

These are no good. I never throw em in the canal.:cool:

does this explain

Thats it breezy.

cherferson, if im using the clark eel bob, do i gotta sew the skin around the hook? if so, what did u use to seal it tight?

I just poke the hook through and dats dat. I used a sandwhich bag twist tie minus the paper to tie the skin down in the front.

Chef, the set up in the picture, is that one you made or the one you bought? looks simple enough to make. i'll be adding that to my to-do list for the weekend! thanks for the pics! :bounce:

My buddy at a tackle shop who knows my love of dead eels gave it to me to try. I Wanna make some more when i get a round to it, especially some heavy ones to use in big surf.

Looks cool.maybe one day i can show u guys a rigged eel on a Tin Squid.

Also make sure to give them a stretch before use , so they have the sexy wiggle. 4 month old freezer burned eels work , thawed and refrozen a half dozen times:D dont throw em away

Tlap

VERY similar to what i made last night. thanks man! i'll send you a couple of mine.

I used to use bow string to tie up all my eels rigs.U can get a big bobbin for like 8 dollars.Its waxed an the knots don't slip.Last yr slip showed me what he does wit wire ties.They work pretty good but u should have a couple wit u in case they break.

Nice job on those. do u make different weights for different water??

ACtually i didnt make it , a friend at a tackle shop did. I do want to use some ones with a larger weight this year for when the surf/tide is really humpin, but this is the only size i have.

Chef, how is this... http://www.striped-bass.com/StriperTalk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21095

Chef or Tlap or anyone
Do you feed the hook like you would a rubber shad, fin-s?

Do you start the hook insertion above the eel's spine or below or does it not matter?

The feed thru wire loop (hook side) can be pre-assembled with a closed loop hook such as a Gamakatsu Octopus hook. Is there any disadvantages or advantages with such setup?

Red i insert it like into a rubber shad. I put the rig next to the eel and see where the hook should come out, make a scratch there. Stick the hook into the middle of the eel and out at where i made the mark.

THX Chef

Originally posted by Redsoxticket

The feed thru wire loop (hook side) can be pre-assembled with a closed loop hook such as a Gamakatsu Octopus hook. Is there any disadvantages or advantages with such setup?

In answering my own question I found that the ring hook (straight hook) is better for this eel-bob because the Gamakatsu Octopus style there are physical parameters that would make rigging the eel difficult like the kirbed or reversed (offset curve), curved in point and turned up ball eye.