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Makes sense..i am sick of snagging and not catching enough..but at the same time i hate popppin' poor eel's eye out when i can use him w/ hook through his trach and i like how the eel slides up the line after the bass is hooked. pretty cool letting a eel go after it has caught you some nice keeers too. Id like to keep fishing w. hook out trach but snags are driving me insane. Is there a trick or tip you can give me for this trach method before I start :lurk:ing :shocked: out?:eek5: |
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If you keep in touch with your line you'll start to notice when you are hitting the snag and can twitch over or around |
Hey JohnR,
Im a newbie here. That was a great post. I usually like to use eels and I usually put them on the hook and cast and leave them out there like chunk bait. I usually keep keep my dead eels and try to use them dead on my next fishing trip.... I just wanted to know if its worth using them when they are dead or if there is another proper way to using dead eels effectively thanks |
dead eels work.... also do a search on rigging dead eels, they are killer
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thanks man, I will. I hate throwing eels away because I know if usued correctly they can be effective when they are dead. I just needed from advice. thanks
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So reel...
I just read the post of rigging dead eels and I think you were the one that wrote it. I should cut the head off the eel and rig it to a jighead? How heavy should the jighead be? Should I still retrieve it slow just like JOHNR talked about or should I bounce it off the bottom like a sluggo? Sorry for so many questions dude, I just want to be sure. I have made so many trips down to the canal this yr and I have only had 3 keepers. I just want to tighten up my game a little bit if you know what I mean |
More info on eelin' from the EelMaster himself. . .
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=25061 I'd like to try the hooks Bill uses..Im sure its tried and true..Maybe I will get less snags with the slightly bent, Mustad 94150 6/0 short shank live bait hook. I rarely sling eels anymore but when I did I was using the Gamagatsu 6/0 - 7/0 Live Bait hooks. |
Rigged eels have their heads on :)
Eel skin jigs/plugs is just the skin wrapped around either a, well , eel skin plug or eel skin jig... PITA, but very worth it... |
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I use eels both dead and alive, most times i"m in less than 5' of water, the fish are right on top, an eel on the bottom catches no fish..
I combine a technique of slow trolling with an electric motor and casting and retrieving, both live and dead/rigged eels work for this... Here's a few pics of rigging a dead eel I did for a seminar awhile back, |
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now with the tail hook in place place your front hook and weight(if desired)
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secure the nose hook to swivel bu running your bait needle up from the bottom and thorough the hook and swivel, make 4 passes through securing on each side of the jaw, secure the tail hook with a series of half hitches, be sure it is snog.....
I had two more pictures but cant upload them... |
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Rockfish, how do you keep your eels up top?
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Rico
you might notice that Rockfish's post was made in January of 07 ....
keep reading ...everything you want to know is in the Archives and then some.... |
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Something I learned from an old timer.
For catching eels yourself without a trap a few simple items are needed. 1) your favorite estuary 2) a nylon stocking 3) a piece of rope 4) a can of cat food Take the cat food, shove it up the leg of the nylon stocking to the toe. Tie off said stocking. Tie the rope ahead of the knot in the stocking then fasten the rope onshore somewhere. Toss your rig into the water and come back tomorrow. THe way the eels "teeth" are, they bite the stocking for the cat food and can't get themselves off. Pull them in. throw em into your bucket and go fishing! |
One more tip from a novice eeler.
I can't be carrying a whole white bucket setup with me. One because they don't work out on rocks and two because the ridicule would be tremendous. (Sorry John) Take your eels and ice them up. Break their backs while iced so you don't have to do it later. When they calm down, put them in cheap ziploc bags. Just put the bags of eels in your plug bag or even pocket to go out fishing. When you are ready to use them, you just take your hook in one hand, corner the eels head in the corner of the ziploc and insert hook through the bag into your wiggly plug. Then pull through the bag. The cheap bags will rip easily enabling you to have your eel ready to cast with minimum slime on you and few escapees. Make sure you poke some holes in the bags and try and dip them once in a while so the eels stay not dead. Don't poke the holes with a knife because they WILL end up in your pocket if the hole is two wide. Please Please Please make sure you take all your used slimy eel bags with you. |
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