I have 3 convench eel set-ups:

Sabre IGSC 1088 cut back to an 8/64 tip and Calcutta 400.

Loomis SW 108-20 with the same Calcutta.

JK Fisher 8420 cut to 9'7" from the butt, with an Abu 6500 or 7000.

The Fisher is sorta like a graphite 121 3M. More of a big water eel rod. The Sabre and Loomis are really a pleasure to use--light as a feather with tons of backbone.

1213m
Dats the one I use,cut to 10' 6''

Lami XS861MC + 965 w/ 40lb PP or 6600C3LD w/ 20lb big game

That's a pretty good trick, considering it's only 10'1" long at full length ;)

Think you mean the 136 3M :grins:

I convinced a few guys i fish with not to use them, so they are conserving what I was going to conserve..:hihi: I release 90% of the fish I catch, so i think i have the right to kill some eels this season :D

Could just be you ran into a bunch of tail-pulling shorts - that was bound to happen sooner or later this spring.....
A buddy of mine would lower the tip and then pull the slack line with his other hand when he got short hits - he would hold the slack out with the rod tip down until he felt resistance, he then let the line slide back out, then set.
It works, but it usually just confirms that they were smallish fish.
Bigger fish don't tend to screw around with the eel. Try down the road about three miles.

[QUOTE=JohnR]No need for the Flouro at night, Sure, OK for daytime but totally unneeded at night...

I am thinking about better abrasion resistance around the rocks and on full moon nights.

Full moon nights I'll grant but I always felt flouro had less abrassion resistance

I set the hook on them and dont miss.
I also use 94150 and I sharpen those , there a great eelin hook along with heathen fishing

What Joe said, down the road 3 miles

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1201 m convench abu 7000 30lb big game 50lb flouro leader 6/0 gami live bait like joe said good size fish hit eels hard i dont let them run long a couple seconds then set .big fish will have the hook down in there mouth. schoolies will be hooked in the lips

Eeling the Canal;
SUR1267C 10'6" G-Loomis w/Calcutta 700 30# Big Game w/40# Seaguar Floro leader w/ a "5/0" Gamakatsu.

Beach's ASRS100M St.Croix w/ a Fin-Nor 16A 50# Braid w/40# Seaguar Floro leader w/ a 5/0 Gamakatsu,but that is If i was using eels :hihi:

Somebody mentioned something about holding your rod tip @ a higher angle, I agree w/ that you might wanna concider that as a facter,& dont forget braid cuts through water quicker than mono,pending on DIA.

Eben you make good plugs so don't sell you're self short.

5/0

i know my plugs work.:D got some fish 2 nights ago on one of my dannies, but honestly I am boored with plugging... I want to switch it up a bit. i will get back to plugs when the peanuts show :D

i havent caught anything with eels on my 10 ft lami and 704Z and its spooled with 30 lbs fireline. so why do you guys like to fish with mono for eels? wouldnt u miss any slightest bite?

5/0, can u show me how to eel on the canal sometimes? I suck at eeling and would like to observe your ways.

I like eels i fish them kinda weird.I hold the rod tip way high like even back behind my head held kinda loosely.when I feel the pickup i lower the tip an reel up till i feel the line tighten an set the hook.It only takes a second.In all my time fishin I only cleaned one bass wit a eel in its stomach.I believe the hit eels out of aggression then try to kill em an spit em out.wit the fast hook set i started missin alot less fish.I don't like to mix my reels up it gets confusing.so i use a 706 wit 20 or 30 fireline. the 1L is to light for me I use the 120 1M, my 10' glass rod which is nice for eels or my 11 ft arra.

I hear you NiB on the reel thing. I used the penn 2 nights ago and I have decomissioned it..... i like my other reels too much. :love:

mono holds up better in rocks

I like eel fishing the Canal w/ Mono on my convench,you really don't miss many hit's cause you're drift fishing.You're line is already peeling off you're spool so when a fish pick's up youre bait you're line is comming off much faster,you're thumb should be on you're spool so you can monitor you're line speed rate.Some times you can tell when you're eels about to get picked off,it'll really goes nut's just before the fish strikes!

When Jigging the Canal you want braid there's no real strech on you line even when youre 100+ yards out you can feel everything.

Joey--you can fish wearing boxing gloves and still feel a bass hit an eel, even with mono.

Joey, MikeP's right. I think keeping a level head is the hardest part.When you feel the fish, it's hard not to set up hard and fast. Sometimes you can feel the eel slide right through the bass's lips. NIB's method may deserve some further attention.

i fish the same way, there is a feel for it, I may take 1 step foward b4 setting up.

Live eel fishin acccounts for maybe 10 per cent of my fishing i would rather thro a rigged eel(with a swimplate/squid)I think they work as good or better especially in bigger water.I can't believe they are not as popular in RI an the cape.The're are many different squids to fish in big or flatter water in any level of the water colum.Like ditch says they really wac a rigged ell also.no guess work on the hooksets.They are kinda involved to wrap up prbly why not so popular.I know I should tro em more just dealin wit em is a pain.if i was gonna Go at i would set up a cooler an air pump for the truck an take all but a few plugs out so it would be eels an nothing else i know they produce but its just not a prefered style of fishing for me.

lol, lol. okay, i have a abu 7000CL w/ levelwind and loaded 30 lbs braid on my 10 foot cnvench sealine-X rod. i can give it a try by spooling it w/ a 20 lbs test big game mono, but wldnt i need to put a shock leader and tie the hook directly?

Spool up with 20lb and tie a 50lb leader about 5 feet long to the main line then tie the leader direct to the hook with a polamar knot, tie the main line to leader with a bimini twist..no snaps, swivels etc...none needed

cool, thanks, #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&. how many feet or inches do you put a rubbercore sinker above the eel?

Im very interested in how you use the rubber core sinkers too? WHat sizes do you like for what conditions? I notice my numbers drop when the tide starts moving someplaces and i dont drag accross the bottom enough.

I know I have done the same thing.Just happens an I didn't think about it.

E... that convench set up you have is perfect..... I eel with my VS/1201M when conditions warrant it, (high surf and wind) but when possible my 1089 with a penn 525 and 50lb PP works pissah... at least it did this morning :D :D

The only place you need a rubber core is in an inlet, along the beach never use any weight at all! I like to place the rubber core inside the eels mouth before I hook the eel, this hides it and adds the weight you need. When you are fishing an inlet or chanell at SLACK take the rubber core out! only in deep moving water use the sinker........Later