How would you know since you always whack em?

I've done it both ways and can tell you that they last much longer without beating them up. It may not matter much though since I've caught lots of fish on fresh dead eels as well.

Feel free to whack em if you need to, there are lots of ways to skin a cat.

When I whack them they are far from dead they can still squirm and move fine, they just cant tie me up, look I have no idea what the hell I am talking about and I am a googan.

Please all further eel questions should be directed to the master of all things bass

EBEN

eelman vs. sweetwater battles
 

Yeah, I learned some good stuff from the "oldtimers." But progress marches on. The problem with throwing an eel into the sand, is now you've got sand on your hands, then you touch the rod and reel, and guess what!? Now you've got sand on the rod and in the reel. Nothing wrong with trying some new things.

But I must admit, #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& has a 50 and I do not. So I'll admit that #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& is the expert. But, I'll leave it up to the rest of you...whack or don't whack, rag or scrub pad, do what works for you. :tm:

I am the eel-The eel is me

1)Thou shalt not fish the eel without massive whackith

2) Thou shalt not marketh the eel or prayith to any false eelgods exeptith the #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& master of all things eel


3) Thou shall pray to the lowely eelith nightly and give it offerings of ice


4) Thou shalt not hold any other serpant abovith the eel


5) before one fishes the eel one shall swim to the sargosso sea and watchith the eel spawn

6) Thou shall not covet anothers success with the eel (me)

7) Thou shall not ever fish the eel anywhere exeptith rocky out cropings


8) Thou shalt scorn lowley shoestring eels that makith there way to fine baitshops on cape cod


9) thou shall only fish the eel with conventional gear

10) thou shalt anoint himself in eel water at a local baitshop by ceromonisly having ones partner baptise him by dunking his head in the eel tankith, the eeltank is sacred ground and should be bowed to upon approach



"There are many eels, but this eel is mine, I shall whackith him to a dizzying stupor at will , I shall impale the serpant on my hook and cast my offering to a boundless sea in the hopes that a great fi%$%$%$%$h shall consume said offering, I will bow my great stick to the mighty bass as the offering is being taken out to sea, I shall smartly setith my hook on the beast by crossing her eyeballs, I shall haul out my trophy and postith my picture all over striped-bass.com, I shall pissith off the minions here yet one more time with my great prowness of the sea and yet again assert my eel mastery"

Praise be to me and my eel, you may go now in peace and slime! :hihi: :hihi:

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Looks like someone's taking themselves a bit seriously. ;) :jump: :lurk: :lurk: :wid:

Why oh my children do you abandon your eel master? where has my flock gone astray? Seek and you shall find, ask and you shall be ansewerd my flock of eeler's I fear that there is a judas amongst us, however the hour will come tonight whereith I shall hook up once again with the mighty bass and be risen from the depths for all to see my trophy :hihi:

Dont stray to far fellow eel slingers or I will have to have you drink eel water and put everyone to bed with there waders on and instead of the halle bop commet we shall leave this world and catch the next cast to the sargosso sea for all eternity. :shocked: :shocked:

leave #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& alone :hihi: he is all mine :hihi:
I some times wack an eel but I really never have the ball problem, that happens when Youw walkin down to toss the little %$%$%$%$ing son of a stankin beyotch in the water.
I will toss the little filthy heathen out and reel it in alittle fast or at times just keep control of the little %$%$%$%$ untill it learns that im going to stick a nail down its little %$%$%$%$ing throat to sink the little %$%$%$%$ing ***hole
herring makes me mental and i love short scup the best but butter fish live rules my world I get them along with eels in the toilet bowl of love near my house :hihi:

Ok here we have an example of a true follower! A woderfull man of the eel! :lurk:

Man, your annoying

any dogfish that eats my eel while under a drift or a full moon dies a slow death
england eats them things :yak6:
ifems You guys fish the full moon an eel on the bottom only to be reeled in as its in the wash will get U bass
and yeah I painted one yellow. they squirm reaL GOOD :hihi:

Another trick is to take a hunk o glass and scrape the eel blue, some times this works.
sundown, white bucket = olive eels

Funny stuff!!
You guys are too serious...loosen up a bit B4 ya have a stroke... :nailem:
#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&'s right about not damaging the bait...I've gotten many bass on a beat-up dead eel.
OK..please continue... :lurk: :lurk:

me pick me im an annoying, pick Me :wavey:
anyone who can eel can fish needles

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:hihi: :hihi: thank you now get away from my thread!! :wavey: :wid:

Oh man, I hate to bail on this fun thread but, I need to go fish!!!! :lurk: :lurk: :lurk: :lurk: :lurk:

back off he was talking to me
:nailem:

No..Let him stay...More excitment...... :cool:
I stroke my eels........They are soooo sexy....... :shocked:

I am the one they hate! and I am proud of it :claps: No go forth and dont be mad because your second most anoying :fishslap: :shocked: :shocked: :lurk: :lurk:

Class study these words of greatness!!

I must be the exception :tm:

Dude that sofa king tight!!! I was fookin howling... tight lines! I got fish to catch latez :buds:

I am no eel master- but...
 

In reguards to smacking the eel, I do it too. The reason i do it is that it breaks all the vertebrea and pretty much paralizes the rear portian of the eel. I dont do this to elemenate tangles, i do this because the eel's tail will dance and flutter better under water, plus and this is the important part, when the eel dies, you can hardly tell its dead.

Another thing-
#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& gets away with a 9 foot pole because he uses a conventional and can easily freespool... i find it difficult to eel with a 9footer and a spinning rod- i drop more bass than if i am using a 10 footer.

thats all i got to say. :lurk:

Why do you freespool?
Drop tip...set hook..Seldom miss...10' or 9' rod..Don't notice any diff.
Only advantage I see of 10' is it's easier to haul the large over the rocks. :hihi:

I had my eel whacked last night :hidin:

Me too..first in a while.
Glad for ya Vic.... :tm:

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Not you BM, sorry

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i like eels see........