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........

I like eels too
fishing eels is the easy way to catch big bass imo
slimey heathen devils
I keep em on ice and give em an occasional beating if they are bad

2....twoooooooooooooooooooooo

looks like U liked "mullet" too..
nice hairdo :hihi:

Awesome Fish Slingah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :claps:

I caught my biggest fish the other night on an eel that had the back 1/4 taken off by a blue. I said screw it and threw it back out, got a hit almost right away.
I also caught numerous fish on an eel with it's head barely on by a thread from all the fish caught on it.

mooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :buds:

:buds: moooooooooooooooooo

whodat? :laughs:

:musc: :drool: yeees sir TT :claps:
I love fish porn :shocked:

BI Jeff's 50 from this week- :behead:

Eben! nice fish! See eels do work, as long as you don't "whack 'em" :rude:

The #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& returns having his eel taken by no less than 8 striped bass this fine foggy evening!

As I have said before, I let the fish run because it is what I have always done and the way I learned, I do not want my next 40 hooked in the lip sorry, just me. I want it in his throat! the last thing I want to see is that hook in a hole in the lips the size of a half dollar :hihi: Yup that may be old school but thats me the deeper the better :tm:

Now go out and stick some bass!! :lurk: :lurk:

why would you not want it easy?? fishing does not have to be hard just for hards sake? people work hjard all week fishing should not be a chore! if eels are easy use em!

I like the picture of the fish inside the house :hihi:

Also you guys whack the tail end of the eel , I always whacked the head portion this is an interresting techinique for me to try

I do use eels...I catch fish with eels...I like eels...Slingah=eel lover
...Ive been trying to go large on pluggage,,,,just a personal goal.....back to eels soooooon

Give em what they want :lurk:

Thanks for the OVERWHELMING response!
 

OK

I think the problem is I am letting the eel sit too long...not reeling in slowly the whole time after a cast.

Also saw suggestions of throwing them at rocks - I've been mostly drifting/reeling them on Joppa Flats. I assume that should work too (right).

Whack or not to whack....that is the question. Sounds like both will work.

I'll try both methods next time out.

Thanks again for the help (and laughs!) :laughs:

Drifting eels works great just keep in touch with your line, also, in a deep water drift use a rubber core sinker...........

Jim,
I think my post got burried in there somehwere.
Drifting eels is fine. YOu don't have to reel them in. I do it all the time in my boat and they hardly ever tangle. Threeway is fine too without reeling. I put 'em on the bottom with 4 oz. of lead and never have any problems. I will dead stick a couple at lunch time and rarely have any problems w/ tangles.

Are you using a swivel? Is it a good one? What kind of line do you use? what kind of leader material and what kind of hook.

If the bite isn't on, I can drift an eel for an hour without a tangle. Tell us about your setup.

_Z_

I am using 20lb fireline with a slider fish finder rig(one with plastic sleeve and metal clip) to hold a small 2 oz bank sinker. Tie snap swivel ("decent" bass-pro shops one) to the fireline. Using about 2 ft of 20lb test mono as a leader. Tie a small loop in one end (and connect to swivel) and tie the 5/0 bait hook to the other end.

What is happening is the eel wraps up all around the leader by doing that awful slithering twisting routine.......but it happens after my cast and not before. I grab em with a rag, shove the hook from under the throat up and out one eye. IMMEDIATELY throw in the water.....then lift up and quickly cast out.

I feel the eel swimming around....pulling....then NOTHING.....when I reel in....he's in a ball...all tangled in the leader. Throw him back on ice where the slime coating turns milky white and solidifies on leader hook swivel....YUCK :yak6:

It has happened both when I toss him out and slowly reel in AND when just letting it sit there on the bottom. I have been anchored or from my dock - not drifting.

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