Q on EEls...
 

I read John's excellent 101 article but have a question...

When do you start eelin'? Now, or when the water warms up?

Thanks,
Rob

not until at least june, maybe the new moon.

:rolleyes:

Rob, go ahead and throw eels as soon as the bass are around.

Yep

I stand corrected
I personally don't start using eels untill the water is a little warmer and the fish are a little finicky-er.

Bass hate eels... It goes beyond a hunger thing, it has more to do with survival insticncts...They see them, they kill them.

I never had one single bass tell me they don't like eels :)

I was told.....
 

That what happens is the eels try to get into the stripers gill plates and naturally the bass would not like that so...."BANG" its eels for dinner! I don't buy that though, I think ells are simply "bass candy" as they say!:drool:

Lefty Kreh said it best:

"Throwing an eel in front of a striped bass is like rolling a wine bottle into a drunk tank."

That pretty much says it all - as only Lefty can phrase things.

If the big girls are around, there's no such thing as too early.