Crabs
 

One day their were stripers everywhere but I could not catch them because the crabs stole my sand eels. I put a cork 4 inched above the hook but that kept on sliding or would fall off. I experimented w/ everything but nothing worked, Do you have any Ideas of how to keep your chunked bait away from those pesky crabs?

fishfinder rig with a orange float

where do you put it. ( I am using a hi low rig.)

Buy the small cylindrical styrofoam floats, they are better than corks, they don't slide off. Are you using live or dead eels. If the eels are dead, try a slow retrieve and outrun those damn crabs.

Bests....

I am using dead SAND eels

If they are dead, slow retrieve. Crabs should'nt be a problem if the bait is moving. Those things are like candy for stripers.

put the float about 8-10 or so inches away from the bait. total leader length shoul be between 18-24 inches or so. this will help. mike