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eels coming off the hook during retrieve?
this happened to me last night for the first time ever, I've casted them off before, but last night, I lost two eels during the retrieve!
One right after the other. how the hell does that happen? The eels were especially lively and when I tossed them out there I could feel them swimming like mad, so maybe they just unhooked themselves somehow :huh: oh I hook them through the mouth out the throat and I have never had this problem. |
I've been hooking them out the side of the head. The skin seems to be tougher there and it holds better. I think Canalman convinced me to do that.
You can always smack them on a rock to take some life out of them. They'll be wounded and less active as a result but less likely to come off the hook. |
#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& don't like 'em but I swear by gami circle hooks. I can lay into 'em with an su1088 and they stay buckled...(except when they are too small in my opinion anyway)
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go to a hook with a larger barb
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Matt, go thru the bottom lip/jaw and out thru one of the eyes, just don't hit there brain
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maybe something was stealing them on you last night?
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I use the circles too... as Luds was saying, I go up through the bottom jaw and out behind the eye... try and get some skull :devil: this make for a much stronger hook-hold.
Rockport--- I bet the eels you were using were small is that correct? Those little pin-snakes as I call them, are acrobatic little bastids, it seems to me that because they are lighter and wirier (that a word and a half :rollem: ) they can still get their tail up around the hook, even on the retrieve, and pop the hook right out. You may want to smack their tails on a rock a few times to take some of the fight out of them. I've had that happen many times... and always with small eels (9" or shorter). Hope that helps, -Dave |
thanks for the advice guys, and Saltheart, that's what I would like to think, but I threw the bag at them after I lost the eels without any hits...
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Matt when drifting eels in the Canal I have them come off the hook not knowing it and on the retrive I have a starfish on the hook instead?!?!Go figure:gf:
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They were on the small side, like 14 inches or so, but they were acrobatic little suckers... I usually don't feel them moving around too much on the end of the line when they are in the water, but these things were going nuts.... |
14" Is perfect size for beach fishing... maybe the factor is not length so much as it is girth? :huh: The skinny ones always seem more lively/acrobatic... who knows... did you catch any fish :) ?
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fishing striper with eels
Does anyone have further advice for fishing with eels?
Perhaps a picture of a proper hooking. I have never tried fishing stripers with eels. Is it best to fish eels at night vs. day? I found a bait dealer that sells eels and now I want to give it a try. Thanks in advance. Jim |
yeah I caught a fish on a plug and the fish had my eel sticking out of it's mouth! NOOOO I didn't catch anything because those two eels were my first two friggin' casts and that was all I brought because it as gonna be a short outing, then nothing after that with plugs and sluggos.
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You should always use a circle hook with eels, unless you plan to kill all the bass you catch. If you are a true sportsfisherman, use circle hooks.
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oh please....
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Mustad 94150 in 8/0--bigger barb will keep em on
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same thing happend to me the the other night, i figured it was rocks or possibly dogfish
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Oh hell, if you are really a sportsman you swim around with the eel in your hand and then just grab the bass when it gets close.
thats what I do. You guys are all heathens! :D:D 6/0 Mustad J hook. I dont gut hook many. |
mustad 94150.if you now how to use them you dont gut fish.
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If you don't want to kill bass, don't fish for them :nailem:
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slippery little basst*rds will steal your truck and your woman if you don't watch em! Never trust an eel! Never..
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Switch to a hook with a bigger barb,, then feed the eel the hook so it comes out in the white under its chin(deep throat). do those two things and you'll rarly loose eels again.
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u need help ?????
......:poke: rethink what you just said........:eyes:
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RIJIMMY -- You've NEVER gut hooked a bass on an eel!?!?! Holy $#!+ :hihi:
I started using circles 2 years ago and I will never switch... 7/0 Gami Octopus Circle... best eel hook there is.. if you ask me... and you didn't... so... consider it free advice :huh: :laughs: |
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