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The Holy Three:
1) Black side out at night
2) Blue side out - predawn to sun up
3)Skin the biggest/fattest eels ya can find - only use the last 7-8" of the tail. They'll blow up like a windsock at the airport.
Other stuff:
1) Skin them newly/fresh dead.
2) Use an ice pick thru the head when skinning.
3) Use hemostats rather than needlenose pliers to
rip the skin off
4) Use a crochet needle or similar shaped rigging
needle to turn the skin back rightside ( black
side) out.
5) Skin enough of them at this time of the year
when the big/fat ones are available - You'll
need them next Spring/early Summer when
only the shoestring eels are available.
6) Lemons will take the smell off the hands.
When using these buggers jig them sloooow. However, we've nabbed big fish on a lightspeed retreive on the surface also.
When skinning gets too gross/time consuming/wife-girlfriend sensitive, pick up the 9" sluggos.
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