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I was out fishing the Sacramento River Delta a few years ago looking to get some Sturgeon and some Stripers. Being a know nothing on west coast Striper fishing, I brought my east coast plugs figuring they'd work (they do) and I'd see what was used locally. I had been in a few shops and at one of them, I ask about eels. "What the hell are you talking about???!!!" said the guy behind the counter.
"Well, where I'm from, that's one of the primo ways into big Stripers"
"We don't use them, and frankly, you might be full of it..." he told me with a suspicous look in his eye...
I hear a voice from the back of the shop with a slightly familiar slur, "Kid, they don't use them and they don't have OUR eels like you and me are used to. I often wonder about using a lamprey which is the only thing close in the American and Sacramento. But I did use some live eels brought back from home in Maine and used them in tournament a few years back. Three of the top five came in on eels on our boat by we never did it again. Weren't sure if it was legal you see."
Me and the Mainiac chatted for another hour or so about back east and striper fishing here and there and it was very interesting...
So, I guess that's the most unconventional, conventional bait in a twisted sort-of way...
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