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I talked to the man himself about this. He uses a 9" sluggo, either black or black with silver glitter in it. Uses an 8/0 gamakatsu livebait for the head hook and a 5/0 octopus for the tail. Rigged with dacron, tied to the back hook and half hitched up the head hook. The head hook is super glued in and the half hitches give the plastic something to grip on. The are 2 nails stuck side by side in the head and then one in the tail
He uses a relatively short pole and fishes it like a rigged eel, with the pole held vertical or off to the side. Hes done quite a bit of testing with the lure vs. live eels. The results are always very close, both getting the same results. The rigged sluggo has great action, ive tried it myself. I'm still sold on fishing live eels as much as possible though. He said the biggest fish taken on the set up though was 47#s, and hes taken fish to 30#s so far.... Hope this helps....
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