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tlapinski · 01-31-2006, 10:15 AM

Bill, when you fish a live eel with the hook pointing down, do you go in the eye and out the bottom of the mouth, or in the mouth and out the lower jaw? I always fish my live eels with the hook pointing up, but rig them with the hook pointing down.

01-31-2006, 10:15 AM	#4
tlapinski All up in the Interweb! iTrader: (1) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house. Posts: 5,215	Bill, when you fish a live eel with the hook pointing down, do you go in the eye and out the bottom of the mouth, or in the mouth and out the lower jaw? I always fish my live eels with the hook pointing up, but rig them with the hook pointing down.
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