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Bob Junior · 06-10-2002, 06:37 PM

3-way/2-way/with a weight/without a weight/egg-sinker/inline-sinker/leader/no-leader/through the head/through the bottom jaw/through the back/through the tail/big eels/medium eels/small eels/bounce the bottom/mid-water/wire-leader/mono-leader/no-leader/circle-hook/small-hook/tru-turn/better at night/better at dawn/anytime?

I have spent most of my life chasing stripers knowing full well (from the advice of my father and others) that one of the few things that a monster striper has a hard time passing up is the immortal eel. But years of loosing them in the rocks, retrieving a green knot, and slime-covered clothes turned me off to them when I was fishing from jetties and other shore based places.

When the loan came through on the boat I thought I would revisit that great American pastime. I stood in front of the alter (the wall of hooks, leaders and sinkers at my local tackle shop) ready to purchase the perfect setup for using eels from my boat and found myself as dumbfounded as when I stood on the rocks at Beavertail straining to jerk an eel from under a rock 100 feet out!

So I humbly put the question to this forum seeking the guidance and wisdom from those who have gone before me;

What is the Best Rig for drifting Eels from a boat?

Thank you for your time and God bless you.

*if this has been asked and answered previously , I appologize. I tried to search the forum but kept getting an error.

06-10-2002, 06:37 PM	#1
Bob Junior Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Deep River, CT Posts: 14	What is the Best Rig for drifting EELs from a boat? 3-way/2-way/with a weight/without a weight/egg-sinker/inline-sinker/leader/no-leader/through the head/through the bottom jaw/through the back/through the tail/big eels/medium eels/small eels/bounce the bottom/mid-water/wire-leader/mono-leader/no-leader/circle-hook/small-hook/tru-turn/better at night/better at dawn/anytime? I have spent most of my life chasing stripers knowing full well (from the advice of my father and others) that one of the few things that a monster striper has a hard time passing up is the immortal eel. But years of loosing them in the rocks, retrieving a green knot, and slime-covered clothes turned me off to them when I was fishing from jetties and other shore based places. When the loan came through on the boat I thought I would revisit that great American pastime. I stood in front of the alter (the wall of hooks, leaders and sinkers at my local tackle shop) ready to purchase the perfect setup for using eels from my boat and found myself as dumbfounded as when I stood on the rocks at Beavertail straining to jerk an eel from under a rock 100 feet out! So I humbly put the question to this forum seeking the guidance and wisdom from those who have gone before me; What is the Best Rig for drifting Eels from a boat? Thank you for your time and God bless you. *if this has been asked and answered previously , I appologize. I tried to search the forum but kept getting an error.