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This story may interest you. 15+ years ago (before the seal infestation) I used to run my 20ft Seacraft to Tuckernuck and beach fish at night. I showed up there one Oct night with a bucket of eels, to find several Nantucket sharpies solid into fish. Confident of success I tossed an eel into the hole they were fishing, and then stood in disbelief while they caught fish after fish (15-30Lbs) both sides of me, and my eel had nary a tap. Eventually, I swallowed my pride and walked up to a guy unhooking a fish to ask what he was using. Turns out they were fishing Rapala Slivers, with a slightly ground down lip and loaded tail. They had no action, just dragged/bounced along the bottom, and fish would hammer them as they reached the shelf of the beach. I couldn't duplicate that action with the plugs I had (including needlefish) and the bass ignored the eels, even when allowed to sit right on the bottom. If those guys hadn't been there I'd have fished the place with eels and left confident nothing was doing. So your idea is worth pursuing, even if the needlefish crowd thinks they know better.
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