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Hey Saltheart, Happy New Year to ya... May you get your fifty the day after I get mine :-D ...
The way I prepare and rig an eel is to ice it down or whack it across a rock and put it on to my 6/0 highly SHARPENED Mustad hook... Then I cast it. Then I get a large bass on the other end... [img=http://striped-bass.com/Images/evil.gif]
Actually, I like what you've stated here now and in the past about rigging eels and I'm going to dig much deeper into it this coming year. You will be my teacher should you choose to accept that mission :P . My limited experience with skin plugs has been further hampered by the fact that I have not skinned my own, properly sized, dead eels for use of the skins. When I pick up someone elses skins from a shop, they are usually of the lesser quality out there as not many local shops deal in skins (although I never really asked Mike if he has them)
I personally am not a fan or the "Reversed Eel" or "Tailhooked Eel" as a lively eel seems less controllable and more likely to wind itself. But I only tried it a few times...
The biggest mistakes I've seen (and done) with live eel fishing are:
Too many people reel far TOO fast
Alot of people hook the eel through the eel socket, slightly less likely to toss off the eel during the cast, FAR more likely to kill the eel quicker (not to mention when one misses the eye socket and connects with brain :P )
Alot of people use hooks that are too large of too small. I like the 5/0 6/0 size live bait hooks.
Again Saltheart, on the various rigged eel methods, I am going to be your willing student this summer, pretty please...
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