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Van I went out with someone who fishes eels on the boat all the time. 4oz bank on a fish finder, 30" leader, 5/0 Gamakatsu octopus hook, not a circle. He never uses circles anymore. He says that the hook up ratio is not as good for him, also contrary to popular opinion circles can guthook fish, he has seen it first hand. By the way he fishes every day, as a charter captain, and commercially, he knows his stuff. Hook under chin and out through one eye. Drop eels to the bottom, reel up 3-4 turns, and drift the boat over productive grounds. Keep the rod tip at about 10 oclock. When you feel a tap-tap, drop your tip into the water, count to 5, set the hook. It takes awhile to get the hang of it. You sometime feel alot of "ghost hits".
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