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NIB · 07-24-2006, 07:39 PM

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I remember reading this article.I do it the same way.If u saw me wit a eel u might think something is wierd.I hold the rod like a torch off my right elbow.Feel the hit drop the rod till I can just feel some presure then cross there eye's.I almost never miss this way.i think bass hit eels for several reasons.Food value i think is not always a primary reason.U ever try to grab a eel they are tough to hold on to. I think if u wait to long the eel can escape. U feel the hit the bass has engulfed it.U only need to wait a few seconds to set up.It's not a herring or a bunker.I have cleaned thousands of bass an I have only had eels in the fishes stomach once. 2 in one bass an one was a cigar..I think they where fished eels.

07-24-2006, 07:39 PM	#23
NIB Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: jerseyshore Posts: 4,949	http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=33220 I remember reading this article.I do it the same way.If u saw me wit a eel u might think something is wierd.I hold the rod like a torch off my right elbow.Feel the hit drop the rod till I can just feel some presure then cross there eye's.I almost never miss this way.i think bass hit eels for several reasons.Food value i think is not always a primary reason.U ever try to grab a eel they are tough to hold on to. I think if u wait to long the eel can escape. U feel the hit the bass has engulfed it.U only need to wait a few seconds to set up.It's not a herring or a bunker.I have cleaned thousands of bass an I have only had eels in the fishes stomach once. 2 in one bass an one was a cigar..I think they where fished eels.
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