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Originally Posted by steve
Stick with live eels and you'll have a much better better shot at bigger fish on a consistent basis. Artificials for large stripers are WAY OVERRRATED.
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Not nescesarily, first off eels, in my humble opinion, and please don't take this the wrong way, are one of the very easiest ways to take big bass, they are suckers for live eels as they are for large bunker. The challenge of getting a fish to take a big plug is, I think the optimum in bass fishing challenges.
That being said I have experienced many nights, and I could name quite a few from this year alone and give the names of the people who were with me, where a large needle or swimming plug took more and bigger bass than thier eels, one particular night on a Truro beach, fishing with a friend who is an accomplished and noted bass man, who has taken three fifty's in one night, went virtually fishless with eels, while the plug took it's toll of nice fish, fishing side by side.
If you want to challenge yourself rather than just put up big numbers a plug, in the hands of someone who really knows how to make the thing talk, is much more satisfying, again in my humble opinion.
The biggest fish I ever caught were caught on eels, and one on a sand eel bait but the plug fish hold a more special place in my memory, especially those nights when the eels went begging.
Of course there is the feeling that this was the last season for eels as a legal bait, the under current rumblings have been getting stronger from both private and my govt contacts. Could be a big surprise come next May.