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steelhead · 08-29-2007, 07:15 AM

I'm not sure either.

Here's what triggered the question. I've been fishing a particular sandy beach with estuaries at both ends up here these past few weeks during the wee hours with a few buddies. No visible or apparent bait other than small clams. It's actually been barren for several weeks, yet we have been doing pretty well. Eel plugs, big needles and sluggos are what's being taken. The other night we encountered a guy who had kept a fish and opened it up to find two fresh eels in its gut. Upon careful inspection they had not been put on a hook. So they either came from someone's bucket or they were dropping out of the estuaries on their own. If they were dropping out naturally, I began to wonder if that would explain the presence of those big bass we had been getting in to.

08-29-2007, 07:15 AM	#3
steelhead Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North shore Posts: 1,247	I'm not sure either. Here's what triggered the question. I've been fishing a particular sandy beach with estuaries at both ends up here these past few weeks during the wee hours with a few buddies. No visible or apparent bait other than small clams. It's actually been barren for several weeks, yet we have been doing pretty well. Eel plugs, big needles and sluggos are what's being taken. The other night we encountered a guy who had kept a fish and opened it up to find two fresh eels in its gut. Upon careful inspection they had not been put on a hook. So they either came from someone's bucket or they were dropping out of the estuaries on their own. If they were dropping out naturally, I began to wonder if that would explain the presence of those big bass we had been getting in to.