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The rubbercore helps get a live eel down quick, and I frequently fish them that way. One problem with live eels and rubber cores is that they still don't cast that well into the wind compared to the rigged.
On one of the nights I am referring to, the wind turned and started blowing onshore, which made it difficult to keep a live eel out there.The guys with the rigged were bombing the things out there and were able to stay in the strike zone longer than we were.Our live eels were winding up at our feet after just a few seconds. Still, I've seen a lot of nights when the rigged eels culled out the jumbo fish regardless of the weather. Al B. has a lot of stories like that. I knew his partner John pretty well and witnessed a lot of damage done with the rigged eels through watching John. I still primarily fish the live ones though. When I say rigged eels I mean the type with 2 big siwash hooks sewn into them, not the ones with a wobble head.
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