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Old 09-02-2009, 05:28 AM   #14
Back Beach
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Originally Posted by Brian L View Post
I've never understood the slow retrieve reel for eels thing.
If I had to fillet all the fish I've taken with eels on a very fast retrieve I'd have tennis elbow.
Most fish I take eeling are either while in free spool or dead sticking them on the bottom. Second to that would be on a fast retrieve.

It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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