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I fished eels friday night for the first time this season. I caught a small keeper and he was gut hooked even though I hit him pretty quick. I don't use the 5 count method, I just drop the rod and hit 'em.
I had some family in town so I was debating keeping the fish for the grill anyway, but the fact that he was gut hooked sealed his fate.
I think I'll try the circle's again...
Patrick, how much can a hook twist from a fish's throat to the corner of its mouth with an eel or chunk on it and the fish's mouth clamped down on your bait? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
You have said many times that you haven't caught many fish to this point, I'm pretty sure you've caught even fewer fish on eels... what experience led you to deduce that reeling up on a circle hook gives you line twist?
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