[FishnGrega]

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

It is of my opinion that using the zip ties (another environmentally sound practice) and stainless steel hooks is just for the benefit of a fisherman who can't invest a little time to rig an eel in a more fish friendly manner.

Do you drive a Prius? or an environmental hazard gas powered vehicle?

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

Perhaps after you have fished as long as I have you will be less sensitive to general criticism of methods and more open to other ideas.

If you've fished for "35+" years you should probably have more common sense about what your talking about.

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

I don't claim to be a great fisherman and think you have let my words carry more weight than they should, remember I am basically no one of any fame. I'm just a guy who fishes and voices my opinion. Hopefully one day we will fish the same stretch of beach and you can laugh at my techniques. I do what I do for me, not anyone else and don't seek anyones approval of my methods. Loose a few more fish to boulders or being spooled and perhaps you too will go a little heavier.

Perhaps you should have gotten more line on your spool if your getting spooled, or tighten your drag a couple turns more...

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

80# isn't what I use for tuna either, maybe yellow fin or school fish but not when I fish for giants it's 130# the most the IGFA will allow for the species I'm after. I'm not in it for the sport, I've done the ultra light line class sport thing and I have already covered how I feel about it.

Still no one has said they fish with light tackle, you seem to be very confused by that still.

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

Do you feel fishing stainless hooks and lighter line is more right than what I do or just another method?

your still oblivious...

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

Try the Canal mid tide with light gear and tell me what I use is so wrong, I'll be right there to console you when you get spooled or drown a 50+ pounder for what? The sport of it.

I wouldn't use light tackle at the ditch

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

And I'm not picking a fight. We are having a adult discussion where one of us has an open mind and the other prefers to limit themselves to what they know and believe is the only way to fish for stripers. None of what I have stated should have any negative impact upon anyone. Maybe the guy who rigged the eels could take offense, but that is being too thin skinned in my opinion. If anything I am helping Dj by bumping this thread back to the top so others may read what is being discussed.

Not speaking for DJ but this is getting a little ridiculous don't you think?

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

I do remember something about the rigged eels having the potential of hanging up on the bottom because of the hooks,

have you ever lost a bucktail at the ditch? If your hitting bottom with a riggie either A: speed up your retrieve, B: don't let it sink so much or C: Don't fish them in that particular area...

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

hey here's an idea try rigging them with the hooks up using a hook with a weighted shank....opps thats right I'm not smart enough to know what I am saying or doing so disregard my suggestion.

done

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

Come to think of it that might not be possible unless they make a stainless steel hook with a weighted shank, and it would take way too much effort to have to re-rig an eel do to the hooks deteriorating over time. Can't find a hook stout enough that has a weighted shank here's a tip try Radio shack, but you probably already know that trick. Hogy might be of interest also.

please re-phrase this mess your trying to speak of so I can understand it better... I'm sure I'm not the only one who can't make head or tales of what the hell your talking about...

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

Ask Dj, whom I can tell has a vast library of books on striper fishing to look at page 103 in the book "Fishing for Striped Bass" by Gary Caputi, bet that rigged eel can be fished bumping the bottom without the hooks hanging up.

I'm heading to the Ditch tomorrow night and Dj has my email, email me and I'll let you know where I'm fishing so you can get a good laugh at my feeble attempt to catch striped bass on Tuna gear. I would be honored to watch you fish and learn how to do it the right way. If I truly believed I was a great fisherman would I have spent the money to learn more at Bass class? Don't let my words carry so much weight in the future, I'm just a nobody that has an opinion and the inability to keep it to myself.