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Old 09-04-2012, 06:10 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by MakoMike View Post
You need an insert in the minnow trap to make it longer. Otherwise the eel will enter the trap but leave it tail out in the opening and then it can easily find its way back out again.
No you don't... I routinely STUFF standard minnow traps with eels... eels... in fact recently I had so many eels in a standard minnow trap that it popped the snap as i pulled it onto the dock... I use these in conjunction with the standard comercial eel trap to capture more trolling sized eels...

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