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Your straying from where you need to go again... You have no deep spots near you.
This is all you need to know about eels:
Go to your jetty/reef/pier just before sunset with a moving tide.
You take a 6/0 Mustad (sharpened) attached to 30-50# mono leader tied to a smooth swivel. The rest of your running line, use whatever you want but in your area, I'd use 17# Big Game Green - minimum (I'm just real basic). You take the hook and run it down the mouth (of the eel, not yours ;D ) with the hook exiting arouns or slightly behind the jaw (depends on the size of eel). Your eel is a little pi$$ed at his recent tracheotomy but he's somewhat slowed down because you've used the icing methods talked about here in the past.
You bounce the rod tip so the eel doesn't ball up on you and you walk over to where you'll cast. At which point - a rather speedy, smooth arc of a cast will get your eel out there. No need to crank it as a crank gets only a few feet more that an easy lobb and you'll toss off more eels to a swift cast (as you get more comfortable, you'll tweak your casts)...
OK, Mr Eel has just landed in the water, whaddaya do now? You reel very very very slow so the eel will reach the bottom (if your eel has been on for a few casts, you don't need to reel at first when it goes to the bottom). Now reel very slowly - all of those sayings are true; "you can never reel to slow", "2 smoke retrieve", "if you think you're going slow enough, slow down some more", "5 missisippi handle crank"...
Do this time after time you will have success - leave all of your other crap at home. Force yourself to ONE method. Don't read anything beyond this thread. You are at a disadvantage (well, fishingwise) to where you live but not a great one. Make the most of it... But FOR CRYING OUT LOUD - STOP READING BOOKS!!! IT IS NOW A DETRIMENT TO YOUR FISHING!!!
Trust me - this will work if you give it a chance. Once you've done this several dozen times you will be ready for September/October when your area is lighting up. You will only be ready if you do exactly as I say right away!!!!
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