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04-22-2004, 08:37 PM
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Location: MA
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Sand eels
Snagged one in middletown tonight , on a crippled herring. Didnt get anything else though. When are the sand eels around? Whats the best way to use them for bait?
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04-22-2004, 08:56 PM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
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i like to throw about three em on at a time on a fish finder rig. or if your fishing with current you can drift them
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04-22-2004, 09:07 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Told ya....those crippled herring are awesome!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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04-22-2004, 09:12 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
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They are great for Bass!! If they are freash!!
I rake my own when I have the time and they are about the best bait around for Fluke to!! And the fluke don't care if they have been frozen or not!
I think at the end of May is when the big ones are around?? then after that you get alot of small babbys till the fall. But at the Pamet they are pleanty large!! Most of the time.  |
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04-22-2004, 11:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Holyoke
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Fresh sand eels are the best I rake my at low tide in front of the light house on race point.
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" There's no way, no way you could have come from my gene's. When we get home I am going punch your momma right in the mouth." Sheriff B. T. Justice
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04-23-2004, 07:16 AM
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Location: Rhode Island
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They are popular on the Cape - a lot of guys fish them. But I've never heard of any Naragansett anglers using them.
They're better suited to sandy beaches - you'll go through a lot of rigs if try to fish them down where you live.
When sand eels are around most Rhody south shore anglers reach for a Habs or Superstrike needlefish.
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04-23-2004, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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How hard is it to find sand eels when raking for them? I have always wanted to get a rake for that but never got around to it. I def like using sand eels for bait because they are usually around most places. Hmmm maybe Ill go for it and buy the rake this year, it is a bit pricey though......
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04-23-2004, 10:38 AM
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Location: MA
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I got some pix, that i i will post soon.
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04-23-2004, 10:43 AM
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Location: Rhode Island
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Here's a picture of a sand eel.....
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04-23-2004, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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Imagine a fish that just happened to grow to look just like a redgill !! ??  |
Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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04-23-2004, 11:12 AM
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The one i caught was a lot wider joe. It wasnt as skinny as that one at all. Actually looked a lot different then your pic.
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04-23-2004, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally posted by BigFish
Told ya....those crippled herring are awesome!
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They catch(or snag!) just about anything! |
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04-23-2004, 10:04 PM
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Im thinking it wasnt a sand eel now. Maybe a baby eel. Its mouth was almost the size of a nickel when opened.
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04-25-2004, 04:11 PM
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sand eels can grow decently large ive seen them at like 10 inches down at the cape. But I dunno if they get that big this early in the season... Although one way to tell the diff is that sand eels are silver and eels are brown and whitish.
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04-25-2004, 07:13 PM
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EVERY FISH COUNTS!!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: south plymouth, MA
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i saw big ten inch eels in the east end of the canal last summer that looked like in the pic, schools so thick you could run a tremble hook and hook a dozen
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todays schoolie is tomorrows keeper,todays keeper is tomorrows cow,practice catch and release!!!.
GOD BLESS THE NRA!!!!
ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!
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04-25-2004, 07:25 PM
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EVERY FISH COUNTS!!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: south plymouth, MA
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do you chunk em or whole
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todays schoolie is tomorrows keeper,todays keeper is tomorrows cow,practice catch and release!!!.
GOD BLESS THE NRA!!!!
ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!
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04-25-2004, 08:31 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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I swallow the 6" and shorter ones whole.
Once they get too big I like to bite them in half first.
They are very tasty raw.  |
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04-26-2004, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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haha sand eel sushi yummmmmm. The best method with sand eels is put 1-4 eels on at a time depending on the size of them.
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04-26-2004, 08:45 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Hey, no joke---they're pure protein, almost no fat, and while I find them palatable but slightly fishy tasting, there are those who believe they taste like raw oysters |
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06-04-2007, 10:45 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: East Dennis Massachusetts
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where can I buy a sand eel rake?
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06-05-2007, 06:00 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Marshfield MA
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riverview bait shop on rt 28 in south yarmouth mabyee quivet creek outfitters has them
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06-05-2007, 06:38 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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Chef:
I had a fluke cough something up last week that looked like a sand-eel but wider w/ a big mouth, like your describing..
about 3-4" long. The mouth looked like a baby weakfish..
I'm thinking Lizard fish. some guys got some in gansett last year a little bigger on teasers...
Scroll down...
http://njscuba.net/biology/sw_fish_river.html |
Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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06-05-2007, 07:25 AM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
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This is how I test if they're fresh.
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seals + plovers = 
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06-05-2007, 08:11 AM
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That is my go to bait in the summer.
The key is they HAVE TO BE FRESH.
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06-05-2007, 08:26 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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RIR, you;ll know a lizard fish, they look just like a lizard with razor sharp teeth
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06-05-2007, 07:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: East Dennis Massachusetts
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when you rake for sand eels do you stick the prongs of the rake all the way into the sand or just rake the top?
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06-05-2007, 08:11 PM
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Plug Paladin
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Jackson, N.J.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rappin Mikey
This is how I test if they're fresh.
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You made me crack up. funny!  |
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06-06-2007, 08:03 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
RIR, you;ll know a lizard fish, they look just like a lizard with razor sharp teeth
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Yeah.. but partially digested...
I'm sticking w/ my baby weakfish theory for now... |
Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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