The Springtime Eel Question - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Fishpart · 05-20-2003, 06:32 AM

I know the "bait of choice" in the spring is the herring, but how soon till you normally switch over to eels? Are the bass so keyed in on herring and squid that they ignore eels or do you find that eels are a universal big fish bait.

To date, I have not had a lot of luck with eels in the spring, but that could be a result of fishing when I can rather than when I want to.....

redcrbbr · 05-20-2003, 06:45 AM

saw someone catch a maybe 20" fish last sunday morning at the east end of the ditch using an eel.

breakfast fish · 05-20-2003, 07:31 AM

caught my thirty pounder june 6 on eel last year off shore. started to drift eels from kayak the following week and did well, but have not really put any effort in fishing with eel during the month of may. i'll start eeling when "clammer"starts slinging them.

rwilhelm · 05-20-2003, 11:19 AM

In my opinion eels are great bait any time of the year.

dougie v · 05-20-2003, 11:20 AM

I've been trolling Tube and worm and Eels off my yak for the last month- eels have been active (4 hits to 1 hook up) but not a lot of pick-ups. tube and Worm have been very procuctive....

chris L · 05-20-2003, 01:29 PM

I havent started striper fishing yet but June is right around the corner and so is my eel fishing . Eels work anytime all year long but best in the summer thru Nov . I will be up on the cape the first week in June and will have a couple dozen with me . I had 4 over 30# last june all on eels .