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02-29-2012, 01:49 PM
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Location: CT
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Rigging Uncle Josh Bad Boy
Does anyone know how to properly rig an uncle josh bad boy (JR or regular)? I have been looking around but can not find good step by step directions, except they are similar to rigging eels but without the dacron. Thanks for your help!!!
Last edited by jaymbone; 02-29-2012 at 02:32 PM..
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02-29-2012, 02:11 PM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
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Otw did a whole article on it, I have it in my archives, I can dig up in a few days for you
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02-29-2012, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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john skinner wrote the article if that helps you find it. it was a few years ago, when all the eel ban talk was going on.
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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02-29-2012, 02:30 PM
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Unfortunately I can not find the John Skinner article anywhere...but b/c of one of his books I am obsessing with making a few (correctly) for this years night fishing.
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02-29-2012, 02:36 PM
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Any help would be so much appreciated!
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02-29-2012, 06:30 PM
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Chris Blouin
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I can scan it in and email to you on Friday
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02-29-2012, 09:31 PM
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That would be awesome!! I'll PM you my email.
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03-01-2012, 10:26 AM
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Jambone,
I have rigged them according to Skinners specs. Try and find them at a shop and ask if you can open the jars. They vary in thickness and some have a "permanent curl" to them. If they have a curl they will spin during retrieve which is NOT DESIRED. Try and select those that are completely straight and not to thick. Good luck.
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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03-01-2012, 10:49 AM
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M.S.B.A.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Jambone,
I have rigged them according to Skinners specs. Try and find them at a shop and ask if you can open the jars. They vary in thickness and some have a "permanent curl" to them. If they have a curl they will spin during retrieve which is NOT DESIRED. Try and select those that are completely straight and not to thick. Good luck.
DZ
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I have never used them but have heard form many friends down south that rig them behind mojo rigs to beware of exactly what DZ refers to...sounds like sun on the jar or age can stat to dry them out even if in the solution they are packed in. |
"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
 
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04-28-2015, 11:05 AM
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Location: Harwich MA
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resurrecting an old thread here to ask if anyone has found a good substitute for the Bad Boys since they are apparently no longer available..
Steve T
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04-28-2015, 01:21 PM
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Steve,
Years ago I spoke with the late Al Bentsen about using different materials for rigging pseudo "eels". He mentioned going to his local butcher and getting his own pork rind which came in sheets not strips. He would then make a template and cut enough of the rind to make a tube worm which he would sew together with some dacron then attach it to a an eel squid. He sent me the drawings and measurements but I have no idea what happend to them. I also knew another "New Yawka" named Michael Angelo who used the same concept and made his pseudo eels using shark skin which he marketed as the "Gizmo" - he sold them in jars packed with salt brine. I used the Gizmos with success - shark skin is tough.
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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04-28-2015, 03:25 PM
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Location: Harwich MA
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So DZ you haven't tried Al Bentsen's pork rind method yet? Now I'm trying to imagine what you're saying. Did he sew the flat rind into a long hollow tube?
Steve
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04-28-2015, 03:29 PM
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Location: Quincy, Mass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rockdoc
So DZ you haven't tried Al Bentsen's pork rind method yet? Now I'm trying to imagine what you're saying. Did he sew the flat rind into a long hollow tube?
Steve
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Yes, he sewed a hollow tube about 18 inches. It caught but not as good as a real eel.........JC |
Capt. Jason Colby
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04-28-2015, 04:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Jason Colby
Yes, he sewed a hollow tube about 18 inches. It caught but not as good as a real eel.........JC
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Yep - what Jason said ^ I never did try his method but knowing Bentsen it had a place. He was a fascinating man to meet and talk with. We we're like kids in a candy store exchanging our methods of fishing. |
DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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04-28-2015, 05:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
We we're like kids in a candy store exchanging our methods of fishing.
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Can't beat that. It's like finding Sasquatch.
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04-29-2015, 11:57 AM
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Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rockdoc
resurrecting an old thread here to ask if anyone has found a good substitute for the Bad Boys since they are apparently no longer available..
Steve T
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Uncle Josh site now has a 9 in. "Meat EEL". Looks like it's worth trying as a substitute. |
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