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07-22-2007, 02:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Weymouth, MA
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Slinging Eels
Hello All,
What are your preferred methods of slinging eels? I know some people cast them with a bobber/balloon attached so the eels dont bury themselves in the rocks or mud. Or some people cast them out with a slow retrieve.
What do you like to do and why?? Just looking to share ideas.
Thanks,
Bob
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07-22-2007, 03:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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Use the search and I'm sure you'll find dozens of discussions. From shore most people keep 'em neat and slow.
As for rocks and mud, it's that what an eel should be doing anyway? 
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07-22-2007, 03:24 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: New Haven County, CT
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Cast out, give it a short count to get down, reel in excruciatingly slow. Keep rod tip up, until you get a take. Drop the rod tip to horizontal, let the line go tight, then cross her eyes with the hookset.
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07-22-2007, 04:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Weymouth, MA
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Thanks guys. I have always been somewhat confused as to the proper way to do it. Again, I have seen people using fishfinders with them, bobbers, etc.
To each their own I guess.
Thanks again.
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07-22-2007, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: In the water
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I use the method stated above. Cast it out and let it sink for a few seconds, then reel so slow its painful. Repeat till you hook up.
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07-22-2007, 04:40 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mayday1019
Thanks guys. I have always been somewhat confused as to the proper way to do it. Again, I have seen people using fishfinders with them, bobbers, etc.
To each their own I guess.
Thanks again.
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07-23-2007, 08:40 AM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
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SLOW and steady wins the race.
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07-23-2007, 09:15 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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a little weight can sometimes be the ticket also...
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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07-23-2007, 04:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Martha's Vineyard, MA
Posts: 185
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i dont waste my money and time with all these fancy methods of rigging them... i just grab any old hook, tie it on, grab an eel and put the hook through its mouth and cast. I think in the long run i will catch more fish than wasting my time trying to rig on bobbers and weights. Just let the eel swim naturally, and reel in slowly.
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07-23-2007, 08:46 PM
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ditch boy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: the sea
Posts: 664
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Quote:
Originally Posted by capecodkid
I use the method stated above. Cast it out and let it sink for a few seconds, then reel so slow its painful. Repeat till you hook up.
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yeah same here |
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