eels during the day???

[MountainBreeze]

Anyone throw eels during the day or just at night?
How about early morning?

Thanks,
Rob

[beachwalker]

Hey,

Eels in the day work fine provided that you are fishing deep enough. Using the current to carry them from a shallower spot to a deeper hole is the answer. Use an eel jig with at least a 2oz sinker to get it to the bottom.

Be careful of the choppers. They will make a cherute out of your snake in no time if they are around.

[KJLane]

got my biggest ever on an eel during the day.

[MountainBreeze]

Originally posted by beachwalker
Use an eel jig with at least a 2oz sinker to get it to the bottom.

Really??? Go from no weight at night up to a 2oz during the day? I never would have thought to do that.

Is the eel "strong enough" to move the 2oz around?

Thanks,
Rob

[MikeTLive]

What is an eel jig?

[beachwalker]

Rob,

When fishing deeper water you have to get the eel DOWN. It will pretty much stay on the surface when drifting because of horizontal pull of the boat/line against the eel. This acts to pull it up to the surface. Truly the eel will try to dive to the bottom but will encounter trouble working against the lay of the line and the current. The sinker gets it down and the drift of the boat and/or current will nudge it along the bottom where it hopefully will find the fish. Attempting this with no idea of what is on the bottom is rarely successful. Being in a boat with a fishfinder showing the bottom structure is the best. Of course, local knowledge doesn't hurt either.

When fishing an eel at night or late in the season (when the blues are scarce) on a shallow rip you don't need a sinker as you are casting upcurrent and letting the eel drift down current over the bar/structure. The eel will try and get as deep as he can but once again he will be fighting the lay of the line and current.
If the Bass are there you can be sure they will find him. Reel very slowly stopping every few seconds to let it free drift. If there are other eelers at this spot use a rotation of casting upcurrent, letting it drift/slow retrieve down current until you are hooked up or hve used up the rip. retrieve and walk back to the upcurrent side, etc. Comprende ?

[beachwalker]

Pretty much my terminology. It is a leader/slider/hook combo that allows you to place a sliding shackle through your mainline with a weight and the attach the mainline to the leader/hook. It keeps the weight off of, and away from, the bait.

Check out your local tackle shop. They definetly will have them pre-made.

[MountainBreeze]

¡Si! Mucho gracias señor beachwalker.

[JohnR]

Rubber Core Sinker

[Joe]

Eels in the day work just fine.
Caught a bunch of twenty pound fish one day a few years back surfcasting from the south side of Block Island....Eeeeeeeels