eels in canal

[snake slinger]

it seems that stuff that gets to the botom quick is what everybody likes in the canal(jigs tins) would live eels work?(they dont sink to fast).snake

[5/0]

Live eels work awesome in the Canal but you might want to wait a bit.It's a little to early for them now try late May-early June.Im not sure when they drop out of the rivers & head out on there migration.

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[Rob Rockcrawler]

i second that, eels work great in the canal. they dont get me quantity but they definatly get the quality. depending on the current i use rubber cores from 3/4 to 1 1/2 ounce to get it down a bit.

[Flaptail]

New Moon's of July August and September. West tides after dark, last three hours. A spinning rod with 30 pound braid and don't forget the ball bearing swivel. 40 pound fluoro leader at least 24 inches long, 5/0 hook of your choice. At low slack walk the dog with a semi dead eel, bring up slow and reel up the slack even slower. Do the 1000-1, 1000-2 count to ten after casting the eel. On running water let the eel drift with the tide for a while by maintaining the distance from shore. You do this by after the cast hits the water and the tension of the eel comes to your finger ( bail is open) let the line go for a few seconds until you feel the eel again and repeat several times. As the eel starts to swing in to close reel up fast, cast and repeat. Have fun.

[tlapinski]

[TheSpecialist]