Optimal size Eel for fishing??

[lurch]

What size eel do you like to fish with? I read online that the average size of the american eel is 18 inches. Is the average eel too large to fish with? I told myself that I would fish with eels more and trying to find out more about the best sizes to fish with.

[zimmy]

Please make another post quickly

[lurch]

Originally Posted by zimmy

Please make another post quickly

Is there a problem with the post? Did I ask the wrong question?

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by lurch

Is there a problem with the post? Did I ask the wrong question?

Hi Lurch

Yeh, I'm not sure I get it either

[lurch]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Hi Lurch

Yeh, I'm not sure I get it either

Hi John!

I presume that it might be fishing with the american eel which may be put an a protective list????

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by lurch

Hi John!

I presume that it might be fishing with the american eel which may be put an a protective list????

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[Rockfish9]

alot of factors effect the size of the eel i use, I'm strictly a cow stalker and dont care about #'s of fish caught or schoolies, I like using big eels, IMHO I catch less schoolies by using the larger ones, it's a matter of economics, small fish have a harder time eating the big bait..big fish want a meal worth the effort. (16-18" is good bye me)

The exception to the rule would be the nights when there is alot of fire in the water, these nights, a small bait often outfishes the big...

Another reason to use big bait is the knot factor, large eels are less likely to ball up.....

[Saltheart]

I like the biggest eels I can get without cobra heads. Any sign of the cobra head is too big for me. Usually , that means about a 2.5 to 3 OZ eels.

[fishaholic18]

Just to add, there is nothing wrong with using smaller eels, I know Billy(#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&) likes smaller ones and as you know, does well with them.

What rod do you use?
I like my Lami 1213M, it'll handle about any eel.

[lurch]

Originally Posted by fishaholic18

Just to add, there is nothing wrong with using smaller eels, I know Billy(#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&) likes smaller ones and as you know, does well with them.

What rod do you use?
I like my Lami 1213M, it'll handle about any eel.

Lami 1322. I was also asking because I want to throw eels with this rod and if the optimal eel cannot be thrown with the 1322 I would have to make adjustments. I have a 1203 and if the optimal eel was a small eel I would use the 1203.

[2na]

eels are like boobs - some like'em small, some like'em big. I'm a medium man myself.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by ptmike

eels are like boobs - some like'em small, some like'em big. I'm a medium man myself.

Nah, I like Congas there..

[chief10]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

I like the biggest eels I can get without cobra heads. Any sign of the cobra head is too big for me. Usually , that means about a 2.5 to 3 OZ eels.

yes. no pets!

[Goose]

14''-18" and fat

[RIROCKHOUND]

4 or 5 times this year I switched eels from a larger to a smaller one (18" to 12") after nothing for a while. Everytime I hooked up, and these were all 20-25lb fish...
I think I reasoned it out with JoeP that the big eel was the teaser; like Marlin, it piqued their interest.. the smaller eel just looked edible...

I'm sold... my best size has always been 12-15"

[t.orlando]

Congers on conventional, and about 3-3.5oz for spinners .

[Steve K]

I like them around 16" but I have a hard time getting them.

[riverrat2]

I like monster eels for the canal, they seem to get down quicker. When fishing the beach or rocks I like medium-larges. Somewhere around 12-16"

[snake slinger]

medium/smalls but with a little girth.12 inch

[fishermanjim]

Hey Dave,,, that Lami 1322,,, thats about 25 feet long isn't it?

[ridler72]

Same here 16" TO 18". Deformed face eels work the best.

[Fish On]

The bigger the better....