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View Poll Results: Will the current eel status have an effect on your fishing?
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Yes, I vow to never use an eel this season.
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A little, I vow to use less eels than last year.
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Nope, I will use eels as long as I can still get them.
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Eels???? Never touch the things......
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05-02-2005, 11:51 AM
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I'm reluctant to use live bait such as eels. It's just a personal thing. Call me a wuss, I feel strangely weird trying to have a good time while some poor slimy critter is writhing in discomfort on the end of my hook. Go ahead, flame away and call me a wuss.
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05-02-2005, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Onset
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Ben, not to flame you, but what about that poor slimey fish on the end of your line feeling discomfort with a hook in its mouth
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05-02-2005, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kingston, Ma
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When I heard about the proposed ban on eels, my heart sank to the pit of my stomach. I primarily fish with eels and will continue to do so until laws force me to change my ways, at which time I will find an alternative as I am a law abidin citizen of this foreign country.
This issue has been on my mind since I first caught wind of it and have been considering ways that I can contribute to the conservation of eels.
I plan to cut down on the number of eels I toss once they are dead. I am going to explore the practicality of saving the dead eels and experiment with fishin rigged eels and eel skins. Gotta to really figure out how to rig them.
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05-02-2005, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by t.orlando
Ben, not to flame you, but what about that poor slimey fish on the end of your line feeling discomfort with a hook in its mouth
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Hook in big fish's mouth one thing ...
Hook through one jaw and out the eyeball is another.
I sure hope eels don't feel any pain. |
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05-02-2005, 02:27 PM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
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Originally Posted by fishweewee
I'm reluctant to use live bait such as eels. It's just a personal thing. Call me a wuss, I feel strangely weird trying to have a good time while some poor slimy critter is writhing in discomfort on the end of my hook. Go ahead, flame away and call me a wuss.
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What about the poor defensive tree that was chopped down and whittled into the BM pikie you throw in its place?  |
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05-02-2005, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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I thought you were the strangely weird poor slimy critter writhing in discomfort on the end of your rod!
Eels are like candy, you gotta love looking at em and just knowing what they could do to some big bass..
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