HELP - how do you keep these damn eels from tangling my line! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

t.orlando · 07-18-2005, 05:22 PM

Man, your annoying

bassmaster · 07-18-2005, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by t.orlando

Man, your annoying

me pick me im an annoying, pick Me

anyone who can eel can fish needles

CAL · 07-18-2005, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bassmaster

anyone who can eel can fish needles

I must be the exception

ThrowingTimber · 07-18-2005, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
I am the eel-The eel is me

1)Thou shalt not fish the eel without massive whackith

2) Thou shalt not marketh the eel or prayith to any false eelgods exeptith the #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& master of all things eel

3) Thou shall pray to the lowely eelith nightly and give it offerings of ice

4) Thou shalt not hold any other serpant abovith the eel

5) before one fishes the eel one shall swim to the sargosso sea and watchith the eel spawn

6) Thou shall not covet anothers success with the eel (me)

7) Thou shall not ever fish the eel anywhere exeptith rocky out cropings

8) Thou shalt scorn lowley shoestring eels that makith there way to fine baitshops on cape cod

9) thou shall only fish the eel with conventional gear

10) thou shalt anoint himself in eel water at a local baitshop by ceromonisly having ones partner baptise him by dunking his head in the eel tankith, the eeltank is sacred ground and should be bowed to upon approach

"There are many eels, but this eel is mine, I shall whackith him to a dizzying stupor at will , I shall impale the serpant on my hook and cast my offering to a boundless sea in the hopes that a great fi%$%$%$%$h shall consume said offering, I will bow my great stick to the mighty bass as the offering is being taken out to sea, I shall smartly setith my hook on the beast by crossing her eyeballs, I shall haul out my trophy and postith my picture all over striped-bass.com, I shall pissith off the minions here yet one more time with my great prowness of the sea and yet again assert my eel mastery"

Praise be to me and my eel, you may go now in peace and slime!

Dude that sofa king tight!!! I was fookin howling... tight lines! I got fish to catch latez

Nebe · 07-18-2005, 06:01 PM

In reguards to smacking the eel, I do it too. The reason i do it is that it breaks all the vertebrea and pretty much paralizes the rear portian of the eel. I dont do this to elemenate tangles, i do this because the eel's tail will dance and flutter better under water, plus and this is the important part, when the eel dies, you can hardly tell its dead.

Another thing-
#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& gets away with a 9 foot pole because he uses a conventional and can easily freespool... i find it difficult to eel with a 9footer and a spinning rod- i drop more bass than if i am using a 10 footer.

thats all i got to say.

fishaholic18 · 07-18-2005, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Eben

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& gets away with a 9 foot pole because he uses a conventional and can easily freespool... i find it difficult to eel with a 9footer and a spinning rod- i drop more bass than if i am using a 10 footer.

thats all i got to say.

Why do you freespool?
Drop tip...set hook..Seldom miss...10' or 9' rod..Don't notice any diff.
Only advantage I see of 10' is it's easier to haul the large over the rocks.