Now I know where that old wives tail about "Bass striking with their tail" may have originated.
DZ
Yup, makes you realize that eel fishing hasn't changed at all in the last 100 years - pretty neat to get the story 1st hand like that from the angler himself.
Although I doubt any 21st Century eel man would use "For cat's sake" as an expletive...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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