gloves for eels? any suggestions?

[GonnaCatchABig1]

On nights like last night, ice doesn't last very long.. holy crap was it humid. Never sweat so much at night in my life. My ice was gone in about 30 minutes. i gotta get around to making/buying a double bucket. i got to used to fishing eels with my buddy tom, who has one. The green scrub pad idea sounds great, for when theres no sand on the rocks. Never would have thought of it. Thanks guys! Good stuff. As always.

P.s. girlfriend trip total failure. All the spots I had scoped out were near impossible to fish at the stage of tide we arrived at, the heat and humidity had us pouring sweat, rocks were covered in pincher bugs, so she couldn't even sit and watch. Forgot bug spray, so we were swarmed by mosquitoes in numbers I didn't know existed, i rolled my ankle, and then my reel decided it would be the perfect time to start locking up on one specific part of the gears. It was fine a few hours before and hadn't hit the sand or been dunked, so I know it was just to pour on the pain . you know i would have stayed and toughed it out, but i was trying to get her to have a good time on her first fishing trip, nope. welcome to fishing, where murphy's law is always enforced around me. lol. And yet she wants to try again.. but we'll see if she means it.
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[piemma]

Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1

On nights like last night, ice doesn't last very long.. holy crap was it humid. Never sweat so much at night in my life. My ice was gone in about 30 minutes. i gotta get around to making/buying a double bucket. i got to used to fishing eels with my buddy tom, who has one. The green scrub pad idea sounds great, for when theres no sand on
the rocks. Never would have thought of it. Thanks guys! Good stuff. As always.

P.s. girlfriend trip total failure. All the spots I had scoped out were near impossible to fish at the stage


of tide we arrived at, the heat and humidity had us pouring sweat, rocks were covered in pincher bugs, so she couldn't even sit and watch. Forgot bug spray, so we


were swarmed by mosquitoes in numbers I didn't know existed, i rolled my ankle, and then my reel decided it would be the perfect time to start locking up on one specific

part of the gears. It was fine a few hours before and hadn't hit the sand or been dunked, so I know it was just to pour on the pain . you know i would have stayed and
toughed it out, but i was trying to get her to have a good time on her first fishing trip, nope. welcome to fishing, where murphy's law is always enforced around me. lol. And yet she wants to try again.. but we'll see if she means it.
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Planning is the most important part of fishing. Plan on fighting bugs, heat, humidity, know the eels need ice to slow them down. Pick a spot to land a fish before the first cast not when you hook up. Check knots twice. Cut back your leader after you catch a fish. Sharpens hooks after every fish and after a dozen casts if you are getting weeds.
The one thing that separates those who catch from those that try is preparation.
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