The 4 big methods used off Block and that area are (in no particular order): Tube -n- Worm, 3 way Eels, Jiggin Bucktails deep, and Yo-Yoing whole Pogies. Wire is often used on the tube-n-worm and the jigs. Not necessary but often, espsecially but the charter guys. Your regular rods would come apart after a day of wire line.
Part of the battle with eels (which do work better in the dark but are good deep during the day) is to keep them iced down. With a lbucket system that drains properly and a good bed of ice, the metabolism of the eel slows down considerably and by grabbing it's head and whacking it's tail a few times on a sturdy object, takes most of the initial wiggle out...
do a search (button is on your upper right) on "bucket" and see if you see one about short term eel storage...
Typical trolling speed for bass varies from a half knot to maybe 2 kts (and that's usually too fast). People trolling 5 mph are doing better for blues
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