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A little to technical???
There is not that much science to it at all.I have been fishing eels for alot of years and, you shoud always let the fish run with the eel.Reapeted lip hooking is definatly positivly a sighn that you are setting up TO SOON!! 100% For sure.When it happens all the time you are setting up to soon!!! Sure once in a while you will lip hook a bass but, 90 percent of the time the bass will have that hook right in the center of the back of the throat,right where you want it!!
Small fish will run and drop the eel right away,large bass suck it in and 90percent of the time wont drop it.
Once you get the hit,drop the rod and hit the clutch,let the fish run to a 8 or 10 count then set the hook,simple as that.I cant almost count on two hands the amount of bass I have lost eel fishing.Most bass are lost because of poor drag adjustment and and inexperiance fighting fish in and around rocks.Small bass grab the tail of the eel more often than not and, will run with it a long way and still drop it.
Large bass will grab the eel,run and then stop,swallow the eel and run again,thats when you set the hook.
The tecnique of setting fast is purely for "conservation" purposes this is done to try to hook the fish in the lips.You will lose more fish than you catch this way.Like I said before,catch them first and weigh them later.
It is almost IMPOSSIBLE for a bass to "hook themselves" on a single hook with slack line.And, even it happens it will be a very weak connection to the fish.You need to set the hook hard! I have had bass eject the eel out the gills,which to me clearly shows that the big girls suck that eel down!!
While I appreciate salthearts extremely tecnical respone to your post,It really much simpler than that.I certainly would not have wanted my 52lb fish lip hooked? would you??
The other problem you have is that some bass hit and then swim in,right at you! Now what do you do exept reel as fast as you can to catch up with the slack,These fish more often than not are lip hooked also because you dont have the time to wait anylonger to set.
As long as a bass does not feel tension ,the bass will not drop that eel!! Especially if she is hungry and big!
Here is s stry for you,that has happend more than once to me: I have had hits where the bass took of so fast that it "backlashed" my reel! I would then let the bass run until the spool was clear and the line straightend out,I then set the hook and had my bass.
Its hard to say how far they run on a 8 or 10 count but it is certain that the dont run so far as to make hook setting difficult.
It comes down to a "feel" and experiance as to when to ram the hook home!! All hits and situations present different,How long and how far you let them run depends on any number of things,where you are, how boulder strewn the shore is,if the bass are picky..Etc........
I could let you talk to many,many eperianced bass fisherman who will tell you that 99% of the time when a fish drops an eel after a good run,said fish was a small bass.
Back to what saly said, The only enviroment where a bass would hook themselves on an eel and be a solid hookup would be a place of strong current,like a breachway or something along those lines.
Its all about feel and timing.I have Litterely,thosands of bass caught on eels! I think I know what there habits are by now and, one important one is this,If Im at a spot and getting tons of hits and drops then, I know im in a school of dink bass! and its time to move!!
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