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View Poll Results: Will the current eel status have an effect on your fishing?
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Yes, I vow to never use an eel this season.
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A little, I vow to use less eels than last year.
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Nope, I will use eels as long as I can still get them.
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Eels???? Never touch the things......
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04-30-2005, 10:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: SE Mass
Posts: 194
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I will continue to use them but I'm in favor of tighter regs on their capture and use.
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04-30-2005, 12:12 PM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
Posts: 749
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i will continue to use them i think if we were more careful with them it would make a diffrence like iam going to have a live well this year any eels that i dont use that nite will go in the live well till i need them again.if we buy only what we need that would help.and you dont need a fresh eel after catching a fish ive caught 3 bass on the same eel i just re hook it. and iam going to rigg my dead eels this year and freeze them.tighter regs.snake slinger
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04-30-2005, 12:13 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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up until last year I almost just used eels at nite....last year I used them maybe twice...I'm still gonna use em'....but I'm trying for a Big Gal on wood
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04-30-2005, 03:12 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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I hope SOME people figure out its a good idea to take the dead ones home and save the skins for plugs/jigs.
Throwing away bait/eels is a waste.
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Ski Quicks Hole
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04-30-2005, 05:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,694
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no eels for me this season.
if your not part of the solution, your part of the problem  |
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04-30-2005, 05:29 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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I am not a big eel user but I may use them maybe twice a year
This year I bought the Tsunami halo eels to rig and try out.
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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04-30-2005, 05:37 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,272
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I'm going to use eels this season but I will be very selective on how I maintain them and keep them. I had a habit of releasing them on occasion instead of storing them but I will now store them. I also intend to keep the skins.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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04-30-2005, 07:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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Don't use many at the canal but if the occasion calls for them somewhere else , I'll use them.
BTW , rigging your dead eels will not only keep them from going to waste but the rigged ones last about 10 times longer provided no blues hit them. The extra hook and better casting I think more than make up for the slightly less effectiveness and net result , I think you catch more fish on rigged eels.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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05-03-2005, 07:09 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by JohnR
I'm going to use eels this season but I will be very selective on how I maintain them and keep them. I had a habit of releasing them on occasion instead of storing them but I will now store them. I also intend to keep the skins.
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John,
Why? Other than saving some money, releasing them is better for the fishery than keeping them and winding up with a dead one or two. |
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