How I hook an Eel

I wonder if that would work on shiners ??????

[Back Beach]

To all you eel fishermen, just my .02 cents. I typically fish eels in a fully dead state if fishing at night. I may insert lead or other additives into the mouth to sink them. I typically hook just behing the eyes through the bone in the head. This way the eel never comes off the hook from long casting sessions. The other advantage is if anything attempts to grab the eel, you will not mistake it for the eel itself in panic mode. How important do you think it is to use a fully live eel at night? By day in the boat I will always use a lively one, but night either off the boat or surf, I usually fish them dead. I will throw them in the sand, stretch them out to break the backbone, and on the hook they go with a 6/0 octopus.