It ain'tthe size of the eel its what you do with it.
Spoken like an irishman....
Bryan
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"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
actually.. i just read about making eels skin plugs yesterday. just out of curiosity. i must say i want to give em a try. and would rather not go through all the trouble of skinning an eel my self.. (aka i dont have the stomach for it) any places to get eel skins around the south shore (of ma). if i must i will do it myself. so on top of that any places to get large eels around here? every where i go seems to have nothing over a 1ft long.
should have kept that 3ft one i caught earlier in the year... figures.. now i know.
Tried it recently with Salty's eelskin swimmer and a 19" or 20" eel was too small to fit without cutting and sewing. You use the tail portion where they are a lot thinner than you think. I'd say you should be looking for a 25" eel if you want to have it slip over easily. That's really, really big.
The only place I know of that sells skins only was Makos at Buzzards Bay. If you can get them buy a bunch and store em in kosher salt. Thae last forever! Use the smaller ones for eel skin rigs - 4 to 5 ounces to jig the ditch.
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