Who would fish without eels?

[bart]

Originally Posted by numbskull

So one is left to conclude you are implying Iron Mike/Habs and either Tim Coleman/Stetzko are lying to hide some secret technique they used....as if fishing bait for large fish is worth lying about. Perhaps someone else is bluffing here to support a weak argument?

i think a lot of people believe Iron Mike's fish was really caught on an eel, but said it was caught on a Hab's to help his buddy out. I don't know if that's true or not, i just know that a lot of people think this. another thing that happens all the time, that I think SD was referring to, is that people catch a big fish on an eel then stick a custom plug in its mouth, take a pic, in hopes of getting freebies out of it......

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by bart

i think a lot of people believe Iron Mike's fish was really caught on an eel, but said it was caught on a Hab's to help his buddy out. I don't know if that's true or not, i just know that a lot of people think this. another thing that happens all the time, that I think SD was referring to, is that people catch a big fish on an eel then stick a custom plug in its mouth, take a pic, in hopes of getting freebies out of it......

Soooooooooooooo.....we are to assume that Hab's didn't know and unwittingly propagated the lie to his own benefit? Interesting. And why would guys who have no faith in plugs be carrying custom plugs in the first place and want freebies that they don't use? To sell on ebay perhaps? This whole discussion is certainly enlightening.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by numbskull

And why would guys who have no faith in plugs be carrying custom plugs in the first place and want freebies that they don't use? To sell on ebay perhaps? This whole discussion is certainly enlightening.

Glory...

[Sea Flat]

Put on a tandem rigged 14" black Hogy with eel scent on it and you are good to go!!!

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by bart

i think a lot of people believe Iron Mike's fish was really caught on an eel, but said it was caught on a Hab's to help his buddy out. I don't know if that's true or not, i just know that a lot of people think this. another thing that happens all the time, that I think SD was referring to, is that people catch a big fish on an eel then stick a custom plug in its mouth, take a pic, in hopes of getting freebies out of it......

When guys like Cinto, Tim Coleman and Stetzko got their big fish, the freebie possibilities weren't there. Coleman was the editor of The Fisherman--he probably had freebies stacked on his desk like cordwood. The last thing he probably needed was more free plugs

In Cinto's case--if the fish was caught on an eel, and he told the truth, it would have been accepted as a world record. Why would he lie about catching it on a plug, when saying that it was caught on a lure with multiple trebles (not accepted by IGFA as legit at the time) disqualified it?

Nowadays? Sure. Guys do it. And some guys, who write, have been known to trash certain plugs in print precisely because the builder wouldn't grease them. The internet's made it even worse. The old saying, "believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear" has never held more water than on internet fishing sites.

Bottom line: over the course of the season, over the vast majority of fishing terrain in the Northeast, you will hang more big fish on eels than on any piece of wood, plastic or lead. It's not even open to debate. If I was still fishing for the buck, you bet yer arse I'd be slinging snakes, especially in the last hour and a half of the west tide, and the first couple of the east, in the Canal

[Rockport24]

this is getting interesting, but to get away from the controversial stuff.... like a few have mentioned, it's all about your confidence. Of course if you are like me and really depend on live eels at night, then of course your confidence is going to be low without them.
It's just like on the kayak now, if I don't have a tube and worm with nice fresh worms, my confidence goes way down trolling or casting sluggos or plugs.

[5/0]

Nope not me!
Chris,
At this point with 4 day's left in the Tourney & with the perfect alignment of negative tides,moon phase,bait,water temp & ideal weather IMHO Thursday & Friday morning will be the time Togo but not with shoestring eels.......It's just not worth the gas,money,and sleep deprivation,I can't se the point in waking up 6 hrs. before work to drive down to the kill zone with intentions of going large but instead to have all those thoughts deflated buy micro eels balling up on me or just as bad not being able to cast out far enough for a proper offering No thanks I'll have to pass.


Bob