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04-17-2009, 02:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
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EELS in ziplocks??
How many of you guys throw your eels in individual ziplock bags and hook the eel while in the bag then pull it out through the hole??? I heard a couple guys using this method but have never tried. I would think it would be tough to hold the eel still in the bag? Thinking about going to it this year. Any thoughts?
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04-17-2009, 02:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
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Unless you wading really deep or wetsuiting, just get a soft sided cooler .
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04-17-2009, 02:46 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
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I do it. Sometimes hooking them is a little difficult but it works. It's only worth it if you will be deep wading or swimming.
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04-17-2009, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
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Im wetsuiting 50% of the time, that why Im thinking the ziplocks might be a good change.
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04-17-2009, 03:18 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mansfield,MA.
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It sounds like a lot of work,to put an eel in a zipp-lock bag over several minutes it will die,also to take the time to put one eel at a time and then put another half dozen eels in each zipp-locks bag will take alot of bags and time.
I think there are a bunch of effective ways to carry/use eels,most wet suit Guys put them in a sack bag and carry them on there waist and others put them in a small soft sided cooler with ice packs or crushed Ice,I use the soft sideded cooler method by the time I goto use them there pretty much chilled down and handleing them with a rag works pretty good,but this works for me.
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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04-17-2009, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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They will probably suffocate in the bags.
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04-17-2009, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: N.K.
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I use an old money bag.Shotgun shell bag.Put em in the bag cinch it closed tuck the bag under my wading belt.Put a small blue ice block in it inside a ziplock bag inside it.I just use a rag to get them out and hooked.The whole ziplock bag for each eel sounds like a pain to me.We don't need any more slimy plastic bags on the shore or in the rocks.I'd say bad idea.
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04-17-2009, 07:43 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,927
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I just got a soft cooler to carry with me while fishing... hate backtracking to the bucket.. any of you encounter any problems such as eels suffocating or getting too covered in slime? I wouldnt think they would suffocate, since you'd be opening it at least every hour... even when zipped tight... I'll probably wear it on a belt behind me...
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04-17-2009, 07:51 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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My partner in crime JP does this; they live fine for hours, just blow some extra air into the bag...
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"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"
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04-17-2009, 08:36 PM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
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why not use riggies, bro?
much easier when wetsuitin it, know?
talk to Rob about his unique riggie methodology,
or there's the Aquaskinz eeeels bag.
doesn't most of the NPT Contingent
go with the bags tied to the belt?
what day in Aug is good for you
and phaty for Cutty? the New is
Thurs the 20th,,,,,,,,,,,  |
"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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04-17-2009, 09:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
My partner in crime JP does this; they live fine for hours, just blow some extra air into the bag...
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Yup...  Works pretty well & keeps the icky gooey stuff off your hands and waders/jacket... 
Just make sure there's air in the bag - they live fine.
The only downside is that sometimes you get a poor hookset & premature cast-off due to the visibility in the bag if you rush hooking the eel... |
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04-17-2009, 11:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BassDawg
why not use riggies, bro?
much easier when wetsuitin it, know?
talk to Rob about his unique riggie methodology,
or there's the Aquaskinz eeeels bag.
doesn't most of the NPT Contingent
go with the bags tied to the belt?
what day in Aug is good for you
and phaty for Cutty? the New is
Thurs the 20th,,,,,,,,,,, |
Im not a big fan of the AS bag. Using the soft cooler but a little awkward when swimming, just figuring like 4 live ones in ziplocks in the front of my plug bag would be perfect. Figured Ill give it a whirl.
Rudy's Rigs are a different story. Those will be getting some play in the bag definitley. |
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04-19-2009, 02:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
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Poke some pinholes in the bag
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FORE!
It's usually darkest just before it turns Black..
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04-19-2009, 05:25 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Why complicate things by using plastic bags? You have to worry about the multiple plastic bags, litter, etc.
Pickle bucket with scuba belt...drill a bunch of holes in the bottom of pickle bucket and throw a couple handfuls of ice on them before setting out...if you're wetsuiting or deep wading, simply drill more and bigger holes in the bucket so it doesn't float.
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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04-19-2009, 08:38 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,990
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I wouldn't worry who from where is doing what, its about what works for you.
I go with a 3 can soft sided or pickle jar for wetsuiting. Toby L rigs a nice one.
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04-19-2009, 11:21 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,349
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Only girly men fish eels... 
oh, I meant plugs 
Deep wading, the only problem with the cooler is if the surf is big, the strap breaks and bye bye eels...
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"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"
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04-19-2009, 12:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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It works very well and is widely considered a viable method for handling eels when deep wading - after that it is a personal decision.
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