3 waying eels and other eel methods from boat

[cheferson]

Im going out for a 12 hour marathon on my buddies boat tonight. Ive never thrown eels off a boat before, but have heard that 3-waying is a killer technique. Im just not exactly sure how to make the rig and what kind of underwater structure and depths where i would want to use it(anchored up or drifting). Also any other techniques or advice for eeling from boat would be appreciated. I got eels down pretty good from shore but have 0 experience on da boat.

Thanks

[BrianS]

eels from a boat?

only advice i got is be careful where you sling, because if your not, it may lead to THIS

and if you are.. it leads to THIS 20 mins later...

[cheferson]

Nice bjs, the hook still in your head when your holding the fish??

[BrianS]

hook was in my head the rest of the night.

That was 9pm... We left at 4am.. Got to the emergency room about 5:30

[Homerun04]

[Parapapam]

3-way rigs are supposed to be killer. But I have used a more straight forward method to date. I just run the hook through the jaw and out the eye, cast and slow retrieve....while drifting. Since I am usually in less than 20 feet of water, the eels get down well enough on their own.

But if you are fishing a specific hole or spot, then anchor up and use the 3-way. I'm not an expert. I am just telling you what works for me.

[Fishpart]

3-way in deep 40' (?)water. Take a piece of leader tie a dropper loop up about a foot from one end and tie a loop knot on the tag end. Put hook through dropper loop put sinker in loop on the end tie other end to your line, swivel if you want one. Drop over side till you hit bottom always when drifting, leave reel in freespool with the clicker on and when you hear the buzzzzzzzzzzz set up.

Otherwise fish them with now weight the same places you surfcast from but on the water side get within a surfcast of the shore, throw your eel over as if you are surfcasting and drift with the eel in tow, reel in freespool and thumb on spool or clicker on. Watch out for rocks, you don't want to fish this way when there is big water or an onshore breeze.........