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07-11-2011, 06:52 PM
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Fishing with Rigged Eels Video (GoPro Cam)
Last edited by jskinner; 07-11-2011 at 07:04 PM..
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07-12-2011, 06:27 AM
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John, great video! I watched it a few times this weekend after seeing it posted up on the SJ site. How big was that trained fish?  |
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07-12-2011, 06:32 AM
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John, great video! I watched it a few times this weekend after seeing it posted up on the SJ site. How big was that trained fish? |
It was mighty nice of that fish to hit in the daylight and stay on the surface almost the whole time. It was around 26 pounds. |
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07-12-2011, 07:47 AM
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07-12-2011, 09:04 AM
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D'oh
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great vid
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i bent my wookie
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07-12-2011, 09:53 AM
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Thank you
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07-12-2011, 09:53 AM
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I've been thinking about trying this. How many nights can you get out of an eel before he starts getting ripe? Thanks! and great videos btw
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07-12-2011, 11:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishoholic
I've been thinking about trying this. How many nights can you get out of an eel before he starts getting ripe? Thanks! and great videos btw
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Assuming no bluefish and the eel doesn't come apart from catching bass, you could get 3 nights for sure if you keep getting it back in the refrigerator or on ice soon after you're done fishing. |
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07-12-2011, 11:59 AM
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Thanks for sharing and showing that it works. |
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07-12-2011, 12:02 PM
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I used to go to Montauk for Thanksgiving weekend many many years in a row. I would always rig lots of eels cause they are deadly that time of year. Several times I caught multiple fish on the rigged eel in November then put the things back into ziplock bags and froze them. i would take them out and star catching with them again in mid to late May the following year.
One blue and its over.
I find most bass spit the eel itself out after getting hooked (eel is hanging outside the mouth during the fight. Also I rig using 2 hooks and bass hooked with the tail hook are often foul hooked on the outside of the their jaw or under the chin , etc) so there is little damage ever by bass.
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07-12-2011, 12:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltheart
I used to go to Montauk for Thanksgiving weekend many many years in a row. I would always rig lots of eels cause they are deadly that time of year. Several times I caught multiple fish on the rigged eel in November then put the things back into ziplock bags and froze them. i would take them out and star catching with them again in mid to late May the following year.
One blue and its over.
I find most bass spit the eel itself out after getting hooked (eel is hanging outside the mouth during the fight. Also I rig using 2 hooks and bass hooked with the tail hook are often foul hooked on the outside of the their jaw or under the chin , etc) so there is little damage ever by bass.
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I freeze in ZipLoc bags too. All of the rigging eels I've used this year, including the one in the video, were frozen last fall. I've caught a pair of 40-pound plus fish on them. The bass don't care about freezer-burn. |
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07-12-2011, 12:08 PM
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Awesome video....I always have a tendency to twitch to much....good to see what a Twitch is supposed to be
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07-12-2011, 04:23 PM
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Sweet video!
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Don't force it feel it.
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07-12-2011, 05:46 PM
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Thanks for posting this John, I was wondering how to properly work a rigged eel. I never had much success with riggies, this outta help
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07-17-2011, 10:58 AM
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Riggies were the key last night. Nothing huge, but some striped action under a BRIGHT moon was nice just the same.
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07-17-2011, 12:49 PM
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I rigged one yesterday for the first time, and forgot it when i went fishing. It came out pretty good, now to see how the fish like it.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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07-17-2011, 03:01 PM
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Frank Capone
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very nicely done. compliments.
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07-17-2011, 07:35 PM
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Very nicely done! Thankyou very much.
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07-17-2011, 09:10 PM
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Great video. Thanks for sharing.
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