Rigged eels & rubber eels, Slug-gos, etc.

[eelman]

I know this may start something but I am really trying not, just trying to help.

Many people say live eel fishing is the "easy way" etc. That plain BS, I know plenty of people that dont have good luck with them and indeed there is a skill to fishing eels a "touch" so to speak. Just ask clammer or john or anyone else I have fished with why at times the difference is 3 to 1 or more in hookups.

Secrets? Nope there are no secrets, everyone basically knows that an eel is cast out and brought in slowly, That is where the sepration begins and where some guys either have lots of success or limited.

So we know there are no secrets, but there are details and it is a combination of many things that separate the average eel fisherman from the good one. I pay attention to every single small detail I can

It all has to do with the choice of tackle, line, leader, speed, I can tell you 50% of it is due to my use of conventional reels, you are never going to go as slow as I can and still keep touch with the bait on spin tackle sure, your going to catch fish but not in the same numbers. I use no hardware at all, I tie everything direct (again its the little things) Sometimes you need a little more speed, sometimes less, You never toss away an eel thats been hit, the more fish it catch's the more appeling it becomes to the fish, in rought water most forego the eel, not me I use all kind of bifferent weighting methods for various depths of water and rough seas, I know the depth at which I want the eel to "fish" I know from fishing the spots I do where the bite will be. Learning your spot is just as important as anything, Is there a sweep in current? do the fish lay here or there on a certain tide stage? are they rooting the bottom looking for lobster or crabs? is there structure under the water you cant see but maybe should know about? there are many factors and just as I respect a good plugger, eel fishing has its own nuances.

[cheferson]

Bill, how do you weight the eels when the water is rough??

[eelman]

Take a couple of 1/2 ounce egg sinkers and shove them down the snakes throat(it does not kill them) dont tell anyone you did it cast out and slaughter the fish, watch them cast there eel and have broach the surface, be dragged all over the place and look at you with smoke coming out of there ears

Pinch on a rubber core about a foot and a half above the eel, drift out in a current, land big bass! 3/4 ounce

eels do sink but sometimes not fast enough.

On a cross rip on the beach, I have doen this at the cape. Put your egg sinker ahead of a barrel swivel and cast, then walk along with current.....deadly.........

Use a shoestring eel as a trailer on a big smilin bill jig in the gallilie chanell or any other inlet and well lets just say its incredible........best trailer in the world and it wiggles and moves!

use a heavy snap and put a ball sinker on it use a weight to get to the bottom, ahead of that about three feet attach a barrel swivel and another leader which is where you will put your eel on, just like a three way rig only fish this just as you would a jig in any breachway..Ummmmmmmm hold on

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

On a cross rip on the beach, I have doen this at the cape. Put your egg sinker ahead of a barrel swivel and cast, then walk along with current.....deadly.........

thats a good one!

[eelman]

The #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& knows a trick or two............even though most think I come from another planet.......anyway I hope you guys see I am trying to help you out and you try some of this stuff.

I will explain it all in the upcoming seminars a little better.