When do you stop Slinging Eels....

[riverrat2]

Ive never seen eels get outfished by a plug at night.

[luds]

Originally Posted by riverrat2

Ive never seen eels get outfished by a plug at night.

Find me an eel that even filled with lead will outcast a hab's.

Also, sometimes a huge plug can cull out a bigger fish when your eels are being taken everytime as soon as they hit the water.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by riverrat2

Ive never seen eels get outfished by a plug at night.

I have......many times. I fish with a guy who has taken seven 50lb bass from shore, mostly on eels. He usually fishes eels, I always fish plugs. I often "outfish" him, particularly when smaller (less than 20lbs) fish are around, but then I have never taken a 50 lb fish from shore, and can count the 40lb fish I've caught on one hand. I think there is a lesson there, but I can't figure it out, hence my screen name.

[ThrowingTimber]

Originally Posted by riverrat2

Ive never seen eels get outfished by a plug at night.

Smoked some random stranger on the cape national seashore, fishing needles and mambo minnows

He came over and asked what I was using Ah ah wt f they wont take my #($&#($&3- eeels.. me haha sux to b u.

I stop slingin' eels once they freeze and I have to thaw them out in the water or until any shops around me stop carrying them or until I run out of frozen left over ones. Whichever comes later.

[riverrat2]

When I mean outfished I mean fish of size... I have seen people slaying fish under 20lbs on plugs while I am picking away at fish on eels. I am not really concerned about being outfished at that point.

[Slingah]

just starting...
after trying for a slob on a plug for the last 2-3 years...Im back to eels....manage a nice fish on a pencil a couple weeks back and went back to being slingah with the snakes..and guess what...they work marvelous...to each his own...