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02-01-2008, 03:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
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Disclaimer: I own a ton of plugs, and I really do enjoy fishing with them at times.
Truth: 90% of the time I am slinging eels. I believe eels allow the presentation that I need to get to the bigger fish. Whether I am dropping them into a trough or a bowl on the outer beaches, lobbing them into a boulder field or letting them swing over a reef into a deep hole... I am throwing a creature that they naturally forage. It is a living, writhing creature with a heartbeat and a scent.
IMO...advantage EELS.  |
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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02-01-2008, 03:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Martha's Vineyard, MA
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big live bait= big fish  |
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02-01-2008, 04:20 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,852
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can you say"LIVE BUNKER"?
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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02-01-2008, 04:44 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
can you say"LIVE BUNKER"?
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Domination takes full concentration..
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02-01-2008, 05:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,709
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
can you say"LIVE BUNKER"?
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bring your greasy bunker out to Block Island when the large are feasting on sand eels and see what happens. 
the favored offering, be it live bait or plugs depends on the situations you are confronted with.
Bass are opertunistic feeders, but they are also selective when there is ample choices put in front of them.
if it were me and i went on a quest for a 5o this year, i would use cut bunker and chum like a mad man. I'd fish the same spot every night for days on end and in essense I would 'create' my own pogie bite in an area that i know holds big bass by simply having a chum pressense at some level every night. |
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02-01-2008, 05:14 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Originally Posted by Nebe
if it were me and i went on a quest for a 5o this year, i would use cut bunker and chum like a mad man. I'd fish the same spot every night for days on end and in essense I would 'create' my own pogie bite in an area that i know holds big bass by simply having a chum pressense at some level every night.
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That is just what we used to do for years at Keene street, in the canal. Tide after tide. Artificial chum slick. Had to coax the fish up over the edge to feed. Chum everything and drift the heads. Gave up doing that lots of years ago, got boring and pogies got scarce and expensive. I would vote for bait Steve. |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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02-01-2008, 06:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 3,781
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Yeah those guys who enjoy their breakfast and friendship at the Chicken Ranch don`t catch fish  but who cares when you have friends. |
Good health and family
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02-02-2008, 08:11 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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Bait.
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Simplify.......
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02-02-2008, 09:56 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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An eel casts as well as most metal lip swimmers, Gil. And I don't retrieve a swimmer much faster than I retrieve an eel.
A rigged eel will outcast most swimmers--but is that a bait or a lure? 
And I won't mention dogfish and their preference for bait over jigs |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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02-01-2008, 04:29 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bronko
Disclaimer: I own a ton of plugs, and I really do enjoy fishing with them at times.
Truth: 90% of the time I am slinging eels. I believe eels allow the presentation that I need to get to the bigger fish. Whether I am dropping them into a trough or a bowl on the outer beaches, lobbing them into a boulder field or letting them swing over a reef into a deep hole... I am throwing a creature that they naturally forage. It is a living, writhing creature with a heartbeat and a scent.
IMO...advantage EELS. |
same here.
BAck Beach, you sound exactly like my old man. He told me you should use eels and onlyneed 1 plug, cordell redfin -silver scale finish, a bunch of jigs, and for schoolies, a fly with a wooden egg. All the rest is a waste. I dint listen and have a basement full of plugs and intending to buy more at the SWE show.... |
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