Rigged Eel question

[ivanputski]

I have a hard time believing a rigged is NOTICEABLY more effective than a live... I just dont. slightly more effective on certain nights under certain conditions, sure... i continue fishing eels as long as theyre on the hook... sometimes an hour after they are dead, no tail curl, and get a fish... I guess the way I see it is if a rigged is good, a live of fresh dead is better. maybe I'm just uninformed or inexperienced...I'm just speculating here

[Zeno]

I disagree.
I think the rigged eels are much more productive then live one. In fact ,I havent fished a live one in years.
Why?
You can control the rig eel ,from depth to swimming motion, you cant do much with live one especially if he wants to go

My new book had a long chapter on fishing and rigging eels with ton of rigging pictures .Its written by Many Moreno ,a guy that I consider probably the best fisherman I ever had a pleasure of standing next to and casting. Actually ,I usually leave quickly before spanking gets too bad. The chapter is his spin on rigging and after trying it ,I have to say its better then one I used for years
I don't lavish praise on many surfcasters ,or their skills ,in fact ,I find that after few years under the belt ,most of us are more or less equal.
Many on the other hand is way out of my orbit. Oh yeah ,he'll also tie a rigged eel directly and fish it for a whole tide for one crack at big fish....and he usually gets it.

Steve McKenna also has a very informative chapter on rigging sluggos.....these two fine gentlemen put some hurting on the fish over the years

[piemma]

[QUOTE=Zeno;632877]I disagree.
I think the rigged eels are much more productive then live one. In fact ,I havent fished a live one in years.

Absolutely. The big fish slam a rigged eel. I don't know why but they seem really pissed off at a riggie. I have had more than one night when I out fished guys who were throwing live eels and plugs with one of my riggies.

[steve]

RIFOOSEBALL< That's where I got the idea for rigging the sluggo. I fished and rigged alot of eels, pre-sluggo. The eel takes alot more time than the sluggo though. They are both very, very effective . See PM

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by steve

RIFOOSEBALL< That's where I got the idea for rigging the sluggo. I fished and rigged alot of eels, pre-sluggo. The eel takes alot more time than the sluggo though. They are both very, very effective .

It doesn't have to!

Thanks for the bon mots guys.
My rigging technique stems from being lazy and pressed for time a lot