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04-17-2009, 08:23 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Big eels for an eel fisherman and big eels for a plug guy are two separate things. If you want an skin to go over an Atom 40 or large Danny you are going to have to trap it yourself, or maybe get some from a fish market.
Skinning them alive is stupid and unneccesary, which is why Flap advocates it. Better to just throw them in a bucket with some dry Kosher salt........kills them and gets the slime off in about 15".
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04-17-2009, 08:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,310
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Big eels for an eel fisherman and big eels for a plug guy are two separate things. If you want an skin to go over an Atom 40 or large Danny you are going to have to trap it yourself, or maybe get some from a fish market.
Skinning them alive is stupid and unneccesary, which is why Flap advocates it. Better to just throw them in a bucket with some dry Kosher salt........kills them and gets the slime off in about 15".
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I was going to comment on the skinning them alive method but didn't. A painless way to kill them is to put them in a bucket of water and slowly (over 10 -15 min.) add kosher salt. I think dropping them in dry salt would hurt them needlessly. Freezing them doesn't take that long either. |
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04-17-2009, 08:14 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Big eels for an eel fisherman and big eels for a plug guy are two separate things. If you want an skin to go over an Atom 40 or large Danny you are going to have to trap it yourself, or maybe get some from a fish market.
Skinning them alive is stupid and unneccesary, which is why Flap advocates it. Better to just throw them in a bucket with some dry Kosher salt........kills them and gets the slime off in about 15".
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It's so nice to be loved. |
Why even try......... 
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04-18-2009, 03:11 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,874
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Another way to get eelskins is to ask your local bait shop. I asked Beverly at Big Bear in Glocester RI and she got me 2 dozen from her bait supplier. They were big skins that had been salted and dried. I still have a few and they are perfect after 5 years.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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04-18-2009, 03:39 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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Geeeez, Paul - you old guys sure get up early.... 
In bed with the chickens and up with the roosters
Did the skins come from Paul B by any chance -  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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04-18-2009, 07:29 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Originally Posted by Crafty Angler
Geeeez, Paul - you old guys sure get up early....
In bed with the chickens and up with the roosters
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You too you old *&&^%!! 
No I think she got them from Tom's Bait. |
No boat, back in the suds.
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04-18-2009, 01:37 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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Thanks Paul -  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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