SAND EEL BLUES

[lozbry]

I HAD A BAD DAY AT THE BEGINNING OF OCT, FULL TANKS FUEL GOOD TIDES AND A TANK OF FRESH SAND EELS BRILL SO OF WE WENT ON THE MENI ON THE BAR AT THE SOUTH END, THIS IS THE SPOT AFTER A FULL DAY OF DRIFTING BACK AND TOO NOT A SAUSAGE SO I AM BEGINNING TO DOUBT MY METHODS BUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY WERE SNAPPING US OF BAR MY.MY POINT IS HAS ANY ONE ANY IDEAS ON HOOKING LIVE SAND EELS I PUT THE HOOK THROUGH THE MOUTH AND OUT OF THE GILLS. SAND EEL DONT TIKE KINDLY TO A HOOK THROUGH THE HEAD,

[Captain Beaky]

Hi Lozbry

There's a few methods of hooking live eels...

1) Single hook up through the chin off the eel, and out through the nose (not too far back as will damage the eel)

2) Single hook threaded through the mouth & out through the gill without piercing the eel and then nick the hook in the belly

3) Pennel set up (fixed & hooks about 5" apart - depending on size of eels) with top (pennel) hook through nose and bottom hook nicked through back of eel - this is best when using large eels / launce

hope this helps ;D

[solehunter]

beaky said:

Hi Lozbry





2) Single hook threaded through the mouth & out through the gill without piercing the eel and then nick the hook in the belly

A guy who does live sand eel`ing full time over here for bass uses this method but puts the hook about three quarters of the way down the spine on a 3/0 hook once out of the gill. He has done this for 25 odd years and makes a VERY good living out of it, so his technique cant be too bad!
I done a bit of "keep half of what i caught" with him....good fun. In his good spots, you only had to touch the bottom and you were in!
Another more controversial method used, is putting the hook through the eels eyes, and then pushing a small piece of elastic band over the barb to keep the hook on the eel. This has obvious worries, but hooking a live fish would do, however used!

[lozbry]

THANKS I WILL GIVE IT A TRY THOUGH ITS GETTING LATE IN THE YEAR FOR THE SAND EEL WE WILL COD ON THE MBE MOVING ON TO WINTER IERSY RIVER ,USING LUG ,

[lozbry]

THANKS I WILL GIVE IT A TRY THOUGH ITS GETTING LATE IN THE YEAR FOR THE SAND EEL WE WILL COD ON THE MBE MOVING ON TO WINTER IERSY RIVER ,USING LUG ,