[620414]

I am curious to know if anyone has ever had any luck using live eels in the area of the Western Sound. I have used them with much success in the rips of Montauk (charter), but I haven't tried them on the sound. They are available at my local tackle shop this year, and I was thinking of trying them out.

Any info is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[MakoMike]

I used to use live eels in the Norwalk-Greenwich area with some success. {rpblem was usually finding them.

 

[Striper77]

Eels work fine but can get expensive when the blues come around. You wind up reeling in a lot of heads !

 

[PorgyMan]

You will have more success using bunker.

 

[flybyme.]

i have had lots of luck fishing with eels in the throgs neck bridge area, around the pilings. this is in nov after the blues are gone. wil not out catch the guts using worms but the fish will be bigger.

 

[618563]

EELS DONT WORK IN THE SPRING...ONLY THE FALL RUN

 

[seaslug44]

If eels don't work in the Spring, someone forgot to tell the fish!

On opening night I had over a dozen fish on eels.

 

[strip]

Doctor Fish

Pray tell?

 

[seaslug44]

Pray what?

 

[620414]

I'm gonna give them a shot this year. Thanks for all the info.

 

[strip]

Doctorfish

Just wonderin where you caught those bass

 

[618732]

Eels work all year!

I know people say not to use them early, but I've done it. We've slammed early bass off Montauk with eels. Not 6 inchers either, but 9-12" eels. People were shocked at the cleaning station when we said we used eels. They are expensive, though, and clams or bunker will work well.

I was outright called a liar when we brought in two small mahi last summer and told people we caught them 17 miles off on shark rigged mackerel. Don't believe anything people say won't work. Try it yourself.

 

[seaslug44]

Anthony, I'll send you a PM if I can get it to work today.