sand eels ?

[brows79]

lads whats the best way to use frozen sand eels, would u use em whole or cut em up like a mackrel,i know most fish go for em so i would be just scratcing but i never used them before, what ye reckon lads

[fishermannum1]

lads whats the best way to use frozen sand eels, would u use em whole or cut em up like a mackrel,i know most fish go for em so i would be just scratcing but i never used them before, what ye reckon lads

some people cut them up into small strips for scratching, but i prefare to use them whole mounted on a 2 or 3'0 hook. and sometimes mounted with a baiting neddle onto a small trible hook, great for pollock/seatrout/ray and the doddies love them, before i cast them i nip the head off to get a better scent off them....

[bigsod]

have used eels filleted before to give a small neat bait but fiddly to do especialy if like me you have big hands. I use eels cut in half fishing for dogs, plenty of scent dripping out.only use whole eels for ray e.t.c.

[fred funk }{]

Alan Yates explains it pretty good in this video

http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Videos/Fishing-Videos-Search-Results/Sea/Bait-tips/SANDEEL/

[roger de dodger]

one bait i dont use much and i dont know why?i,ve had great cod and pollock on em in the boat but only doggies from the beach bigsod your hands arnt big they are jaysus huge only man i know who digs lug without a fork

[taz]

i use them whole with a float great for pollock and cut them in half for bottom fishing

[brows79]

thanks lads i going to try all those suggestions in wicklow on friday i cant believe it but its me first outing this year and looking forward to it, hope theres an early influx of bass

[immunecfg]

they are good for bass, but Bass seem to put them off when guts are comming out of them i find going through the gills then missing the stomach then passing the hook through the tail and two passes of bait elastic, but if bass arnt the target perice the stomach and cut the head off round the gills to release the blood from the sandeel

[RockHunter]

I have found that a hook tipped with a small sliver of sandeel irresitable to dogfish especially in the summer. A half or a third of a small sandeel is enough. When fishing is slow I have tipped the hooks with sandeel and most times a few doggies have shown up.

As Fishermannum1 mentioned whole sandeel are great for pollock.