cost of eels

[tropics]

Originally Posted by joeya78

Seabras in newark or Harrison sells them by the lb and they are usually cheap.....half the price of what they sell them for at the bait stores. Of course that was last spring so I would call first

2ND that

[tropics]

Originally Posted by joeya78

Seabras in newark or Harrison sells them by the lb and they are usually cheap.....half the price of what they sell them for at the bait stores. Of course that was last spring so I would call first

My brother just picked up a lb. $8.00 he thinks there is a dozen at least.

[TomKaye]

Last year, before we sold our boat, I would stop at Victor's Fish Market on my
way down. They're on Adams Street in Newark.

I remember $4.99 /lb and maybe 8 or more per lb.
We'd ask for 10 bucks worth and my brother & I would get plenty.
Surely the prices have gone up in a year, like everything else.
They don't open till 0700 though, so I used to schedule my trips accordingly.
We kept a homemade eel pen at the boat for any survivors.

Have only fished for stripers twice this year on a friend's boat, and shopped a local B & T shop.
We paid $ 2.25 an eel.

Tight lines all.

[joeya78]

Originally Posted by tropics

My brother just picked up a lb. $8.00 he thinks there is a dozen at least.

Richie, where did he go harrison or Newark? I want to go mon or tues probably this week

[tropics]

Originally Posted by joeya78

Richie, where did he go harrison or Newark? I want to go mon or tues probably this week

Harrison good luck Joey

[joeya78]

Thanks

[bulletbob]

Of course I can't do it, being 250 miles from the jersey shore, but couldn't some of you guys simply fish the salt creeks in Monmouth County, or the Shrewsbury, Navesink or Raritan and catch dozens of eels a night? For free.
I used to catch tons of eels down there, even during the day, but at night it was just ridiculous... Perhaps things have changed... bob

[JerseyCoast]

We sell them for $1.85 each. / $19 a dozen. So your getting like 1.5 free with the dozen purchase. You cant go by the weight, because depending on the size of the eels....your cost will vary per eel. Sometimes you can get 20 eels, others 6 eels, per pound.

To be honest.....I would pay more for the smaller eels, if I were looking for them. But, we are stuck with what is delivered to us. The other thing about buying them.....there are cheaper places out there, but the eels are dead 4 hrs after they hit our tank. So you get what you pay for sometimes.