Japanese Eel – Best Bait & Lures

Japanese Eel in Kamuibetsu National Park

Hook size: B#7, B#6, B#5, S#4, G#3, D#2

Habitats: Upriver, Middle River, River Mouth

Traits: Bottom Lurker, Last Stand, Night Owl

Baits and lures that catch Japanese Eel in Kamuibetsu National Park

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Swimbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Constant, Twitching)
• Spinner (retrieve: Constant)
• Crankbait (retrieve: Constant, Twitching)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Shad (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching, Jigging)
• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Liver (hook 5-4/0)
• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)
• Bloodworm (hook 10-7)
• Hotdog (hook 10-1; throwable)
• Leeches (hook 7-2/0)
• Eggs (hook 10-6)

Feeder / bottom bait

• Boilies - Natural (throwable)

Groundbait / other

• Match Blend (throwable)

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Other fish in Kamuibetsu National Park: Amur Catfish, Ayu Sweetfish, Brook Trout, Cherry Salmon, Chum Salmon, Dolly Varden Trout, Feral Koi, Japanese Dace, Japanese Freshwater Crab, Japanese Smelt, Magoi, Mozambique Tilapia, Northern Snakehead, Pond Loach, Rainbow Trout, Sakhalin Taimen, Sockeye Salmon, White Spotted Char