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Japanese eel
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Japanese eel go for bugs, grubs & fry and natural baits — but the best choice shifts with water conditions, season, and local pressure.
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Japanese eels often hold near bottom cover such as mud, rocks, and submerged debris in rivers and estuaries by day, emerging at night to hunt, before migrating far offshore to spawn.
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