You dont want to kill the eel, but you want to diminish its energy, otherwise it can ball up around your leader and create a tangled mess
For stained or muddy water they go to green pumpkin, black and blue, or junebug
Best For: Targeting large, powerful fish, casting big baits (swimbaits, A-rigs, large topwaters), and inshore saltwater applications
With braided lines, fishmag generally recommends using a mono/fluoro leader to help with abrasion resistance, and provide some stretch
I initially thought it would be a punching and frogging rod, and it does those things well, but I also like it for football jigs, heavier soft swimbaits, and larger Whopper Ploppers