For bait fishing methods, there are bukkomi zuri (a variation of carp fishing in which fish bait is tossed into the water to set up a trap, basically a single hook fishing), oki zuri (placing a bamboo pole equipped with a hook and a line in areas where eels are likely to pass through, and leaving the setup there for a while) and ana zuri (eels are caught in an area where they tend to gather during the day, by directly using a line and a hook plus a bamboo pole with a straight needle for attaching small fish), among others.
餌釣りでの方法としては、ブッコミ釣り（コイなどのブッコミ仕掛けの変形、一本針が基本）、置き釣り（ウナギが通りそうな場所に針と糸が付いた竹杭を刺してしばらく置く）穴釣り（昼間ウナギがいそうな穴に小魚等をつけるための先端にまっすぐな針をつけた竹の棒と、針と糸をもち直接いれて釣る）等がある。