The Pikers Pit

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 18:25**

Hi all Wile out today checking out a small brook/river I decided to take a small bait casting setup with me and to cut a long story short I caught an eel on a small single hook soft plastic lure , didn’t weigh it but was 2ft long and gave a real good scrap on a light rod. , never heard of eels being caught on lures before and it was in blazing sunshine ,, anybody else ever caught an eel on lures ? Sorry in advance if this has been covered before.

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 18:29**

Yup, on a few occasions, never in midwater, always very close to or actually bottom-bumping. Cleanly hooked up on all occasions. Biggest around 3lb's ish.

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 18:59**

alan behenna wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05 2018 18:29 -
Yup, on a few occasions, never in midwater, always very close to or actually bottom-bumping. Cleanly hooked up on all occasions. Biggest around 3lb's ish.

I did the same , was bottom bouncing a rod length out around some large tree roots , clean hook up right in the top jaw , never noticed on otheres caught before but this eel had a beautiful blue markings towards the tail , is this typical of eels for this time of year? I have Only caught probably 10 eels In my 33 years largest was 3lb 8oz caught wile fishing for carp with hair rigged worms in probably the worst park in Birmingham at the time lol

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 19:33**

Woolley bully wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05 2018 18:59 -

alan behenna wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05 2018 18:29 -
Yup, on a few occasions, never in midwater, always very close to or actually bottom-bumping. Cleanly hooked up on all occasions. Biggest around 3lb's ish.

I did the same , was bottom bouncing a rod length out around some large tree roots , clean hook up right in the top jaw , never noticed on otheres caught before but this eel had a beautiful blue markings towards the tail , is this typical of eels for this time of year? I have Only caught probably 10 eels In my 33 years largest was 3lb 8oz caught wile fishing for carp with hair rigged worms in probably
the worst park in Birmingham
at the time lol

Villa Park?!

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 19:55**

No , this place we used to go was a nightmare to fish , I stopped going there after a few times as although there were some nice fish in there the risk was a joke, people trying to kill each other with swords and knives a few pegs down is something you don’t want to be apart of

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 20:19**

sounds a nice place lol

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 20:24**

Yeah I would tell you the name of the place but don’t want the pit police

On my ass ! may have changed but I think I will give it a miss lol

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 20:31**

its not worth it.

fishing is supposed to be relaxing, you cant relax somewhere like that.

Posted: **Sun Aug 05 2018 21:33**

spincityfan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05 2018 20:31 -
its not worth it.

fishing is supposed to be relaxing, you cant relax somewhere like that.

Yeah it’s the only place I have fished where I spent more time looking behind me than watching the rods

Posted: **Mon Aug 06 2018 00:35**

Ade Hawes had a 4-14 from memory trolling a 6" manns shad. I know of a couple of others caught on ultra light jigs

I remember a story from the anglers mail or times a few years back of a bloke getting one in the 6+ range trolling a spoon in midwater

Posted: **Mon Aug 06 2018 07:34**

Woolley bully wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05 2018 18:59 -

alan behenna wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05 2018 18:29 -
Yup, on a few occasions, never in midwater, always very close to or actually bottom-bumping. Cleanly hooked up on all occasions. Biggest around 3lb's ish.

I did the same , was bottom bouncing a rod length out around some large tree roots , clean hook up right in the top jaw , never noticed on otheres caught before but this eel had a beautiful blue markings towards the tail , is this typical of eels for this time of year? I have Only caught probably 10 eels In my 33 years largest was 3lb 8oz caught wile fishing for carp with hair rigged worms in probably the worst park in Birmingham at the time lol

Can't help you with the colouring, never "deliberately" targeted the Freshwater' Eel on Lure or Bait.

Don't want' to!

Posted: **Mon Aug 06 2018 10:26**

It’s probably normal colour for eels but I have never noticed before lol

Posted: **Mon Aug 06 2018 13:18**

Been a few big eels caught on the fly at Rutland water in mid water. Nigel savage will possibly have pictures?

Posted: **Mon Aug 06 2018 18:17**

philbrown wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06 2018 13:18 -
Been a few big eels caught on the fly at Rutland water in mid water. Nigel savage will possibly have pictures?

Would be good to see them if there still kicking about !

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 07:39**

I've got a series pictures on my computer of a friend with a lure caught eel every pic different because he was struggling, fighting holding it for the camera, he said it was fought harder in the boat after he landed it

That was from a 'southern' trout water trolling a plug near the bottom 7lb 6oz I think it was from memory. It was a well known and recorded event at the time.

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 08:20**

Martin,

Was that the one caught by DF?

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 09:02**

Monts wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 08:20 -
Martin,

Was that the one caught by DF?

Yes Jason....I'm not sure we need to be so coy about though it was all over fishing news at the time and I think he quite liked the notoriety and sticking it too the eel fishing enthusiasts who were very envious of his monster

....I didn't see it but I was fishing there on the day catching not much.

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 09:12**

Coy? Me? I would not have a clue how to be coy. It was actually 8.8 Martin the photo is still in the gallery. As are you old boy. I must make more of an effort to get to the monthly meetings again, but getting home late kills me.

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 11:21**

philbrown wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06 2018 13:18 -
Been a few big eels caught on the fly at Rutland water in mid water. Nigel savage will possibly have pictures?

Can't find the only image i took of a fish around 5-6lb, we had a series of eels being caught by fly anglers for about 3/4 years on the trot, nothing for a while now though.
Biggest caught was around an estimated double figure fish!! the majority were around the above weight around 5-6lb.

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 12:13**

Monts wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 09:12 -
Coy? Me? I would not have a clue how to be coy. It was actually 8.8 Martin the photo is still in the gallery. As are you old boy. I must make more of an effort to get to the monthly meetings again, but getting home late kills me.

I never could be exactly sure of the weight Jason there are times when I thought it was 9lb 2oz memory issues

I need to write everything down these days.
I stopped going when Dave packed in being RO and the venue moved, prior to that I never missed did we go to the same meetings back then ?

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 15:26**

martin godliman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 12:13 -

Monts wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 09:12 -
Coy? Me? I would not have a clue how to be coy. It was actually 8.8 Martin the photo is still in the gallery. As are you old boy. I must make more of an effort to get to the monthly meetings again, but getting home late kills me.
I never could be exactly sure of the weight Jason there are times when I thought it was 9lb 2oz memory issues I need to write everything down these days.
I stopped going when Dave packed in being RO and the venue moved, prior to that I never missed did we go to the same meetings back then ?

Here we go.

DF.JPG

Dave has taken on the RO role again I'm led to understand. But it's been some time since I last went.

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 15:28**

That's the one

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 17:55**

martin godliman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 15:28 -
That's the one

There are some photo's of you from wayyyyyyyy back looking very young. That I had not noticed earlier while looking online at work, I'll refrain though mate.

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 20:24**

Monts wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 17:55 -

martin godliman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 15:28 -
That's the one
There are some photo's of you from wayyyyyyyy back looking very young. That I had not noticed earlier while looking online at work, I'll refrain though mate.

Fishing photo's ? ....they must be very old I've looked this raddled for 20 years at least.

Posted: **Wed Aug 08 2018 21:07**

martin godliman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 20:24 -

Monts wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 17:55 -

martin godliman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 15:28 -
That's the one
There are some photo's of you from wayyyyyyyy back looking very young. That I had not noticed earlier while looking online at work, I'll refrain though mate.
Fishing photo's ? ....they must be very old I've looked this raddled for 20 years at least.

Pm mate.

Posted: **Sat Aug 11 2018 10:34**

Monts wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 15:26 -

martin godliman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 12:13 -

Monts wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08 2018 09:12 -
Coy? Me? I would not have a clue how to be coy. It was actually 8.8 Martin the photo is still in the gallery. As are you old boy. I must make more of an effort to get to the monthly meetings again, but getting home late kills me.
I never could be exactly sure of the weight Jason there are times when I thought it was 9lb 2oz memory issues I need to write everything down these days.
I stopped going when Dave packed in being RO and the venue moved, prior to that I never missed did we go to the same meetings back then ?
Here we go.

DF.JPG

Dave has taken on the RO role again I'm led to understand. But it's been some time since I last went.

That’s a cracking eel , makes the one i caught look almost like a boot lace lol

Posted: **Sat Aug 11 2018 15:25**

Monts excuse my dimness but i'm not aware of who exactly you are. i'd like to put a name to that monster eel. by the way dave kelbrick nearly had one at Deggy estimated 6lb.

Posted: **Sat Aug 11 2018 16:00**

Neville Fickling wrote: ↑Sat Aug 11 2018 15:25 -
Monts excuse my dimness but i'm not aware of who exactly you are. i'd like to put a name to that monster eel. by the way dave kelbrick nearly had one at Deggy estimated 6lb.

That is not me Nev, but Dave Fish RO for the Walton-on-Thames PAC region. My names Bond, Jason Bond.

Posted: **Sat Aug 11 2018 16:05**

I remember Dave Fish the name i'm hopeless on faces. But thanks.

Posted: **Sat Aug 11 2018 21:27**

I had an eel (2 lb ish) trolling an alphabet lure in the Lake District in the early 90's.

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