eel on mackerel tail

[stubbojo]

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this gave me a screaming run too
have spotted some really big eels in the water on the waterwolf camera
so will be having a go for them when the weather warms up
this was last year early on

[Brian Carragher]

That looks like a proper eel

[stubbojo]

That looks like a proper eel

theres bigger in there pal .....and nobody fishes for these .....

[Happy Hayes]

Nice eel stubbojo
Regards
Tom

[stubbojo]

Nice eel stubbojo
Regards
Tom

[Brian Carragher]

That looks like a proper eel

theres bigger in there pal .....and nobody fishes for these .....

Think if it was me I'd be keeping it under wraps and fishing it hard with small roach deads, you could be sat on a winner there

Is there many eel anglers on there

[alan behenna]

Well Done.............and your welcome.

Can't stand the things. Mess of your gear and slime everywhere.

But fair play for a decent catch.



Wait till you encounter a good one on a lure, unwelcome visitors.

[Pinkie]

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Here's a nice one I caught using one of my dad's old rods. The belly rub trick worked a treat in calming it down for the photo. Nowadays I only fish for them once or twice a year. This one took a bleak's head.

[Happy Hayes]

Out of interest ,what weight were they Gents .
Big eels are a thing of beauty
Regards
Tom

[Pinkie]

Out of interest ,what weight were they Gents .
Big eels are a thing of beauty
Regards
Tom

Mine was a tiddler, only 31/2 lb. From the Thames where I've had them up to 41/2lb. On a local gravel pit they go much bigger.

[Happy Hayes]

Out of interest ,what weight were they Gents .
Big eels are a thing of beauty
Regards
Tom

Mine was a tiddler, only 31/2 lb. From the Thames where I've had them up to 41/2lb. On a local gravel pit they go much bigger.

I’ve had them to 3 1/2 myself never managed to better it .
And would you believe it that one was caught on a Roach pole when I weren’t even after them
Regards
Tom

[Pinkie]

Years ago when I was a lad, I saw this chap trying to land an enormous eel. He was using a match rod, roach fishing. Unfortunately, after several attempts at netting the beast, the hook hold gave way and the eel escaped. The pond in question was quite small, and one would never have guessed it contained such big eels. It must have been over 5lb.

[stubbojo]

That looks like a proper eel

theres bigger in there pal .....and nobody fishes for these .....

Think if it was me I'd be keeping it under wraps and fishing it hard with small roach deads, you could be sat on a winner there

Is there many eel anglers on there

none pal and only me piking as far as i know , dont see anybody in the week
you might get the odd lure angler now and then , its a hard water in winter to get a run to be honest ....

[stubbojo]

Out of interest ,what weight were they Gents .
Big eels are a thing of beauty
Regards
Tom

Mine was a tiddler, only 31/2 lb. From the Thames where I've had them up to 41/2lb. On a local gravel pit they go much bigger.

I’ve had them to 3 1/2 myself never managed to better it .
And would you believe it that one was caught on a Roach pole when I weren’t even after them
Regards
Tom

been after some big perch , and these eels have took live baits as well as deads , had some bigger ones too over 5lb in the past ...... but have spotted a very special one in a small lake in wales when i get back there i will try to target this good fish but there is a lot of them , around the 2lb mark
when i was in my twenty's i used to fish for eels quite a lot but then got into the pike after i had a good pike while eel fishing ..........
around wales there are lots of small waters that dont even get fished lots of abandoned club waters.....some good pike too regarding the size of them too

[Lee7499]

Out of interest ,what weight were they Gents .
Big eels are a thing of beauty
Regards
Tom

Mine was a tiddler, only 31/2 lb. From the Thames where I've had them up to 41/2lb. On a local gravel pit they go much bigger.

I’ve had them to 3 1/2 myself never managed to better it .
And would you believe it that one was caught on a Roach pole when I weren’t even after them
Regards
Tom

been after some big perch , and these eels have took live baits as well as deads , had some bigger ones too over 5lb in the past ...... but have spotted a very special one in a small lake in wales when i get back there i will try to target this good fish but there is a lot of them , around the 2lb mark
when i was in my twenty's i used to fish for eels quite a lot but then got into the pike after i had a good pike while eel fishing ..........
around wales there are lots of small waters that dont even get fished lots of abandoned club waters.....some good pike too regarding the size of them too

No Pike in Wales ,I have checked numerous waters and not one has Pike .

[stubbojo]

Out of interest ,what weight were they Gents .
Big eels are a thing of beauty
Regards
Tom

Mine was a tiddler, only 31/2 lb. From the Thames where I've had them up to 41/2lb. On a local gravel pit they go much bigger.

I’ve had them to 3 1/2 myself never managed to better it .
And would you believe it that one was caught on a Roach pole when I weren’t even after them
Regards
Tom

been after some big perch , and these eels have took live baits as well as deads , had some bigger ones too over 5lb in the past ...... but have spotted a very special one in a small lake in wales when i get back there i will try to target this good fish but there is a lot of them , around the 2lb mark
when i was in my twenty's i used to fish for eels quite a lot but then got into the pike after i had a good pike while eel fishing ..........
around wales there are lots of small waters that dont even get fished lots of abandoned club waters.....some good pike too regarding the size of them too

No Pike in Wales ,I have checked numerous waters and not one has Pike .

[Happy Hayes]

[stubbojo]

Out of interest ,what weight were they Gents .
Big eels are a thing of beauty
Regards
Tom

Mine was a tiddler, only 31/2 lb. From the Thames where I've had them up to 41/2lb. On a local gravel pit they go much bigger.

I’ve had them to 3 1/2 myself never managed to better it .
And would you believe it that one was caught on a Roach pole when I weren’t even after them
Regards
Tom

been after some big perch , and these eels have took live baits as well as deads , had some bigger ones too over 5lb in the past ...... but have spotted a very special one in a small lake in wales when i get back there i will try to target this good fish but there is a lot of them , around the 2lb mark
when i was in my twenty's i used to fish for eels quite a lot but then got into the pike after i had a good pike while eel fishing ..........
around wales there are lots of small waters that dont even get fished lots of abandoned club waters.....some good pike too regarding the size of them too

No Pike in Wales ,I have checked numerous waters and not one has Pike .

well there is this one

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[Lee7499]

Out of interest ,what weight were they Gents .
Big eels are a thing of beauty
Regards
Tom

Mine was a tiddler, only 31/2 lb. From the Thames where I've had them up to 41/2lb. On a local gravel pit they go much bigger.

I’ve had them to 3 1/2 myself never managed to better it .
And would you believe it that one was caught on a Roach pole when I weren’t even after them
Regards
Tom

been after some big perch , and these eels have took live baits as well as deads , had some bigger ones too over 5lb in the past ...... but have spotted a very special one in a small lake in wales when i get back there i will try to target this good fish but there is a lot of them , around the 2lb mark
when i was in my twenty's i used to fish for eels quite a lot but then got into the pike after i had a good pike while eel fishing ..........
around wales there are lots of small waters that dont even get fished lots of abandoned club waters.....some good pike too regarding the size of them too

No Pike in Wales ,I have checked numerous waters and not one has Pike .

well there is this onebig welsh pike 003.JPG

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This is more like Wales ( in the description they state its somewhere else to hide the swim )

[Fentiger01]

Couple of lovely Eels there chaps, really nice!

[BillCollins]

I have'nt caught an eel for 10 years plus, they seem to have become practically extinct in the waters around me here. The last one I ''caught'' was a 3lb+'er that I somehow managed to hook in the vent on a size 12 while tench fishing.
When I was much younger I used to target them, fishing at night with lobs and small deads. 2 waters in particular had some good ones and over time, my best went 5-09, 5-05 and several high 4's.
I miss them, they're an intriguing fish when they get bigger.

[stubbojo]

I have'nt caught an eel for 10 years plus, they seem to have become practically extinct in the waters around me here. The last one I ''caught'' was a 3lb+'er that I somehow managed to hook in the vent on a size 12 while tench fishing.
When I was much younger I used to target them, fishing at night with lobs and small deads. 2 waters in particular had some good ones and over time, my best went 5-09, 5-05 and several high 4's.
I miss them, they're an intriguing fish when they get bigger.

strange that they say they are in decline
the small farm type ponds that i fish and bigger types too say up to 5 acres in size seem to have a very healthy populations of eels
one farm pond i fish is absolutely stuffed with them , if you put a dead bait on even in the daytime its away in minutes.....you even catch on maggots under a float

[Pinkie]

I have'nt caught an eel for 10 years plus, they seem to have become practically extinct in the waters around me here. The last one I ''caught'' was a 3lb+'er that I somehow managed to hook in the vent on a size 12 while tench fishing.
When I was much younger I used to target them, fishing at night with lobs and small deads. 2 waters in particular had some good ones and over time, my best went 5-09, 5-05 and several high 4's.
I miss them, they're an intriguing fish when they get bigger.

strange that they say they are in decline
the small farm type ponds that i fish and bigger types too say up to 5 acres in size seem to have a very healthy populations of eels
one farm pond i fish is absolutely stuffed with them , if you put a dead bait on even in the daytime its away in minutes.....you even catch on maggots under a float

Apparently, the its the younger ones in most decline. Eels over 2 or three pounds or more can be several decades old. For example, a big 5lber could be over fifty years old, and they can live up to 80.

[SamG]

I had a dropped take at the weekend, retrieved the bait and it had two puncture wounds, very neat ones, about an inch or more apart. I guess I ought to know but would this have possibly been a large eel?

[stubbojo]

I had a dropped take at the weekend, retrieved the bait and it had two puncture wounds, very neat ones, about an inch or more apart. I guess I ought to know but would this have possibly been a large eel?

i have noticed over the years an aborted eel bite normally results in an bait that looks partly flattened and chewed look about it .....just an observation....

[SamG]

It was very odd, bar the two puncture wounds the bait was completely untouched.

[Pinkie]

I had a dropped take at the weekend, retrieved the bait and it had two puncture wounds, very neat ones, about an inch or more apart. I guess I ought to know but would this have possibly been a large eel?

Eels don't have teeth like that. No fangs. Sounds like a zander.

[stubbojo]

I had a dropped take at the weekend, retrieved the bait and it had two puncture wounds, very neat ones, about an inch or more apart. I guess I ought to know but would this have possibly been a large eel?

Eels don't have teeth like that. No fangs. Sounds like a zander.

my thoughts too

[SamG]

Mine too, under normal circumstances but this was from a lake with(almost!) certainly no Zander present.

[Pinkie]

Mine too, under normal circumstances but this was from a lake with(almost!) certainly no Zander present.

Then it was probably a small pike!