back at it again. winter eel fishing

[nicksuper7]

hi all. back doing unseasonable eel fishing. even though its not winter yet. had my 1st 2 eels in the past week. 2.9 &2.2 it's a start

[cookiesdaughtersdad]

Fair play to you again.
The old saying about why people climb mountains springs to mind, "coz they are there" and I think that goes with winter eeling!

Cheers, Alan

[AndyOBrien]

hi all. back doing unseasonable eel fishing. even though its not winter yet. had my 1st 2 eels in the past week. 2.9 &2.2 it's a start

Good luck Nick

[Jack H]

Best of luck Nick, hope you bag that one your after
I’ve always been interested in eels, especially since watching Matt Hayes and Mick Brown catch them years ago. Never properly had a go fishing for them, maybe that’ll change next year

Jack

[nicksuper7]

Best of luck Nick, hope you bag that one your after
I’ve always been interested in eels, especially since watching Matt Hayes and Mick Brown catch them years ago. Never properly had a go fishing for them, maybe that’ll change next year

Jack

fished over 40 years for them. and fished for everything else. but always go back to eels. just something about them. . if your interested in having a go. loads our there now about rigs etc etc. through NAC. and othere. YouTube. . Good luck

[Jack H]

Best of luck Nick, hope you bag that one your after
I’ve always been interested in eels, especially since watching Matt Hayes and Mick Brown catch them years ago. Never properly had a go fishing for them, maybe that’ll change next year

Jack

fished over 40 years for them. and fished for everything else. but always go back to eels. just something about them. . if your interested in having a go. loads our there now about rigs etc etc. through NAC. and othere. YouTube. . Good luck

Cheers. I did watch the excellent video by drennan a few years ago about the 10lb plus eel that won the drennan weekly cup, what an amazing catch.

Jack

[Fentiger01]

Best of luck this winter Nick. I shall be rooting for you and hope that you get a real winter biggie mate!

[Matt808]

Nice eel Nick, good luck for winter with them.
Didn’t get round to fishing the club lake for them but ironically lost a monster (4lb ish) on the river after barbel. Followed it downstream to get over a sunken log it was heading for.
Eventually lost it in some roots when I should have really landed it in the end. They can’t half fight in fast water.

[nicksuper7]

December eel sorted. not big but all welcome after 8 blanks. 1.10 .

[jack]

Well in mate

[alanunthank]

[Jack H]

[Happy Hayes]

That’s your Christmas present sorted then .
Regards
Tom

[Fentiger01]

Nice one Nick.

[Kev1974]

Enjoyed reading last year's updates , you have some serious dedication

[nicksuper7]

out again last night. 3 bites. 1 eel. .1.14.

[nicksuper7]

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[Fentiger01]

Nice one Nick, another December Eel.

[Jack H]

Well done Nick. Good to see your still catching despite all the recent non-stop poor weather.

Jack

[alanunthank]

Nice one!

[nicksuper7]

one last go yesterday for 2023. small boot about a 1lb. but all welcome. roll on 2024.

[nicksuper7]

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[davelumb]

one last go yesterday for 2023. small boot about a 1lb. but all welcome. roll on 2024.

On wards and upwards!

Do you get many 'nuisance fish' when eeling in winter?

[nicksuper7]

I only tend to fish sea baits. and the lake I fish has a good head of pike. but not had one yet.

[davelumb]

I only tend to fish sea baits. and the lake I fish has a good head of pike. but not had one yet.

Interesting, thanks.

[horseshoe3]

What's the hardest month to catch eels in, and good luck

[Fentiger01]

one last go yesterday for 2023. small boot about a 1lb. but all welcome. roll on 2024.

[nicksuper7]

What's the hardest month to catch eels in, and good luck

traditional months I would say are April till September.
but with the weather now I am not sure. . January was my hardest last year . but when water temp goes below 4 deg I see that as winter . its 7ish at the moment. 10 deg is good. .

[horseshoe3]

Thanks

[barnsy]

What's the hardest month to catch eels in, and good luck

traditional months I would say are April till September.
but with the weather now I am not sure. . January was my hardest last year . but when water temp goes below 4 deg I see that as winter . its 7ish at the moment. 10 deg is good. .

Did you manage a January eel this year? And how is February going?