theartist
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Anybody on here Eel fans or into Eel fishing?
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steve2012
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Very much so. Later today am fishing a small club lake for Tench and Crucians and on the second rod will go a small Rudd or Roach deadbait no bigger than 3 inches just under the trees
terry m
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I used to seriously target eels back in the 70's when a 4lb fish was seen as colossal. Have dabbled a little in recent years but results have been less than ideal.
hunters moon
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I was indeed back in the 70's, was also a member of the national Anguilla club and fished seriously for eel's in lakes, rivers, canals, ponds and used raw liver, dead baits-I remember bleak being particularly successful to paste
made with tinned cat food and terry is correct a 4lb eel was seen as exceptional.
terry m
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If I remember correctly, the record was 8lb 10oz back then?
hunters moon
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terry I remember an Eel being caught in the late 1970's that was 11lbs-2ozs
I wish I could have seen that(terry what a monster)makes mybest look like a bootlace.
....I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret.
....Roderick haig-brown.
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pointngo
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I used to do quite a bit of eel fishing back in the 80's and was a member of the British Eel Anglers Club for quite a few years.
John Sidley kindly put me onto fishing small livebaits on the park lake local to us both (thanks John, wherever you cast your line nowadays :beer and they were deadly... I never did catch a 6lb'er though (although I used to dream of a 7+ on the quiet!)
Although eel fishing has declined severely there's been some real monsters out over recent seasons... lots & lots & lots of time and effort required with big eels though.
John Sidley kindly put me onto fishing small livebaits on the park lake local to us both (thanks John, wherever you cast your line nowadays :beer
and they were deadly... I never did catch a 6lb'er though (although I used to dream of a 7+ on the quiet!) Although eel fishing has declined severely there's been some real monsters out over recent seasons... lots & lots & lots of time and effort required with big eels though.
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andreagrispi
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It's the only species which doesn't do it for me - pity really as I have caught eels to over 4lb and up to 8 in a session which were all above 2lb 8oz.
theartist
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Thanks for the replies guys i was just gauging whether an Eel drawing would be as unpopular as my Crucian Carp one lol but i may as well crack on and give it a go.
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Rob
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300,000 returning elvers killed on just one river over Easter. So much for hydro-electric schemes....
BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Media blackout on badger cull; Endangered eels; Pigs
BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Media blackout on badger cull; Endangered eels; Pigs
terry m
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I am no artist, but I would guess that an eel is not an easy subject to draw!
Jim Crosskey 2
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Tell that to my seven year old.... start somewhere - draw a bendy line - "look daddy, I drew an eel!"
theartist
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Should be a doddle compared to most fish as its the scales that take ages, it takes me half the time to draw a leather carp than a common for example.