fresh water eels.

[J Darcy 5,871]

I think that stillwaters have a much higher chance of throwing an eeel over 5lb. Big eels are something i tend not to associate with flowing water

[Guest rodsmith]

I think that stillwaters have a much higher chance of throwing an eeel over 5lb. Big eels are something i tend not to associate with flowing water

 

the river test and waters around the christchurch/new forest area are full of huge eels,chancing of getting access to fish them-zilch,i even have 2 river keeper friends down there!

correct me if im wrong but im sure the british record comes from that area.think the biggest ive had is around 4-5lb form the thames

[poacher3161 1,766]

Got to agree with j darcy.An old boy who i go fishing with now and again[83] caught one weighing just over 6lb at sandbeck lakes in south yorks he was fishing for carp at the time and caught it on a squid flavoured boilie wat pissed me off the bailif wanted him to kill it funny how it slipped out of his hand streight back into the lake.atvb

[dog fox 16]

what is the record now for eel ,and what was it caught on ? anyone know

[J Darcy 5,871]

it was 11 lb and caught by accident. i think it was someone fishing for carp at Ringwood in Hampshire. But i heard about one even bigger but not sure if it is the official record. Note, nearly all the big eels on record are from stillwater.....

[dog fox 16]

thats a nice eel 11lb ,do the elvers go out to sea and return to our rivers to spawn ,like salmon and sea trout .or same as the sea trout do some go to sea and some my stay in river or stillwater all there lives ,this is one thing ive never been sure on

[longdog8818 49]

theres a salt water lake near me its full of eels iv got some pics will try to put them up

[Guest rodsmith]

it was 11 lb and caught by accident. i think it was someone fishing for carp at Ringwood in Hampshire. But i heard about one even bigger but not sure if it is the official record. Note, nearly all the big eels on record are from stillwater.....

 

 

im a member of an eel fishing forum(sad?) and apparently there was one netted even bigger from a welsh trout water either last year or the year before.

[DougP 0]

the river test and waters around the christchurch/new forest area are full of huge eels,chancing of getting access to fish them-zilch,i even have 2 river keeper friends down there!

 

You just need a mate who works for Orvis

The real biggies were in some of the trout farms, but nobody in their right mind would let you dangle a line in their stew ponds.

I remember being at TVT farm on the Itchen and just watching these massive eels swimming around the bottom of some of the pools and knowing we could never fish for them. Fat on a ready diet of pellet and dead trout.

[J Darcy 5,871]

thats a nice eel 11lb ,do the elvers go out to sea and return to our rivers to spawn ,like salmon and sea trout .or same as the sea trout do some go to sea and some my stay in river or stillwater all there lives ,this is one thing ive never been sure on

 

they go to the Sargasso Sea mate. Spawn. Then their young come back here. The real big eels will,not have developed the breeding urge, they just eat and eat.....but eels grow slowly.....

[taffyboi 19]

if you want to catch eels go to the river usk around usk town and behind the collage theres a liil brook called the bertha brook neva intent on catching them but you gotta get throu them all be 4 you can catch any thing else lol, do a lot ov night sessions there its plagued,

and a nuther fish thats popped up this year tha i dinet av a clue wat it was, but now informed that it is a shad they are nusencise [bANNED TEXT] useing the spinner all you ever seem 2 catch at the moment.

atb.

[dog fox 16]

thats a nice eel 11lb ,do the elvers go out to sea and return to our rivers to spawn ,like salmon and sea trout .or same as the sea trout do some go to sea and some my stay in river or stillwater all there lives ,this is one thing ive never been sure on

 

they go to the Sargasso Sea mate. Spawn. Then their young come back here. The real big eels will,not have developed the breeding urge, they just eat and eat.....but eels grow slowly.....

 

cheers mate ,thats probs why there,s that many in that weir pool i was on about ,the weir is about 15ft with solid concrete walls both sides ,with the canal running over the top ,nothing goe,s any further salmon, sea trout and eels by the looks of it ,i know eels will travel over land but it would be hard for them to get round all that and then back into the river ,i would have thought

[Guest rodsmith]

the river test and waters around the christchurch/new forest area are full of huge eels,chancing of getting access to fish them-zilch,i even have 2 river keeper friends down there!

 

You just need a mate who works for Orvis

The real biggies were in some of the trout farms, but nobody in their right mind would let you dangle a line in their stew ponds.

I remember being at TVT farm on the Itchen and just watching these massive eels swimming around the bottom of some of the pools and knowing we could never fish for them. Fat on a ready diet of pellet and dead trout.

 

 

right.a mate of a mate works for orvis so il be on the blower later!!

[artic 595]

The river here in Bedfordshire hold alot of eels.

 

Back in the 90's i remember the italians and polish having competions at night. They would use 40lb line size 2 hook's and pull them out.

 

Last year a friend and I caught 22 of the things 2lb plus whilst fishing for bream and tench.

 

[Guest rodsmith]

The river here in Bedfordshire hold alot of eels.

 

Back in the 90's i remember the italians and polish having competions at night. They would use 40lb line size 2 hook's and pull them out.

 

Last year a friend and I caught 22 of the things 2lb plus whilst fishing for bream and tench.

 

 

 

wish id not started this bloody topic as theres many jammy b*****ds with eels coming out their ears! any idea how far/long it would take to get to bedfordshire and would i be sure to catch a few?? its a long way chap.