New uk eel record .. 11lb 3 oz

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On 10/07/2024 at 19:20, Greyman said:

Worms or roach heads on the hair instead of boilies and your away mate my lads having a few good ones around 4/5 pound on bookies  at the moment but he hates them and just cuts the hook link 

used to catch eels a lot as a youngster out of the Exe, we lived right behind the lower reaches of the river so spent loads of time down there catching eels and schoolie bass.. one of the best baits we found was liver, an old boy told us to try it and we caught some half decent fish on it, the river was full of eels back then..we also used to "fish" the small streams in the reed beds further down river when the tide was out, you'd walk up the stream and turn the rocks, old tyres etc the eels would lie underneath these and we'd grab them and flick them up the bank then put them in a big bucket, my mum liked them and we'd take a few home, she'd fry them in butter... big part of my early fishing memories was catching eels, fascinating fish.