Eels!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Red_Stag_87]

oi oi,
i fancy having a go at eels . ive only caught a couple by mistake while fishing on canal.just wanted some help/info on the slimey likle beasts.
also heard they are good eating for not just the pike. there is suposed to be some huge eels in this huge loch im gunna be fishing for the next couple of years!

-what methods ?

-Tackle?

-Bait?

-conditions best fished for?

-cooking them?

any info much oblieged

scott

[desertfox20002002]

hi dont know much about eels but i did get told that black pudding with it being made of blood with great big bit of fat in it eels should like it but i am sure someone will be able to give some better advice

[aks19]

deads at night tend to be good, or a BIG bunch of lobs on a size 2. id suggest a braid hookilink with the lightest bobbins you can get away with (that is if using that method) but a main thing is resistance, minimise that and you're in with a good chance. Erm, havent fished for them majorly but have picked up a few tips off people who have been for many years , always useful!erm.... if i remember anything else will post it

[Red_Stag_87]

cheers aks19 ,

-minimal resistance

- braid

-size 2 hook with lobbys on

all gd stuff
ill get as much info as poss n put it all to gd use!

regs scott

[Norfolkboy]

Good info from Aks.

Lobs, deadbaits(quite small) and light resistance. (An in-line lead, or free running rig, the lead you'll be using should have a big eye.

Better fished for at night

[fishypaul]

Originally Posted by aks19

deads at night tend to be good, or a BIG bunch of lobs on a size 2. id suggest a braid hookilink with the lightest bobbins you can get away with (that is if using that method) but a main thing is resistance, minimise that and you're in with a good chance. Erm, havent fished for them majorly but have picked up a few tips off people who have been for many years , always useful!erm.... if i remember anything else will post it

excellent info,a lot of big eels come up accidentally whilst piking,i have had them up to 4lb 5oz on pike baits,unfortunately i havn't got anywhere near that when i fished for the little darlings,
one thing that needs to be emphasised is that you should use a wire trace if pike are in the water,
its interesting that the most successful eel angler in my area that i know of almost exclusively uses herring,i don't know how he uses it,in a strip perhaps,

[Ben]

i saw on a program where some1 had knitting wool with 10 lobs threaded on it and he lowered of the side of his boat and the ells got there teath caught on the wool, he was in a little rowing boat and said he had 1 much bigger than the boat once which knocked his boat over and swam off, lol

[Englishman.in.Sweden]

i have not fished eel for very long but it is very popular here in sweden,
the theory is that dead bait will get you the big ones (small chunks of roach are the mainstay here) i normaly fish four rods 3 with worm and one with dead bait, on the 50 plus times i have been i have never caught one on dead bait but have caught almost every time with worm, the largest i have had is 4lb 10oz it was the third eel i caught, having said that two of my mates here have had big strikes and runs on their dead bait but have always managed to lose the eel.
every time i have seen a strike on dead bait the eels seem to have been big.
hope this helps