any fishermen among us

[barney_b]

I'm a terrible fisherman but I try. Going to va beach with my dad this weekend. Usually freshwater but every now and then I try saltwater

Heck yeah man! I used to live out there but was more interesting in chasing tail than fin. You taking a charter or fishing from the pier/surf?
Good times ahead!

Cheers!
B

[barney_b]

Everything about this eel conversation puts me off. Jellied eel, I sincerely hope, tastes better than it looks or reads.

Watching a video of that dish being prepared was too much for the first thing in the morning. I really hope youtube forgets my viewing history and doesn't give me any more eel related content.

Sheesh.

Cheers,
B

[Mac]

Everything about this eel conversation puts me off. Jellied eel, I sincerely hope, tastes better than it looks or reads.

Watching a video of that dish being prepared was too much for the first thing in the morning. I really hope youtube forgets my viewing history and doesn't give me any more eel related content.

Sheesh.

Cheers,
B

No no it doesn't, its fucking vile hehehe

[mpsj]

Everything about this eel conversation puts me off. Jellied eel, I sincerely hope, tastes better than it looks or reads.

Watching a video of that dish being prepared was too much for the first thing in the morning. I really hope youtube forgets my viewing history and doesn't give me any more eel related content.

Sheesh.

Cheers,
B

I`m surprised with the discussion on eels. I've caught freshwater eels but never ate them. I always just throw them back. Am I missing-out on something tasty?

[GEORGE]

I catch A few small Moe Ray eels in the bay once in A while. I wouldn't want to catch A full grown one, they get up to 25' and very big around. haha They make good bate for other type fish as well.

[M_C]

Pardon my ignorance here but why? Are eels a part of your diet typically? I've only ever eaten eel in sushi joints

Cheers

Chop then into around inch sections, roll then in flour & fry them - beautiful!

Yeah they are. 30 years ago they were all you could catch, now they are pretty damn rare

Not as rare as you guys would think. The problem is, the average angler uses hooked bait

The real issue was that they were overfished when coming up river as elvers. In the 80's, on the tidal stretch of the river Severn, it got stupid with peope with nets almost shoulder to shoulder on the banks & boats too

I used to be part of the guys who would net them as they went on their migration back to the see but, compared to the Elver guys, we took very little

To add some context here, we would catch a few hundred in a night - but these were eels weighing at around 5kg+, the smaller ones escaped our nets - and, a 5kg Eel is easy to handle, anglers just don't have a clue

[Herbitual]

TBH I don’t want and never wanted a clue.

I draw the line (literally) at “average angler” though ;-)


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[Shaun]

Heck yeah man! I used to live out there but was more interesting in chasing tail than fin. You taking a charter or fishing from the pier/surf?
Good times ahead!

Cheers!
B

Surf and pier. Gonna be on base at dam neck so kinda limited. Charter seems cool but I can't bring myself to spend that kind of money for a day of catching fish.

[zappaman]

pike fisherman fae Scotland boat lure fishing on loch tummel most of the season,mon tha fash

[mpsj]

pike fisherman fae Scotland boat lure fishing on loch tummel most of the season,mon tha fash

Have done some pike fishing without much success. Most of the big pike taken in my area are threw the ice. Record pike in my region stands at 35 lbs.