Hi guys, what's the best way to kill an eel. I thought that cutting the tail killed the nerves. Any other tips for skinning them also would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Brad
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Hi guys, what's the best way to kill an eel. I thought that cutting the tail killed the nerves. Any other tips for skinning them also would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Brad
If it's large long fin eel don't kill it as it will soon start the most amazing journey known in the animal kingdom. Otherwise just hit it between the eyes with a hammer.
Lol thanks for that. But I seem to think there was a less messier version that didn't scare the kids :) is the tail cut thing just a myth
Thump on the noggin, works for most fish :D
tail is a myth, much better to catch it and then let it go. Then go to the computer and show the kids this amazing journey and how they helped it on it's way. You'll get more mileage out of that, plus getting the kids on track as well. Worked for me.
When I was a child, waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the 40.s, I was told by my elders and I believed it, that the eel had it's heart at the end of it's tail.Quote:
Originally Posted by rs200nz
I suspect we are of the same era. :>)
Bloody good info there. Cheers fullas. 40s era is correct :) not me but my grand fathers era
Stick it up you pants leg, you'll kill it fast enough, your way!:thumbsup:
Going eeling I always stabbed the eels with pitchforks, pin it to the ground. They always flop around due to reflexes but that way they wont flop away from you, just wait til it stops. Yahoo tuna!
Oh and you stab them in the head :)
Used to make pocket money off eels. The tail thing is half myth half true. All the main nerves in an eel end in the tail, so by bashing an eel on the tail hard enough will stop the wriggle, however this only stuns them(paralises them). All fish have a brain so the most humane way to dispatch is the same as any animal (head)
Also no need to skin them, put em in a tub of water and add copiuos salt to strip the slime off, if youre a bad ass, laundry powder is even better.
End of the day let them go. They are far to presious to eat these days.
12gauge and the concussion kills them without and stabbing required!:thumbsup:
With you on that oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/1...n-eel-proposed
Best way to improve stocks is stop catching them commercially.
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whitebait should probably come under that category as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Smack it on the head,cut the tail on a 45degree angle to bleed it.
Wish someone would eel out one of my duck ponds. Its filthy with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Big buggers as well.
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Might stop a few feuds as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
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Eels account for hundreds of ducklings and fish roe and little fish every year...yes, their massive journey to mate is extraordinary but no less than that of salmon et al Not all go...the big monsters with the curly whiskers who delight in harassing you when you're doing the dishes on the side of creek or river, are thought to be maidens/barren females who for whatever reason decide not to go...no one is quite sure about why they do not go.
Smoked eel is divine and hell will freeze over before I stop taking the odd one...:D:D
I cannot understand why there are not licensing / catch restrictions on whitebait. The "Take all you can" culture is not sustainable and something that should have been addressed a few years ago. Unfortunatly it will take a fishery collapse for something to change.... go clean green NZ!!!!
Not MORE licences !!! theres not many things you can do for free these days...but maybe like you say a limit on the catch or slightly shorter season would help along with some cleaner rivers!
@Boaraxa :thumbsup:
Just what is the annual take of whitebait...? Does any one know this...? As far as I have been able to ascertain from personal experience and that of others is that whitebaiting, not unlike Opening Day on the pond is more of a culture thing than a harvest, well that too, I grant you but...also in my experience you are pretty much limited to catch anyway due to the vagrancies of the wonderful pastime...
Old people have a lot to answer for from the story's they tell me on the river if they are to be believed
I believe whitebait decline is mostly habitat destruction and secondly fishing.
most swamps have been drained for farming.
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You are in the shit for posting that image, Copyright laws. Unless you have approval:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
So are you it seems😊
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Old people should always be believed Toby. None of us talk shit or take the piss.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
A cut behind the head down threw spinal cord stuffs them up pretty quick, don't understand why you'd want to throw perfectly good food away .They're very good smoked or baked with a little garlic butterQuote:
Originally Posted by rs200nz
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps1ba8b722.jpg
Haha maca
If you made the poor bugger drink that beer @Chris you hardly needed to cut him :brzzzzz:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
I drank the beer Gibo ,needed re-hydrating after carrying that big sod back to the wagon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
And using 1080 around the streams they live in. Many animals make it into water and die to become food for eels.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam