Thread: Eel trap

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yep no danger of me using vegemite, might catch orstraylyins.

Or awe-struken-failures

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yep no danger of me using vegemite, might catch orstraylyins.

What ?







Ahhhhhhh I get it now , we may be slow , but we're not stupid

Might make one myself, plenty of materials about here.

Is that gonna be long enough or should i make two sections ?
Its 900,time i put a cone in it effective length will be more like 700.
I know eels swim backward into holes so if one say a meter long swims in its tail could be still in the entry and back out, or will it just get right in there regardless?

So long as your looking for the tasty small ones your fine. Its surprising how small a space they will go into.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

So long as your looking for the tasty small ones your fine. Its surprising how small a space they will go into.

As the medical staff at a certain Hospital outpatients unit discovered recently.....................:>)

Originally Posted by Kiwi Sapper

As the medical staff at a certain Hospital outpatients unit discovered recently.....................:>)

I just know there is big ones too.
No not under durvil hut jetty

In all likely hood i would only keep one, but it would be cool to get some big Buggers for the kids to see.

Should be good. My one was about 3/4 that. For the door I cut a circle out and wrap the end in a garden hose by slicing the pipe. Stops it hooking on shit

Originally Posted by Toby

Should be good. My one was about 3/4 that. For the door I cut a circle out and wrap the end in a garden hose by slicing the pipe. Stops it hooking on shit

You should patent that design Toby.

Brings back some great memories of being a young we lad this thread. We used to do the same but used a whole chicken from the local farm... dip it in meths and burn most of the feathers off it, and in it went, our biggest ell was over 2m long and about 80mm diameter... completely destroyed out trap .

A good mate of mine is a commercial eel fisherman. He always offers my son a net or 2 he doesn't use anymore. I will see if he will part with one.

Yea the main motivation here is get the kids into outdoors.
I have been watching them turn into townies.(not their fault, its where we live:thumbdown

Basic shape mate, cones at each end are even better.

If that works with no cones then i can't fail!
Famous last words lol