Thread: Eel trap

I could have save the 6 eels we caught yesterday if I had known. Slimy yucky things

Originally Posted by mikee

I could have save the 6 eels we caught yesterday if I had known. Slimy yucky things

How on earth did you end up with eels? Were yet using marmite ?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How on earth did you end up with eels? Were yet using marmite ?

No, we were fishing wreck Willy Nilly off the cut. had 2 large 1/2 eels on on long line, set down one side and 1 live on on the one set the other side. Anchored directly over the wreck and caught 3 more. Well the other 2 guys did my fishing luck yesterday was the same as Dougies relationship with her car.

Originally Posted by mikee

No, we were fishing wreck Willy Nilly off the cut.

There's a wreck off the cut ??

I assume you're talking about the cut between the boulder bank and haul ashore ?


Tim

Originally Posted by kiwi39

There's a wreck off the cut ??

I assume you're talking about the cut between the boulder bank and haul ashore ?


Tim

Yea, its a few miles out tho.

Ah that makes more sense then.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Ah that makes more sense then.

No worries, given the 1/2 of the 2 eels were over 10lb each on their own, there was a large bitey thing down thing there. Glad I/m not a swimmer

if they are out of a good river then fresh fried is good.
irrigation ditches and the like tend to get smoked and sent north.
I find hot water best for cleaning off the slime.

It's just a smear of marmite in a 35mm film container with small holes/knife cuts.

Smoker is now fixed so will put the net out tomorrow with marmite bait

Barefoot

Pour some full cream milk upstream from your Hinaki.

Not too much ... a pint or so is enough.

Works well for me.

Smoked eel is delicious

Might have to put out my net this weekend....... got me hungry for some just by talking about it.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

Barefoot

Pour some full cream milk upstream from your Hinaki.

Not too much ... a pint or so is enough.

Works well for me.

Smoked eel is delicious

Might have to put out my net this weekend....... got me hungry for some just by talking about it.

Cheers
Pete

A maori bloke that fished for eels here taught us that one also

I know the milk trick, but the marmite tomorrow is to show VC it does work . . . or get egg on my face.

Never heard the milk one, why don't they just follow it downstream?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Never heard the milk one, why don't they just follow it downstream?

VC

The Eels downstream from your trap will detect the milk in the water and follow the scent upstream looking for the source and hopefully swim into your trap.

Cheers
Pete

Yacht. "willi nilly"
Dunno when it sank but a fair while ago.