Thread: Will an eel take a rapalla lure?

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

interesting one that Woody was there for 8 years at Waikaremoana never saw one -and never heard of anyone actually seeing one either during my time there- all the storys seem to be older - lots of storys about huge eels in the lake - one old german chap camped at Hopuruahine said he was cleaning two trout alongside lake when a huge eel came up and grabbed one of his trout from the shoreline - storys of divers on the outlets coming across big eels so they must have been in there - would be old females and likely really big - locals could have bought them in to - but a rapala yes they well might - have had the buggers follow me crossing the rivers further south -

Yes. The one at waikaremoana followed fly on the surface and it was about 5ft long; about halfway up hoparuahine arm. Circa 1969.