Thread: Eels

Nelson Lakes is a national park eels are protected in national parks.
Love smoked eels and a chilly bin of them each year guarantee's me access to a bit of coast up north and use of the bach
Mate of mine recons that marmite is the best bait in the nets (not vegemite he's tried) haven't tested the theory yet.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Thats a good eel kimjon. Did you shoot that wallaby up Rotorua way in your avatar?

Hi Dundee - that's no wallaby, its a giant rat!

I had seen him coming out from under an Oak tree on the front lawn. No one would believe me when I tried to explain to them just how big it was, I just got laughed at. So I patiently waited in ambush (well I watched TV and occasionally looked out the window haha) waiting for him to come out into the open again. It took several weeks and a couple missed attempts to finally nail him with my bow!

I consider it one of my greatest hunts...

kj

jeezes have you got a big pic we can see I'm sure Bushrat will love that one

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Nelson Lakes is a national park eels are protected in national parks.
Love smoked eels and a chilly bin of them each year guarantee's me access to a bit of coast up north and use of the bach
Mate of mine recons that marmite is the best bait in the nets (not vegemite he's tried) haven't tested the theory yet.

Thanks for shedding some light on that barefoot

Originally Posted by Dundee

jeezes have you got a big pic we can see I'm sure Bushrat will love that one

Sorry for the hijack on this thread.

I got two of them that day with the bow, the one on the left is a large rat and the other one is just plain massive! Both were doing very well feeding on acorns.



kj

No need too apoligize thats bloody impressive

Originally Posted by Dundee

jeezes have you got a big pic we can see I'm sure Bushrat will love that one

Yep Bushrat is impressed.......!!!!
Note to myself.....Keep away from Kimjon and Dundee!!!

Few old pics

Jeeeeeezus.........you're definitely Dundee alright!
How big was that last eel?

Thats a baby Bushrat can't upload tonight be drunk in charge of the pc

There is a pic of my granddad in the late 1970's holding up an eel on the farm. The eel's head was at grandads head height and the tail was touching the ground making it about 5' 3" maybe more.
I've seen thicker and heavier eels over the years in lakes etc, but never longer.

You're a brave man Dundee, I hate touching those things (eels) until i know that they are well dead!

I may have even let out a little scream in the past when one touched my leg as I wadded across a river?

kj

KJ - sweet rat slaying there mate, that cracked me up!!

Dundee that looks grossssssss as, mate! Blechhh! Don't they bite? And is the pup in the pic Jess or Bolt??

Bushrat - Dundee makes the eel look bigger than it is; he's actually made an appearance on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on TV last night, I hope you spotted him

This one was 16kg or about 35lb


This is Possom Trappers heaviest at 8.15lb


That was a fews years back now.

Yeah the buggers bite alright.

That pup was Bolt Dougie.
Life must be tough having too watch Charlie and the chocolate factory

Originally Posted by Dougie

KJ - sweet rat slaying there mate, that cracked me up!!

Dundee that looks grossssssss as, mate! Blechhh! Don't they bite? And is the pup in the pic Jess or Bolt??

Bushrat - Dundee makes the eel look bigger than it is; he's actually made an appearance on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on TV last night, I hope you spotted him

Dougie.....Can't say I watched that on tv last night....(must be showing my age....I did watch Coronation Street!)
Have to agree with you........Eels are blechhhh!! I'd rather be down the gully wrestling a big old boar than in the river with one of those things!!!!

I can remember a few years back, pig-hunting down a river.....the dogs had just scragged a goat so they got a thrashing for that.......then a little while later I hear this goat start screaming its lungs out again........bloody dog I'm thinkin' to myself......and am all set to go give the dog another wallop......then I realise that all dogs are accounted for....!
So I go hooning back down to the creek to see what the hell's going on. This big old billy goat (with previous dog scragg marks) is sitting on the edge of the stream, screaming his lungs out, and when I have a closer look I see these two bloody big eels attached to its back-end scraggin' the snot out of this poor bloody goat. One's doing the crocodile roll and all sorts to remove a big chunk of this goat....!
My god they were evil looking things........big beady eyes staring at me.........!!! Well I can't remember if I pulled the goat outta the water or not. I do remember there was no way in a zillion years I was jumping in the creek with those two bloody eels. (They woulda finished this bushrat off in one gulp)

Dundee....you're a legend mate!!!
But you can keep your stinkin' horrible slimy eels!!!!