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Its pretty Pissy galv mesh so don't think it will last long but should serve the purpose.
It will catch eels and looking at the size of the mesh you may score some Koura as well..
Its in the water, river high and dirty so put it in a backwater.
Less than ideal but will see what the mornin brings.
Used a hare carcass for bait.
Fail lol.
Bit slimy round the cone so maybe some boot laces had been in but got out.
Will give it another crack in better spot next weekend if river not up.
What did you bait it with VC?
Can't you read Rushy:D
Hare, i think the main problem is the spot i put it due to the conditions. Might make the opening a bit smaller to at least catch something.
We always used to use a tin of Catfood for bait (holes punched in the tin, of course)
What river??
Might have to knock one up this arvo ready for the holidays. There are some nice eels in the Wairau.
Think you need a few wire fingers to extend into the trap off the cone,other wise they'll swim out same way they went in.
Wire fingers then becomes all one way traffic.Beef bones or gravy beef in a mesh but need to tie the bait to the mesh or they'll just reverse out the whole with it.
I just use a hand line, throw it out & tie it off to a tree or fence post.Lot less mucking round ,easy to carry.
Put it in the other evening didn't get it tied off & had 1st eel hooked .Was like a can of worms in 10 minutes.(gravy beef.)
Got 3 was enough for a feed,then off to get a trout as well .
Put it in last night in what i thought was a near perfect spot.
I used a jar of marmite as bait this time.
I had cut a sleave of a cotton shirt and sown a taper down it so opening was around 50mm dia and put it on the cone so they could push in but hopefully not out.
Got the kids up at 5am and went and checked it.
Nothin nada zip.
Who told me to use marmite :D
Never heard the marmite one before
Yea I only used it because there is nothing in the freezer I dont want to eat at the moment.
Marmite? One of my cobbers is a commercial eeler. He uses Pukeko's quartered or paua guts.
All his nets have a wing on them as well, to guide the buggers in.
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I could have save the 6 eels we caught yesterday if I had known. Slimy yucky things
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.
Ah that makes more sense then.
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 :thumbsup:
Might have to put out my net this weekend....... got me hungry for some just by talking about it.
Cheers
Pete
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?
Yacht. "willi nilly"
Dunno when it sank but a fair while ago.
Eels will have to wait a few days, cleaning backyard this morning and something went ping. On the couch till Chiro opens on Monday by the feel of it :(
It's my own fault, let myself get fat and lost the fitness, and this is the result.