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    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.
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    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.
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    What did you bait it with VC?
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    Can't you read Rushy
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    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.
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    We always used to use a tin of Catfood for bait (holes punched in the tin, of course)

    What river??
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    Might have to knock one up this arvo ready for the holidays. There are some nice eels in the Wairau.
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    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 .
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    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
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    Never heard the marmite one before
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Who told me to use marmite
    Probably Nibblet. Dead possum VC. Go get some road kill.
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    Yea I only used it because there is nothing in the freezer I dont want to eat at the moment.
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Who told me to use marmite
    Me
    I'll fix the smoker this week then set the trap to show you
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    I could have save the 6 eels we caught yesterday if I had known. Slimy yucky things
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