Thread: Eels

I got this one last year when bowfishing. I never weighed it, but I'm just a bit over 6' 4'' tall, so this one must be in excess of 5 feet long and I'd estimate its weigh in excess of 20kg!!! It was a real shame that I never weighed it as I later found out that the NZ record for a bow shot eel is only 9kg - so this one would have easily set a new record.



I'll tell you one thing; it sure put up a good fight...death rolls and thrashing about, on several ocations it turned and tried to bite me!!! I wont be in a hurry to shoot another one as it smashed a lot of my gear.

Note: The rules up our way (Waikato) are a maximum of six eels per person per day.
kj