Thread: Eels

Originally Posted by kotuku

anybody ever see the Nz edition of the TV show featuring that bloke jeremy wade.he specialises in trying to catch maneating fish allover the world.he ended up here on the coast and in sth westalnd tangling with some of the big boys.shoulda seen his eyes when he saw hokitikas waterworld big boy?47lb mk- only to be told its big brother was also in residence but must be asleep.!!!!!
down to lake manapouri and tales of its monsters .
then a hind carcasse was put in a backwash with TV cameras set up round it whilst he was hootchied up with the TV monitor.man the behaviour of those eels hittin that carcasse would bring a tear of joy to any aussie crocs eye.scream in latch on spin like a supercharged bloody clothes dryer until pulling out with lumps of meat in jaws.

finally in an act of bravado bordering i think on psychotic -he dressed in a wetsuit with chainmail over suit covers himself in a mix of oil/fish guts and god knows what other delicacies and wades into a wais tdeep backwash
overhead view clear brown water suddenly blackened by a huge mob of hungry eels .
he yelled calf as a big brutes nose started to nudge around his crown jewels.however he did feel at least three bites even in chainmail.

IIRC hed heard of a young lass severely torn by eels which had developed a habit of killing stranded ewes in the farm creek somewhere in central NI and wanted to prove fact or fiction.

hmmmm-at end of programme he was certainly less cocky than when he started.
R93-am i correct instating the big buggers in waterworlds tank originated from stock Bert Vanderdrift rejected when he was eel processing on southshore- Ive also heard they were used for "green" offal disposal by the fish processors .bit like living on prime fillet steak 24 /7 /365 eh what.

eh while i remeber younger sister in her early TV production days did a "make a wish" type reality TV programme. anyhow she put the youngest sister inour family in with the diver to feed the buggers.Tessy B hated eels -was bloody hilarious to see one big fat one wrap himself round her head covering mask and all.
apparently she ex ed the tank like a submarine ballistic missile
we reminded her of it recently -shit if looks were a slaughtermans knife i wouldnt be typing this .even her hubby got told where to go in language most unbecoming of a good catholic girl!

I am not 100% on this mate but I was told most of the eels were taken from the ponds outside the factory.
When I worked there they only took eels of a certain size depending on order.
So big ones generally got released into the ponds. We used to eat our lunch and feed the buggers tid bits of the jetty.

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