Possom trapper just came home with a 5lber
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Possom trapper just came home with a 5lber
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How did he get it Dundee? As a young fella we would collect a road kill rabbit or possum and throw it in the shallows and then stand back and wait with the old man's slasher!
With a spear Rushy but fresh hare makes awsome bait.
I got a nice one tonight ,6 or 7 lb I guess should fry up OK for lunch tomorrow .
Any photo Chris.Have you got clean streams up there?Ours are still dirty and that one that Possom Trapper caught was in dirty water but hell they can sniff out fresh bait pretty good aye.
Photo on the way Mr Dundee . No rivers are dirty again where running clear yesterday ,bit like coffee color now.
Last rain changed the river ,some places 10' wider now .Trees gone ,wide shallow runs where was deep & narrow .
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...7-12eel003.jpg
Whats the rules ,season,cultural rights thing on eels?
Oh ok. I watched something on telly where they were catching thousands as they went overland to the sea and only they(that tribe I think) were allowed to do it but could be wrong wasnt really paying attention. Locally im fairly sure your not allowed to catch eels in the Nelson lakes? But once again could be wrong but thats why I asked the question.
Go get a feed Vietnamcam the eels are good tucker.
Heres some education on the topic. Save the pic too your documents then you might be able to magnify it too read it.
Cheers Dundee
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Could be that the eel numbers are very low in the Nelson Lakes & they want to protect the small resident population.
Don't think anyone would object to you catching a couple for your own use out of a river or stream in the area.
its good to clean out the big ones as they eat the little ones.
a friend of the family is a commertial eel fisherman, he has restrictions placed on him. recreational fisherman are not restricted as far as im aware
they are mighty good smoked
Took that one to work ,the guys took out the back bone for smoking.That didn't happen and plan B they baked it.
Didn't taste like eel at all ,was very nice .
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.
http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae126/kimjon/eel.jpg
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
Thats a good eel kimjon. Did you shoot that wallaby up Rotorua way in your avatar?
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 :D
Mate of mine recons that marmite is the best bait in the nets (not vegemite he's tried) haven't tested the theory yet.
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:thumbsup:
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.
http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/a...mjon/photo.jpg
kj
No need too apoligize thats bloody impressive:thumbsup:
Jeeeeeezus.........you're definitely Dundee alright!
How big was that last eel?:o
Thats a baby Bushrat can't upload tonight be drunk in charge of the pc:yaeh am not durnk:
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!! :D
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 ;) :P
This one was 16kg or about 35lb
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/t...bo/16kgeel.jpg
This is Possom Trappers heaviest at 8.15lb
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/t...omass815lb.jpg
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:pacman:
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....! :o
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)
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Dundee....you're a legend mate!!!
But you can keep your stinkin' horrible slimy eels!!!!:brzzzzz::x_x:
What a fantastic thread! reminds me of myself not so long ago, going eeling at every opportunity i had! god I really need to get back into it.... hmmm to the bow fisherman heres a question, I've got a local property with plenty of koi carp that need eradicating and my 12ga just doesn't hit em so what do i need for a bowfishing setup??? cheers!
Any cheap bow off trademe will do. A coupound bow (say $100 - $200) is best as you can do a lot of shooting in a day. Then you'll need a complete kit to turn your bow into a fishing bow, these can be purchased from as little as $50 for a kit which includes the arrow, but its better to spend about $150 and get a AMS real.
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Give it a go, you'll love it. Just remember to aim low, then aim a bit lower again!
kj
Here is one I got from Lake Karapiro
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n...033_Edited.mp4
The fire on the bank trick works well---what is this?
The skin tastes like pork crackle if fried.
I heard that you can only fish for them in the months with a R:pacman:
William Higginson with a monster 12.6 kg long finned eel he caught and released unharmed back into a tributary of the Grey River.
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He needs a speech bubble :
"Thats not an eel, this is an eel"
Rule 2: Always point Eels in a safe direction
Looks almost like a seal with no flippers.
The eel looks less than impressed :ORLY: