The sun began to set and I enjoyed a chicken curry dinner with a glass of red before settling down for the night. Many big eels are caught early on in the season and I felt that I would have a better chance once they started to become more active.The venue of choice was an old, large and very deep gravel pit with crystal clear water. Please refresh the page and try again.Advnture is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Conger eels caught by commercial fishermen has been reported to be around 100kg (220 lbs). Unless you are fishing with deadbaits using big hooks for a fish with such a small mouth doesn’t make sense and larger hooks can cause a lot more damage to the fish especially with the eels vital organs positioned high up in its body.
Fishing with meaty baits can be tricky. You know when it is set right because if you pull the bobbin down it will slowly creep back up as the buoyancy of the float takes line back as it pops back up.Having everything so finely balanced also helps to exaggerate any bites, and the rig is pretty resistance-free, especially if you can get hold of some ceramic rod ring inners to use as run rings.In the past I have always preferred to fish open bale arms for any species where resistance can cause them to drop the bait, but last winter I experimented with using Baitrunners on their loosest setting for zander and didn’t experience any increase in dropped runs. It was such a fantastic catch and truly beyond my expectations.The pre-baiting and fishing earlier in the season had paid off and after all the years of effort I had finally achieved my target to catch an eel over 6lb. With angling restarting across England, we look at whether night fishing is allowed. This baiting campaign lasted a few weeks and I introduced a mix of mashed pilchards, dead maggots, Marine Halibut Pellets, People at work started to notice the smell and I ended up wearing rubber gloves to put the bait in rather than going to work with stained hands smelling of fish and having to explain to people that I had been pre-baiting for eels. I must have drifted off because I was woken up by a few bleeps on the alarm at 11pm.I army-rolled off the bedchair straight onto the floor in an effort to get to the rods quickly. The diverse array of rigs and tactics used when fishing for them is endless and this just adds to the appeal of targeting these amazing fish.I started fishing for eels about ten years ago and I have been fortunate enough to land a number of 5lb plus specimens from numerous venues, but it was a session in the spring of 2019 that was really special and the following pages give a short account of that moment when everything fell into place.Unlike previous years, I opted to target them in spring rather than in summer which is when I usually start my eel campaigns. Residents of the Mediterranean have been catching moray eels since ancient times. I was really against the odds as I fished this water the previous year notching up eighteen nights of blanking so I wasn’t very confident. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Available in 10" and 7" and a variety of colors. No content may be reproduced without permissions. IF LOTS of smaller species are present in the venue, then I’d use either roach or squid sections to target the eels. Your Videos - big eel fishing in jakarta. And his plan was rewarded with the specimen of his dreams… after a tricky battle. Eels are fascinating and there is so much that we do not know about theses incredible creatures that makes them such a rewarding prospect to target by design.Sitting behind the rods as it begins to get dark makes the imagination go into overdrive and the thoughts of giant eels slithering out of their underwater lairs can be very exciting.