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gil
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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 12:33 pm Post subject: Catching eels

Eels are a delicacy, not often found other than in expensive restaurants. Delicious smoked, so you can put your fish-smoking skills into practice.

But how to catch them ? Why not use the same methods as our ancestors did....

Fish (the other one) provides you with illustrated instructions for making
your very own eel trap

whose form follows its function, but is a thing of beauty in its own right. Get weaving !

gil
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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:19 pm Post subject:
BTW, once you've caught an eel using this trap (or any method) : what's the best and most humane way kill it ? And what then ? Do you gut a fish that long, or what ?

sean
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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:20 pm Post subject:
Decapitation? And ISTR that you skin them first, then gut them.

gil
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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:24 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Decapitation?

Axe ? Eel guillotine ? Have they got teeth, or is that conger eels ?

sean wrote:

ISTR that you skin them first,

Any uses for eelskin ? And if so, how to cure it ?

Nick

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Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:25 pm Post subject:
Geellotine? And can't you use eelskin for handbags, shoes and trousers, if you're Rawk Star?

tahir

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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:25 pm Post subject:
Eelskin's supposed to be very tough, bet dpack knows, or fish (the other one)

sean
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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:26 pm Post subject:
You can use it to make hinges.

Nick

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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:26 pm Post subject:
https://eelskinoutlet.com/

tahir

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Location: Essex

Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:26 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

You can use it to make hinges.

Sounds liek we both saw that Ray Mears prog

sean
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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:27 pm Post subject:
Nah. I read it somewhere.

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 1:43 pm Post subject:
Whacking them on the tail rather than the head stuns them IIRC.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 3:00 pm Post subject:
whack hard on head nail head to post =brain death skin from a circular skin cut around the "neck" and a lengthways skin slit along the body ,unroll to tail they are ace smoked or stewed a hessian sack with straw and offal will catch then they are becoming rare

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
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Posted: Tue May 15, 07 8:07 pm Post subject:

I posted this thread on another forum, I hope people find it of use.

First stage of eel catching put into action tonight.

Dig worms and chop them up. Stick them in one of kaz's pop socks while she isn't wearing them and put them in the eel trap for bait.

A nice walk down the fields with doodle and camera. The stream is at the bottom of this field.
My little legs hardly touched the ground.

Getting the trap ready to go into the stream

In it goes !

Its only a small stream but heres the trap snuggled on the bed with its entrance facing down stream. Hopefully the eels will get a whif of the chopped worms and be waiting for me in the morning.

Thats the theory only tomorrow will tell what happens in practice.

There was still a bit of early morning mist on the hills as I made my way to the stream.
My catch for the day was this ! Not an eel but a four or five inch brown trout. The trout in the local streamst on the mountain top as I went down to the stream.

are very dark and anything over 1/2 lb is virtually black.

He was immediately returned after his photo call.My next venture will be to a local pond.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Wed May 16, 07 12:25 pm Post subject:
time for fly ?

willding2007

Joined: 13 Jul 2007
Posts: 33
Location: rhondda valley

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 07 3:09 pm Post subject:
just got hold of two traps similiar to the ones you are using' can you give a few tips to a novice . cheers dai

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