Afishionado Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 River patrol to halt eel poachers Young eels are in decline across Europe Rivers in Kent and Sussex are being given night-time patrols to prevent the illegal netting of young eels. Each spring thousands of eels arrive in rivers in the region from the Sargasso Sea in South America but stocks are believed to be declining. An Environment Agency spokesman Chris Conroy said: "Anyone found in contravention of the regulations could be prosecuted and fined up to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DommyBoy Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 i dont understand this shortage of eels malarky. How come when i go fishing on the river stour and the avon, as soon as it gets to dusk the eels come out to play. You can catch over 20 eels an hour. Maybe its just me cos i cant catch nothin' else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 i dont understand this shortage of eels malarky. How come when i go fishing on the river stour and the avon, as soon as it gets to dusk the eels come out to play. You can catch over 20 eels an hour. Maybe its just me cos i cant catch nothin' else. Yes I know those pesky little boot lace ones I was refering to the large silvers that we used to catch in the harbour. By the way as I said before, sections of silver eels are suposed to be good Tope bait. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Mike...That piece of info,should help considerable in the "eel conservation" endevours..... jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 eels are only good for the Thames tope, therr southern coast cousins turn their noses up at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 eels are only good for the Thames tope, therr southern coast cousins turn their noses up at them. The tope you don't catch must be different from the ones I do catch Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Mikey....................silver eels are just slightly larger freshwater eels returning to sea to spawn, so it follows an abundance of freshwater eels in certain locations would lead to an abunance of returners in time. Dommy, a good time for eels catching is a really heavy dewy night, when its not too cold. Try tying a bunch of brandlings onto wool, they cant get their teeth out of the fibres. I've also used a POLO mint tied to a short length of mono, attatched to the trip on a mousetrap, anchored on the river bed..........caught loads!!!! "Boys wil be boys! Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markee_b Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Anyone tried using lamprey in the briney ? The amount of blood they're full of seems to work well in freshwater...would seem worth a try on the face of it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Dommy, a good time for eels catching is a really heavy dewy night, when its not too cold. Try tying a bunch of brandlings onto wool, they cant get their teeth out of the fibres. I've also used a POLO mint tied to a short length of mono, attatched to the trip on a mousetrap, anchored on the river bed..........caught loads!!!! "Boys wil be boys! Rich Polo mints? This should be on the other thread re: Unusal bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamouse Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Anyone tried using lamprey in the briney ? The amount of blood they're full of seems to work well in freshwater...would seem worth a try on the face of it ? I had a go. Inconclusive, in that we caught no tope on lamprey OR on mackerel. The doggies were much less of a pest with lamprey though. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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