an ugly battle

Post by **bruce** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:26 am

braved the storms yesterday to bring a coworker out fishin on the free weekend.managed a couple hours before the rain really started.old moe scared up a bass,never caught one before.guess theres no bass in lebanon .my jig gets slammed and after 5 mins of peelin drag up floats 30 inch? eel,slide him up beside the canoe and he grabs the trolling motor shaft with two turns of his tail. man i dont want to touch this thing so i grag the jig and steady pulls he lets go.good thing moe was quick with the camera as the jig went straight and he slides off the hook,thank u lord!

Post by **TLunge** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:42 am

Cool!

Post by **GR8-Scott** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:12 am

very interesting . . .

Post by **Jebby** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:40 am

sweet. never cought anything like that. not sure what they would be like but id love to try it.

Post by **Pints** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:26 pm

Hard to believe how strong they are as well. Nice sized one though. I wonder how many people know that they are a protected species in Ontario now?

Post by **Wallyboss** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:40 pm

Around the trolling motor shaft is a good thing. they get pretty slimy when they wrap themselves around your arm.

Post by **Bear** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:05 pm

ugly fish bet is was cool on the line though

Post by **Badger Shark** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:06 pm

I have caught many eels and they are always a tough fight. You can usually tell its an eel with the zig zagging they do and yeah its always an adventure trying get them of the hook.

Post by **Eli** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:00 pm

cool catch! seeing them less and less each year

Post by **Chevy Champagne** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:52 am

a few nights back me and kingfisher caught 2 or them jigging for walleye
they were both around that size and do they ever give up a great fight
oh and dont try to net them

Post by **Mick Delorme** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:15 am

walleye man wrote: oh and dont try to net them

i think we learned that lesson the hard way

Post by **TMH** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:43 am

What happens when you do?

Post by **DropShotr** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:40 am

Interesting catch, I remember seeing an eel caught in Lake Ontario on a salmon charter.
That eel has quite a trip ahead to get to where it will spawn.

DropShot'r

Post by **Tonyb** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:22 pm

They send a shiver up your back when you hook into one. The American Eel is supposedly endangered and thus protected But we hooked into 3 of those slimy things last year on the Ottawa River.

Post by **Chevy Champagne** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:00 pm

TMH wrote:What happens when you do?

they get stuck and you have to cut the net