The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : Big Eels https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:51:17 +0000 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:08:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=35353 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Big Eels : Anguilla wrote:Was that on...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514207&title=big-eels#514207 Author: bazza
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009 at 1:08pm

Originally posted by Anguilla Anguilla wrote:

Was that on a rod n line????
 
Am relying on rather tired memory banks here but seem to
remember it was caught & landed by some kids using a handline.
 
Read about it somewhere on the internet seem to recall it
being not much short of 100lbs. there was a photo & may have
been as long ago as the 50's or 60's
 
Can remember being surprised at the relatively small river/creek
that is was taken from, like the Nthn end of Orewa or somewhere
similar.
 
Will see if I can find the info again & post it.
 
Cheers
]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:08:18 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514207&title=big-eels#514207 <![CDATA[Big Eels : No Bazza, that was a taniwha! Holy...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514110&title=big-eels#514110 Author: Capt Asparagus
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009 at 9:14am

No Bazza, that was a taniwha!
Holy crap.... that would be a monster eel!
]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:14:15 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514110&title=big-eels#514110 <![CDATA[Big Eels : Was that on a rod n line???? ]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514106&title=big-eels#514106 Author: Anguilla
Subject: 35353
Posted: 10 Jan 2009 at 9:05am

Was that on a rod n line????]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:05:22 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514106&title=big-eels#514106 <![CDATA[Big Eels : shamus30609 wrote: Does anyone...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514103&title=big-eels#514103 Author: bazza
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009 at 8:59am

Originally posted by shamus30609 shamus30609 wrote:

Does anyone know what the biggest ever Eel caught in NZ history is?

 
Seem to remember the largest ever weighed & recorded was about
94 lbs. but it is speculated considerably larger specimems have been
caught in pre European times.
 
Cheers
]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:59:42 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514103&title=big-eels#514103 <![CDATA[Big Eels : Does anyone know what the biggest...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514064&title=big-eels#514064 Author: shamus30609
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009 at 7:16am

Does anyone know what the biggest ever Eel caught in NZ history is?

]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:16:41 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=514064&title=big-eels#514064 <![CDATA[Big Eels : Is it true that Eels disolve hooks...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513986&title=big-eels#513986 Author: shamus30609
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Posted: 09 Jan 2009 at 10:41pm

Is it true that Eels disolve hooks in their belly's when deep hooked?]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:41:59 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513986&title=big-eels#513986 <![CDATA[Big Eels : With huge fat water buffalos taking...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513887&title=big-eels#513887 Author: Kenshin
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Posted: 09 Jan 2009 at 8:45pm

With huge fat water buffalos taking dips everday, they are. And they dont gulp.. they continously suck off blood spilling off the skin.. like those of an IV drop. Hmm which got me curious.. is there any form leeches in NZ? I understand they are present in tropical and subtropical regions.


]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:45:18 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513887&title=big-eels#513887 <![CDATA[Big Eels : Yikes Kenshin, presume that was...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513877&title=big-eels#513877 Author: bazza
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Posted: 09 Jan 2009 at 8:19pm

Yikes Kenshin, presume that was in Philipines ..........
 
....... but surely a leech that size would drain litres of blood
with each gulp !!
 
Are they common at that size?
]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:19:38 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513877&title=big-eels#513877 <![CDATA[Big Eels : Hi Bazza, this you may find worthy...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513594&title=big-eels#513594 Author: shamus30609
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Posted: 09 Jan 2009 at 11:52am

Hi Bazza, this you may find worthy of keeping in your files ;-)
 
This is how I do them :-)
 
http://www.aoteamoana.co.nz/howto/eel.htm
]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:52:08 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513594&title=big-eels#513594 <![CDATA[Big Eels : shamus30609 wrote: Great thread!!!...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35353&PID=513581&title=big-eels#513581 Author: bazza
Subject: 35353
Posted: 09 Jan 2009 at 11:21am

Originally posted by shamus30609 shamus30609 wrote:

Great thread!!! I love catching Eels, very underated fish. I often try to release any I catch but sometimes the odd one gets deep hooked so I keep em for the table.

If I catch Longfin Eels then I always try to release them.
 
ps. Sorry for the early hours posts but I work nightshifts here in NZ so Im wide awake when most are tucked up in bed :-)
 
 
Thanks Shamus & Kenshin for your posts, thereby providing some very
welcome respite from the tedium of the coarse fishing topic, altho most
of us accepted it was pre destined to develop that way.
 
Certainly no need to apologise for any hour you choose to post as it is
not as if the phone rings or suchlike & you might be surprised at just
how many posts to the forum are lodged between 12 & 3 pm. Guess a
lot of fisho's work nightshifts or otherwise are insomniacs!
 
Back to the subject of eels ....... can you tell us please how you prepare
them for the table? I am very fond of them smoked but only have a hot
smoker & not sure if that would be suitable for eels. If so would probably
need to coil them up like a South African sausage & or cut them into
butterflied sections.
 
Cheers
 
P.S. Kenshin will reply to your post shortly.
 
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