In reply to Post #15
I had Barry McConnell's book years ago and left it down south when I split up with ex partner,have you seen how much they are selling for now £140 plus 😮 although I did see one for £70,it was a good book and very interesting.
Looking at the list I posted yesterday there's one on there from the grand union canal in 1998 at 9lb plus,9lb !!!!! A monster of an eel and to get one from a canal up to a 5lb would be a good fish but 9lb is just crazy,
Massive respect to any angler that puts in massive amounts of time for maybe 1 bite a year at best.
I had Barry McConnell's book years ago and left it down south when I split up with ex partner,have you seen how much they are selling for now £140 plus 😮 although I did see one for £70,it was a good book and very interesting.
Looking at the list I posted yesterday there's one on there from the grand union canal in 1998 at 9lb plus,9lb !!!!! A monster of an eel and to get one from a canal up to a 5lb would be a good fish but 9lb is just crazy,
Massive respect to any angler that puts in massive amounts of time for maybe 1 bite a year at best.
Fantastic... 
In reply to Post #16
Yeah i have his book crazy money now.
Yeah i have his book crazy money now.
In reply to Post #4
Fek me that is huge, well done that man, and really nice to see it caught by design being a member of the National Anguilla Club
Fek me that is huge, well done that man, and really nice to see it caught by design being a member of the National Anguilla Club
In reply to Post #18
Lol, I sold his book about 6 weeks ago, £150 on ebay
Lol, I sold his book about 6 weeks ago, £150 on ebay
In reply to Post #15
I remember reading about Barry going off piste in the Highlands after eels, getting destroyed by the midges but catching a few decent fish, and sid he lost an absolute beast. He wa fishing old tarns only accessible to eels by climbing up waterfalls etc. Real pioneering stuff
I remember reading about Barry going off piste in the Highlands after eels, getting destroyed by the midges but catching a few decent fish, and sid he lost an absolute beast. He wa fishing old tarns only accessible to eels by climbing up waterfalls etc. Real pioneering stuff
In reply to Post #21
Yeah the midges are horrendous at the min warm wet conditions ideal for the little *******s. My biggest eel 6lb 8oz came from a small scottish loch whilst tenching some 20 years ago !
Yeah the midges are horrendous at the min warm wet conditions ideal for the little *******s. My biggest eel 6lb 8oz came from a small scottish loch whilst tenching some 20 years ago !
In reply to Post #1
Amazing fish
Amazing fish
In reply to Post #20
Good God
The pioneering bit sounds very interesting.
Good God
The pioneering bit sounds very interesting.
Just stumbled across this on YouTube so thought I would share
In reply to Post #25
That's going to be a good watch
@post 12, so much for that, caught when not targeting them, the gods were having a larf
That's going to be a good watch
@post 12, so much for that, caught when not targeting them, the gods were having a larf
I remember living down south from 2007 to 2014 and there was a lake that was day ticket fishing during day and to do nights you had to have a membership and they had eels to over 9lb in there as well as some big tench and a 40lb carp,not sure if the big carp was still in there.
On another note looks like it's been accepted as a new record by 1oz once again congratulations to that man it's got to be the fish of the last year or possibly last decade,doubt it will be beaten for a long time again.
Also other records that have been accepted
Roach 4.3(knocked back from 4.4)it now shares the record with 2 others
Catfish 143.14 first cat to be accepted since 2000
Pike 47.5 from February
On another note looks like it's been accepted as a new record by 1oz once again congratulations to that man it's got to be the fish of the last year or possibly last decade,doubt it will be beaten for a long time again.
Also other records that have been accepted
Roach 4.3(knocked back from 4.4)it now shares the record with 2 others
Catfish 143.14 first cat to be accepted since 2000
Pike 47.5 from February
In reply to Post #1
Fantastic capture and perfect to hear its Steve who has been lucky enough to get the record.
Funnily enough i was speaking with Lloyd who caught the record Pike earlier in the year a few weeks ago prior to the eel capture and was discussing with him what he wanted to target next, discussed the eel record but he was of the impression that it was a record that may well never get broke due to the unfortunate demise of the species over the last few decades
Fantastic capture and perfect to hear its Steve who has been lucky enough to get the record.
Funnily enough i was speaking with Lloyd who caught the record Pike earlier in the year a few weeks ago prior to the eel capture and was discussing with him what he wanted to target next, discussed the eel record but he was of the impression that it was a record that may well never get broke due to the unfortunate demise of the species over the last few decades
In reply to Post #28
Got to agree with him given everything you read and the odds against them. I'd love to know how old that Eel is, imagine it's life journey, that's one very lucky Eel to survive to that size.
Got to agree with him given everything you read and the odds against them. I'd love to know how old that Eel is, imagine it's life journey, that's one very lucky Eel to survive to that size.
If ever anyone deserved that record it's him, the Mrs was even smiling at the end of the film. Some of those fish, that black Eel was stunning and some of the different head shapes.