[Magicman2]

would estuary eels be good bait?

Also as the skin is thicker would you just feed them onto a hook or would it be better to bind them on with elastic as with sand eels?

 

[Guest]

If you mean Common/Silver/European Eel (Anguilla Anguilla)......then they have to be returned alive.

 

[fishyrob]

If you mean Common/Silver/European Eel (Anguilla Anguilla)......then they have to be returned alive.

but before you had to return them alive, they did have a following as a tope bait.......

 

[36381]

plenty of better baits about tho

 

[Magicman2]

Pleas excuse my ignorance, I have not done much fishing for 10 plus years and things have obviously changed a lot since then, good job you answered this question, thanks.

Is it still OK to remove eels to be eaten?

 

[Guest]

Nope............all have to be returned.

 

[squidge218]

now a protected species i heard the other day !

 

[Magicman2]

Many thanks for the info!

 

[Stelios]

Magicman have a look here on the Elsaa Website.http://www.elsaa.co.uk/new-ea-bylaws-eels-and-rsa/

 

[Ulsterman]

Rick Stein will be furious

 

[Guest]

Smoked eel is/was delicious:icecream:

 

[blakdog]

Smoked eel is/was delicious:icecream:

Never had a taste for Eel ... as kids we called them "sewer-fish":fishing:

There was a noticable decline in Eels on the Colne when they stopped pumping the "brown tide" out into the river, or at least a decline in what we caught.

I've seen a lot of Tope caught on Eel section (and had a few myself in the past), mostly caught on 3 inch sections with a bit of guts in them, favourite bit seemed to be the head end ... seen a lot of Pike caught on them as well .... but definately not an option these days.