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Blimey Dave, you must be spoilt if you don't weigh 3lb crucians! :)

Nice fish Duncan. Lovely colours. Been taking an air rifle along and doing some target practice to help pass the time on those blanks by any chance?! :D

I think when this thread reached its seventh page us advocates of common sense just lost our patience and had to say something!! :D :D

Oh bloody hell :rolleyes: Why does there have to be a definitive right or wrong method? We're all grown ups, so let's just agree to trust each others discretionary opinions/ choices based on hugely differing circumstances. Have a lovely afternoon!!! :D

Great result Simon, well done! :)

Lovely stuff Simon. That second photo looking out towards the islands is stunning! One of those waters where you'd be happy to blank... And just as well by the sounds of it! :D

Simon, your images don't seem to be appearing in your post any more? Would love to see them. Stu

Lovely fish Chris and Graham! Real beauties.

True but I might end up suffering 'bone dry net' the next morning, which would be equally as bad! :D I think you're right though, I think I'll fish one rod on worm next time and one rod with a very small deadbait. The eels that I know were caught last year by tench anglers varied in size...

I was on worm baits Steve as that is what the eels have fallen to before on this particular water, so I've assumed that I'm dealing with a population of 'narrow heads' and that fish baits might not be as effective. Would you agree with that?

Afternoon all, The first eel session only produced bream and tench, but the conditions weren't ideal, so I'm not too concerned. Ended up fishing the JS rig on one rod and float fished on a second in the margin with a night light insert. Both fish fell to the float rod! Will keep you posted on...

Hi Nigel, Have you been intentionally fishing for the eels on the float gear when you've caught them? Any cases of the deep hooking that David mentioned? Stu

Big girl! :D:D

That's the sort of food for thought that I was expecting, David. Thanks. I certainly don't want to be using any methods that have an increased chance of causing harm to anything I catch. I've caught quite a few eels on the W. Avon when fishing hair-rigged meat either with a lead or feeder (at...

Hi Simon, Thanks for your reply. Sounds like 'the pit' has a bit of everything! :) Someone else mentioned the change in resistance being the most important thing rather than the resistance itself. But surely, irrespective of the terminal tackle, when a fish picks up a bait at a reasonable...

The same as I would when freelining during the day - by sitting and holding the rod and line! :) Seriously though, this would obviously only be an option for shorter sessions, but I'm planning on fishing from 8pm until 1am on Saturday. Not that different to doing a 5 hour session after dark...

Afternoon all, I'm planning on doing some serious eel fishing shortly, which will be my first real concerted effort to catch them intentionally, so I'm a complete novice. I have caught loads of eels over the years unintentionally using all sorts of tactics, ranging from float fished bread to...

Yep, as I suspected! Sometimes even with the strongest will in the world there still isn't a way! :) Best of luck to you though Simon, it sounds like a fantastic challenge. Stu

Now that would be frustrating, because inevitably there are going to be times when conditions dictate that you physically can't get anywhere near the fish! Sounds great though :)

Hi Steve, I've caught the majority of my grassies off the top on sunny days with nothing more complicated then a freelined piece of crust. Got to be worth a go, especially is they're tucked up in the corner of the lake. Stu