Eel's

[Paul Johnson]

How big do you think this was before the otter ate half of it.

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My seat is 18 inch's long and the remains of the eel weighed exactly 3lb

 

[Rhys Perry]

Well if the otter ate half of it, I'd say it was about 6 pounds!

Where'd you find it?

 

[Steve Cole]

Paul - It looks like the otter decided to consume the head & gut section for the main nutritional value (heart, liver, etc - yummy) and the other end as part of a balanced diet.

Rhys - like it

 

[Chris Fox]

Could it be a brook Lamprey? I've seen them on the Teme at some BIG sizes!

 

[Steve Cole]

Interesting that Chris - I've seen 2 dead big Lamprey in the margings on the Lower Severn in the last two years. That's 2 more than I've ever seen before !!

Actually the culprit my have been a Mink ?

 

[Colin Gordon]

Nah couldn't of been an otter. 6lb fish it would have only eaten its chin, throat and part of the stomach..... Well so I'm always being told

Look at the up side, one less barbel that Tarka will need to devour.

6lbs in weight, I heard that eels grow at about a pound every decade. On that basis it would be 60 years old and have only been nailed by a seal or gull once in the sea off our coast. What with being so old and slow.

 

[Paul Johnson]

It is definitely a eel!
I found it on the bank's of the Teme but within 150yds of a private pool which was rumured to hold 6lb eel's many year's ago.
A mate did catch a near 4 from there a few years ago.
Before you ask yes I can fish it! And will be having a couple of night sessions towards the end of the closed season