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  1. 10-16-2016, 07:33 PM #1
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    This morning i was standing out side at the deer processor where I work and a man came walking up with a five gallon bucket and said he wanted to show me . I looked in bucket and he had a barley alive eel. he said it was the second one he had caught fishing off a pier on rocky river. Any one ever heard of them being caught this fat up from the ocean? Btw I took a pic on my phone so I would have proof
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  2. 10-16-2016, 08:21 PM #2
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    Certainly not an ocean run fish, but rather release from a bait bucket. eels are great bait for catfish and stripers.
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    There are fresh water American eels in most of our waters.


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    We used to night fish at Lugoff for stripers. We always caught three or four eels a night. Some of them weighed 2-3 pounds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thumper1 View Post
    We used to night fish at Lugoff for stripers. We always caught three or four eels a night. Some of them weighed 2-3 pounds.
    hey thumper,I remember some night time striper fishing at lugoff too.seems like if we caught a eel that would be it for that spot.. the last one I've caught while bottom fishing was in 2001.
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    Never seen an eel come out of Russell or Clark Hill.....but that aint saying they aint there. I just never seen or heard of it before.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bearclaw View Post
    hey thumper,I remember some night time striper fishing at lugoff too.seems like if we caught a eel that would be it for that spot.. the last one I've caught while bottom fishing was in 2001.
    Yea, we caught them bottom fishing with cut shad. I didn't even want the slimy devils in the boat. Many folks, mostly up north, consider them to be great eating. I think I'll pass!!
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    WE CAUGHT ILL AT CLARK HILL BACK IN THE LATE 80s
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    I have caught them on the Hill also. Seems like I caught one on Russell before but can't remember when or where..
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    I used to catch them in the Mill Pond in Lexington fishing for catfish under the bridge at S. Main/Hwy 6 there were quite many in that pond.
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