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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
Certainly not an ocean run fish, but rather release from a bait bucket. eels are great bait for catfish and stripers.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thumper1
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.
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!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bearclaw
WE CAUGHT ILL AT CLARK HILL BACK IN THE LATE 80s
I have caught them on the Hill also. Seems like I caught one on Russell before but can't remember when or where..
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.
Well they all in the Saluda River now since the flood took out all the dams on that creek. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by OpiemusRex
Maybe your talking something diffefent, but up here we have fresh water lampreys which look like an eel but have a circular mouth with rows of teeth. They come up the rivers the spring to spawn.
When I was a kid I used to wade the local river below an old dam in the shallow gravel beds where they make their nests. I would snare them with an old broom stick with a piano wire loop. The chief of police would give me a buck a head for them. Big money for a kid back in the late fifties.
They kill off the fish by attaching and draining them of blood. Caught my share of fish with round scars from Lampreys.
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