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Hooked an eel this morning
Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:17 am
Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:17 am
I’m not much of a fisherman but this morning in Lacombe I hooked an eel. I kept it just to show my son when I get home, but what should I do with it?
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Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:20 am to the paradigm
Sushi? Just kidding don't do that.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:22 am to the paradigm
Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:23 am to the paradigm
Pics brah!
Also, I’d have probably cut the line. Going up to cape cod, gonna fish a bit, and eels are the go to bait. I have an irrational fear of them.
Also, I’d have probably cut the line. Going up to cape cod, gonna fish a bit, and eels are the go to bait. I have an irrational fear of them.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:25 am to the paradigm
I've caught my share of them over the years when fishing the Miss. River and have never kept them. The ones I've caught were not all that big to begin with, maybe 2 ft. long and about 1 in round. They are slimy as hell to fool with too and a PITA to get off the hook unless you have a flipper handy.
I do eat Unagi in the sushi restaurants though, and love it.
I do eat Unagi in the sushi restaurants though, and love it.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:37 am to the paradigm
pretty amazing life cycles that eel you caught was born in the far north Atlantic and made its way all the way here
Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:39 am to BrotherEsau
I have it in the ice chest with crabs & fish but when I get back to BR I’ll snap a pic. I’d guesstimate that it’s about 1 1/2 feet long
Posted on 7/4/18 at 8:49 am to the paradigm
Kill it with fire. Hate them slimy things. Biggest one a caught was offshore. Dang thing was over 7' long.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:04 am to the paradigm
American eel are a species of concern around the country, with most fishery agencies within their range researching the population. Perhaps contact LDWF to let them know where you caught it.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:10 am to BrotherEsau
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I have an irrational fear of them.
When we were kids, we swam in old farm pond. I felt something brush my leg and grabbed it, thinking it was a piece of weed. Pulled up a wriggling eel (which I first thought was a snake).
I let it go real fast, and I think I walked on water getting out of there.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:26 am to the paradigm
Cut it up and use for trot line bait.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:08 am to Sasquatch Smash
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American eel are a species of concern around the country, with most fishery agencies within their range researching the population. Perhaps contact LDWF to let them know where you caught it.
They are very thick on Old River in Pointe Coupee parish. Running trotlines, I always catch them.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:18 am to Marlbud
Or I can make a roux 
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:27 am to the paradigm
Probably not an eel; rather, and amphiuma tridactyl. Really an aquatic salamander.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:38 am to Geauxtiga
those things creep me out
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:47 am to Geauxtiga
No, this is an eel - it has fins, not legs
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:33 am to the paradigm
Get some skewers and fire up the grill.
Love me some unagi.
Love me some unagi.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:45 am to the paradigm
quote:Indeed.
No, this is an eel - it has fins, not legs
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:46 am to the paradigm
Those things will bite the shite out of you just FYI. Me and my friends use to catch those things in the ditches and the bayou that ran through our neighborhood. We caught some big ones over the years
Posted on 7/4/18 at 12:06 pm to the paradigm
Cut it into 3/4" squares and it's the one of the best catfish baits you can use. Especially on trotlines.
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