a date with tony and his fella

People: myself and tony fella

Duration:18 hours !!

Tide:in then out the in again !

Weather:grand

Bait:mack

Rigs:conger traces

Results:3 eels landed and one beast lost




Report:headed fishing with tony yesterday for a road trip and the only thing on my mind was food !! after a quick pitstop in abbeyleix we were on the road again got to the mark about 3 , set up the rods and in the water first in was me with a cracking fish i could not get off the bottom ! i just held the rod and watched as he peeled the line from my reel with ease ! he brought me under a ledge and that was that , after this the wait began ! we waited and waited and waited for 5 long hours ! , tony however kept himself busy catching doggies and shore rockling whilst i sat at my rod like a statue and didnt move .
eventually my persistane paid off with a 20lb eel my first of 09 ! result after a few pics he was back in the water to fight another day . next up to the bat was tony in with his first ever conger and weighed in at 12lbs and he didnt stop there the very next cast he ws in again with a nice fish of 6 lbs all in all a great day out and cant wait to get back in the action

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fair play to the both of ya, some nice eels there. well done on getting your first tony, conger are something i'd love to catch but dont fancy landed a fish that could bite me back

Did you not try schoolies again for bait?

Well done lads, boycie forgive my ignorance as ive never fished for eels before . but did you wait for the eel to come out from under his ledge for five hours or did you lose that eel . I've had a few takes in Wicklow harbour that i thought might've been conger eels ,,,the fish dived for cover and i couldnt budge it then cut the line,,,should i have waited for him to come out??

Id charm the pants of anything boycie The first conger you hooked and lost (sorry) would of been the biggest of the night the 2nd one you landed was a beast it was the first time i seen a conger i nearly C**E in my pants cant say much else but iv got the conger bug roll on next week

hi dave , sometimes the conger will come out if you give him slack or if you apply gentle pressure for a while he might give but most people including myself havent got the patience to sit there for an hour holdong the rod so just pull for a break

well done lads ,nice to see a few eels for a change

some nice sized eels there lads. well done. it was worth the wait.

ps, did tonys fella catch anything??

cracking fishing lads, some lovely eels there. and 18 hours!!!, sounds like one of our mental marathon sessions well jealous

heres my new youtube clip of lastnights antics !!








http://youtube.com/watch?v=ExX-mxBdl-8

very nice, must admit i am impressed the way you returned that eel mate, you must have great respect for such fine fish, once i get free time i must join you for a master class in catching big eels

Mighty fine eels there lads well done

cheers martin , there is nothing better than seing him disapear into the murky water

cheers martin , there is nothing better than seing him disapear into the murky water

when do you stop fishing for them mate, could be August before i am able to fish again

i get them alll the way up til november in that spot mate , we will organize a little trip whenever your free

The new Matt Hayes, but with loads of punctuation!!!!!!!!!

Nice one lads, ye can't beat a video in the report

ps, did tonys fella catch anything?? [/quote]


Think he got fed up waiting for a conger and went for a pint

hi dave , sometimes the conger will come out if you give him slack or if you apply gentle pressure for a while he might give but most people including myself havent got the patience to sit there for an hour holdong the rod so just pull for a break

if none of the above helps, I sometimes had success to free the eel giving him some "toothache" in tapping the butt end of the rod hard with the palm of my hand whilst keep the pressure on and then let the line go slack for a few seconds, keep repeating that for a few minutes, seems the vibrations in the line transferred to his head make him nervous or annoy him so much, that, after a while, he just gives up and lets go and you are the winner.

Wel done Boyice, Me-self and dfella had a good nite in wexford.