Eel Fishing Rigs, Tips & Tactics!

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Eel Fishing - Rigs, Tips & Tactics!
The Eel is somewhat a forgotten species among many specimen anglers, however for our very own Phil Spinks a big Eel is well sought after and if you like, the holy grail of the specimen world.
The Eel is a truly mythical creature, with a big Eel potential being 30, 40 or even 50+ years old. There is a certain air of mystery around them, they’re not stocked commercially into lakes and they literally have the ability to turn up anywhere… from a small 1 acre farm pond all the way up to a gigantic 100+ acre reservoir.
In this latest AD Specimen Series, we head out with our very own Phil Spinks, to a lake where he’s successfully targeted and caught Eels before, to find out a little more about what he does to catch them.
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@fishinmalarkey9830 4 жыл бұрын

As an all round angler, its lovely to see something different other than carp trench bream and pike. If it's got fins, I will fish for it!

@jessebella9322 Жыл бұрын

Awwww, you fish for whales and dolphins,. even Pinnipeds. Thats nasty

@GGPENFOLD 4 жыл бұрын

So wierd, I was just talking to my local tackle dealer a week or so ago and he was telling me he used to go eel fishing in one of my local lakes years ago! He said , if caught, a large eel was the best fighting fish he had ever fished for. Great to see a new a more unusual fish Species fished on here.

@michaladamski6039 4 жыл бұрын

Julie Mole (ggpenfold) large eel fighting stronger then u expecting

@Ironsmiler 2 жыл бұрын

Too right they are. They scrap like mad and are experts at knotting themselves in snags. I thought I had a monster Perch bending my rob double on lobworm in a canal, it was an ell of less than 1lb.

@giveitaswingoutdoorswithsm2901 4 жыл бұрын

Modern Carp rods, brillant for beach fishing!! 👍🎣

@maxinpains6937 3 жыл бұрын

This dude knows . Impressive. Well thought out set up. Ingenious.

@optimadev1371 5 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed this lads

@tutts999 4 жыл бұрын

I like the shrink tube idea. Good vid as always.

@HN-ik1yz 4 жыл бұрын

great video nice to see some different target species

@qjarman7753 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and love the anti deep hook idea

@dfusco73 4 жыл бұрын

What a great vid thanks for posting I love eel fishing , never caught a large one but will be trying now

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Darren, glad you enjoyed the video.

@mattwooldridge6300 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video nice to see one on eels

@Ironsmiler 2 жыл бұрын

As others have said, fantastic and selfless idea with the anti-deep hooking rig. Great stuff mate!

@AnglingDirectTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@steveievanc2437 2 жыл бұрын

Best fishing video I've watched for a long time, would be awesome if you could do a video on your rigs. Thanks again for the refreshing watch! Tight lines 🐍🎣💪👍

@philspinks4142 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment Steveie. We have filmed a short video showing the eel rig used in the video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nph8qtlmqbrFiGw.html

@ericdalton7904 4 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful fish to catch.

@TheEssexSpurs 3 жыл бұрын

Personal best 3.75 caught in broad daylight.Love the T Bar to protect our anguilla friends.

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Well done, hopefully Phil's T bar rig helps a few big eels get returned unharmed.

@lilleyk9 4 жыл бұрын

Had 2 specimens on fish meal boilies in bight sunshine -great fight

@graemeking1369 4 жыл бұрын

Was dead baiting for pike at my local highland loch,with a whole mackerel 7 inches,the ele took it no bother,and was a monster at 7lb 2 oz what a great fight too!! A very underrated species,but great fun eye must say!!

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! that's a huge eel. Well done Graeme.

@g-plan9future204 2 жыл бұрын

7 :02 that would be a record!

@alex-io9iq Жыл бұрын

Talking pish

@hendrasinaga7056 3 жыл бұрын

Wow Amazing Video Best fishing 👍

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@flyingrancidm00nfish7 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Just found a venue near me and caught some by accident while waggler fishing for silvers, but they were a good stamp, 3 out of 5 being 2ft long weighing over 1lb each. Definitely will try to see if there are any bigger ones in there using these tips

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck...

@Thermopylae2007 3 жыл бұрын

I just learned earlier this evening that eels frequent a local fishing spot that's close to me and has a few species that feed well during the night. If it weren't for the pandemic I would probably never have known about it.

@portcullis5622 3 жыл бұрын

A fascinating species. The mystery that surrounds them is part of their appeal. With the increased growth of most freshwater species due to warmer winters, eutrophication and the amount of high protein baits going into many waters, one would expect eels to have grown much bigger as well. There must be some big eels living happily unnoticed in some of those commercial waters that are vastly overstocked with small fish. That 11lb eel caught by a teenager in the 1970s must be the UK's longest standing record (other than the 64 lb salmon and maybe the burbot)! I am not sure how true it is, but I have read that big eels are never caught more than once, either because they learn to avoid angler's rigs or because they often die after capture. Is there any evidence of known repeat captures of big eels?

@tomfairclough3049 2 жыл бұрын

I was fishing a lake for carp simple hair rig with a boilie. The lake I was in I never knew there was eels in there my dad was speaking to some lad and he said there was 2 or 3 eels in the lake. An hour later alarms going off and its fighting hard so I’m thinking it’s a big carp. Next minute head comes up and it’s an eel. Made me laugh

@Anguilla87 4 жыл бұрын

Please more eelfishing videos.👍👍🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣👍👍👍

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video Stivi, hopefully we can persuade Phil to target eels on camera again soon.

@Anguilla87 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnglingDirectTV Yes i hope it too. 👍👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣👍👍👍👍

@ryandisney4158 4 жыл бұрын

That fella knows his stuff. Only 2 mins in and a good watch. Looking forward to trying to beat my 4lb 2oz pb soon as I can

@ryandisney4158 4 жыл бұрын

Also do you have any photo of the retention tube that was used?

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video Ryan and good luck on beating your pb.

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

@@ryandisney4158 The sling Phil used was the Advanta Discovery Ccx flotation weigh sling.

@Anguilla87 4 жыл бұрын

Good video. Can I have some more, please. Please explain the assembly a bit more carefully.👍👍🎣🎣

@mattthetaffy6702 4 жыл бұрын

Check out Llangors lake in south Wales, regularly does 6, 7 lb ers

@aroelkinantachanel Жыл бұрын

Terima kasih sudah memberi pelajaran

@supernoodles91 3 жыл бұрын

Im sure I'm not alone in loving and loathing eels in equal measures! I love them because of their incredible life cycle, and their evolutionary adaptations that, a wee bit like pike, their very little changed in millions of years as they haven't needed to. On the flip side, i hate them because, well, their eels! lol I am tempted to try and target the specimens though, as even little one fight like buggery on a light feeder rod! I only took up fishing again 4 years ago, (i fished from 8-17, i gave up when i discovered women and dope ;-)) i started on my local stretch of the trent, when i was asking for tips in the summer months, i was warned against using maggot or worm after dark....soon discovered why! 😁 thats when they come out to play!!

@georg.camerone56 Жыл бұрын

I am really ashamed, as when i was growing up on the banks of a Salmon and Sea Trout river we treated eels as basically vermin. I can remember days when I could scoop endless handfuls of elvers as they ascended the weir. I didn't know they had become endangered until a few years ago when I took my son to show him the elver run, It wasn't there - not a single one. Very very disheartening.

@georg.camerone56 Жыл бұрын

Really really nice to see a specialist in action - what an angler! Didn't like the host tho, but well, ok.

@ahmetuslu44 2 жыл бұрын

No eels,No deals!They say...Well done!

@chrisgiles40 2 жыл бұрын

Caught my first eel a 6lber! by accident fishing for catfish on spam, pva bag dead maggots, casters, and tuna boilie crumb 😀

@annabeltheunicorn9374 4 жыл бұрын

I thought eels were very rare these days. I used to catch loads of bootlace eels on the Medway but not had one for years

@del69raptorking 4 жыл бұрын

Many moons ago i was fed up putting back small sea fish that had been deep hooked and the outcome was usually the same so i started using as the chap in video calls it a t-bar rig and never had a deep hooked fish again.

@jameslloyd8728 4 жыл бұрын

So it works? Didnt look stiff enough to me. I'll give it a go

@del69raptorking 4 жыл бұрын

@@jameslloyd8728 James what i used was an inner empty ballpoint pen tube seemed to work great for me, i think it really does not matter what you use as long there is bait on the hook plus sea fish aren't really hook/rig shy, well thats my thinking anyway. Cheers.

@jameslloyd8728 4 жыл бұрын

@@del69raptorking 👍

@peterfitzpatrick7032 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to target them if not for the deep-hooking issue... I'll try the Tee-bar solution ... thanks for the tip ... nice catch lads !! 😎👍☘🍺

@borderlands6606 4 жыл бұрын

Waters generally hold large mouth fish eating eels, or small mouthed worm eaters. No point dead-baiting of they're small mouthed. Both types grow big.

@cpfcgavman1977 3 жыл бұрын

Aren't they a protected species now? Also they were dying out due to a sort of parasite that was deadly to them I used to catch loads around the Thames but not any for years

@tomosedwards8369 4 жыл бұрын

Eels are one of the best fish in british waters. I love them

@mason_angling1631 3 жыл бұрын

100% agreed

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

@@mason_angling1631 well done on your big eel last year. Keep up the good work.

@mason_angling1631 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnglingDirectTV thanks appreciate it!! I want a bigger one this year 😉🎣 I think we’ll be due another eel fishing video soon 😊😊🎣🎣🎣

@martinmenetekel 4 жыл бұрын

How do you avoid perch biting on the worms?

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Phil tells us that the perch are much less active after dark. So fishing after dark would be your best bet for avoiding the perch.

@myraffletv1340 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what lake this is ?

@demirkurtovic7509 2 жыл бұрын

Eels are something best to eat

@greenfingers9471 3 жыл бұрын

When would you start trying to catch eels in the uk ?

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Green fingers, eels definitely prefer the warmer months. Your best chances would be between April and September. Although they will feed on mild winter days.

@MyBrainHurts84 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what size is the hook please ??

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Hi woody, Phil was using a size 6 barbless hook.

@g-plan9future204 3 жыл бұрын

Another tip use ton up braid for hook lengths not wire

@peterfitzpatrick7032 2 жыл бұрын

Did you not hear him talking about NOT using braid ? 🙄

@g-plan9future204 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterfitzpatrick7032 think he means mainlines

@hgfishing882 4 жыл бұрын

Beginner carp Carp fishing guide series?

@JLSGamingYT 4 жыл бұрын

Scroll through the videos on their channel. There's more than enough carp videos 👍

@darwindarwin141 3 жыл бұрын

You will never have a deeply hooked eel if you use circle hooks !

@louispaulmarlow108 3 ай бұрын

I swear by circle-hooks 👌🏻

@stephen88hox 4 жыл бұрын

over 400million tons of eel exported from lough neagh(UK) every year, my chances of ever seeing a big eel are slim

@peterfitzpatrick7032 4 жыл бұрын

Dude ... its 400 tonnes ... 🙄😂 But I agree with your point about lough Neagh being raped... 500 tonnes of coarse fish are also taken annually... 😒 Try some of your smaller local streams... or fish the Erne system...& of course yer always welcome down south to fish the river Shannon on which I personally have seen MONSTER eels... 😱 😎👍☘🍺

@portcullis5622 3 жыл бұрын

I find it hard to believe that a rare fish like the pollan is allowed to commercially fished for on Lough Neagh. All the rare whitefish species (like vendace and powan) are in decline in the UK. I have asked the question on commercial pollan fishing videos on here, but have not had a reply. I suppose I need to write to the Government or the Environment Agency in Northern Ireland to see how they justify it.

@louispaulmarlow108 3 ай бұрын

I’d say Lough Neagh’s eel population is all but extinct now with this blue green algae, same with the pollan…

@antonycourtney424 4 жыл бұрын

That lake looks familiar

@gavinaddison5645 4 жыл бұрын

Lenwade bridge ?

@antonycourtney424 4 жыл бұрын

Gavin Addison could be

@brianclark4996 4 жыл бұрын

If u cover the eels eyes and stroke their back they will act dead until they get near water

@JLSGamingYT 4 жыл бұрын

You mean put them on their back and stroke the belly.. That calms them. 👍

@JJoe5 3 жыл бұрын

Do eels have teeth?

@mason_angling1631 3 жыл бұрын

Yes eels have small teeth but as they get bigger they can have bigger teeth 👍

@AnglingDirectTV 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Joe, they certainly do. Not as savage as a pike or a Zander but capable of biting through mono and some braided lines, hence Phil uses a soft wire.

@g-plan9future204 3 жыл бұрын

Done it all mate but now the Scottish government has banned eel fishing as they’re a protection order in place , if I go back for them it will be in brackish waters that are near my house and also holds flounders cod etc cheers