Eel

[Fish-cador]

hey guys i know this is a bit off topic but i herd u can kill an eel by hitting it on the tail is this true and if so is this the most effective way of dispatching of eel and fc im pretty sure set lines r illegal.

yeah yeah yeah. I own the creek! :crazy: :shutup:

kill an eel by hitting it on the tail? You serious? where did you get this myth? I killed an eel once. I ran over it tail first. Does it count?

[Tomcat1]

you cant kill them by hitting the tail but it does stun them. i dont know why it works but if you hit them on the tail they stop wiggling around for a couple of minutes

[mazman]

ok thanks tomcat i thought there was a bit of truth to it, so then i move to the second part of my question what is a good way of dispatching of them

[Tomcat1]

knife through the head or just cut off the head lol

[mazman]

cool thanks tomcat would stunning larger models then cutting their head off be an effective method

[CarlG]

hey guys i know this is a bit off topic but i herd u can kill an eel by hitting it on the tail is this true and if so is this the most effective way of dispatching of eel and fc im pretty sure set lines r illegal.

What you might have seen is in reference to conger eels..English Channel fishermen, if they are keeping a conger, give the fish a hit on the back of the head, and one near the vent to subdue the fish before dispatching it.
Carl..

[Fish-cador]

hey guys i know this is a bit off topic but i herd u can kill an eel by hitting it on the tail is this true and if so is this the most effective way of dispatching of eel .

if you hit this on the tail, I am sure it will die.

http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freak ... 6479886293

[mazman]

hey carl i had heard it in reference to short and long finned eels in new zealand (not sure if same ones we get here)

[blamo10]

i use old fish flesh as bait works a treat in small creeks. less than 2 min and im usually on haha

[Tomcat1]

i havent caught any eel here to try but i have caught them back home in louisiana and thats how we would make them stop wigglin around to get them off the hooks. not sure if it works on the eels here but worth a try.