Eels around the Crewe & Nantwich area

[Bl4cky]

Originally Posted by steve hurst

Cheers fellas, it will have to be day ticket or free fishing because it may be for a couple of sessions at most.

Who runs this canal stretch, and what stretch of the Weaver do you reccommend Bl4cky?

as big dave says mate most of the canals if not all are free dangling so you should be ok.caught eels at the wrenbury stretch years ago when i were knee high to a grasshopper the weaver is wyche anglers i think. you could get a ticket from tilleys or stapeley. about a tenner a year

[Big Dave]

Originally Posted by Bl4cky

as big dave says mate most of the canals if not all are free dangling so you should be ok.caught eels at the wrenbury stretch years ago when i were knee high to a grasshopper the weaver is wyche anglers i think. you could get a ticket from tilleys or stapeley. about a tenner a year

If you go to tilleys be warned..........keep your distance !!!! You have been warned........

[Bl4cky]

[Big Dave]

Lol nice one mate.............

[BRAVEHEART]

hurlerston res. was the place for eels many moons ago. ad em to 4lb and lost bigger not day ticket though,cheap enough card from crewe l.m.r.

[meremoocher]

[QUOTE=kevw;128017]Don't think theres as many eels around as there used to be though, should really be returned if caught.

Dead right mate.The eel population has declined considerably.I used to catch quite a few a night with the odd good one but it is a lot slower now,hardly any bootlaces to fill in whilst you wait for that specimen.Should put them back really,they go through a hell of a lot for a jump! There are some corkers in Hurleston resser.Cheap ticket to!Good luck and return them if poss.

[blankmaster]

ive seen a good few decent sized eels in the sankey canal at widnes ..

bet this canal holds some big uns.

blankmaster

[mark]

the canals

[stotty]

Originally Posted by blankmaster

ive seen a good few decent sized eels in the sankey canal at widnes ..

bet this canal holds some big uns.

blankmaster

had two bigguns sunday night, woke up with no bloody boilies on an all

[steve hurst]

Cheers fellas...some great info there.

Apparently the eel population is just 2% of what it was 30 years ago. Japanese eels were imported into Europe for food and they brought with them a virus which started the sad decline.

CARP IMPORTERS TAKE NOTE!!!

[steve hurst]

[QUOTE=meremoocher;128051]

Originally Posted by kevw

Don't think theres as many eels around as there used to be though, should really be returned if caught.

Dead right mate.The eel population has declined considerably.I used to catch quite a few a night with the odd good one but it is a lot slower now,hardly any bootlaces to fill in whilst you wait for that specimen.Should put them back really,they go through a hell of a lot for a jump! There are some corkers in Hurleston resser.Cheap ticket to!Good luck and return them if poss.

Fear not meremoocher any eels will be swiftly returned...

I had a tub of jellied eels today at Blackpool Pleasure Beach of all places, tasted like **** and I'll eat anything that swims normally.

[EELFREAK]

good man.
Eels put up with enough. Without us anglers wanting to eat them as well.
+ the heavy metals thought doesn't count were eels are concerned, eels have the most in their flesh then any other fish due to them buying themselves in the silt all year round. thats why the scientists cut eels up to monitor levels of nearly every thing.