Need a big eel?

[metalhead666]

This long weekend im going to ia quite creek and i was just worndering what the best bait for a big eel is? (well over a metre).
ive caught them on bacon before but not inthe numbers im hoping for this weekend!
any tips on that one metre eel? :'(

[ifish86]

iv caught some large ones on chicken breast ,steak and even bread in my local creek hope that helps.

[Chas & Clarry]

Live bait, deep hole, night time = big eels (in the Pine, in my experience anyway :) )

[Goodoo haven]

Yeah, I am with live baits and also some meat cut off a steak or chop.

[kingtin]

What Chas says................big worms are the go also

[metalhead666]

Great i rekkon im set but what is the best live bait?
hardyhead?

[Chas & Clarry]

I've used mullet and herring

[goat boy]

When I was a school kid I used to fish freshwater creeks and dams alot. I remember using fresh steak and getting some BIG eels...always p!ssed my mum off too that I pilfered that nights dinner to go fishing with :D
Turtles liked the steak too, from memory, and my thumb

[SWANY22]

good old ox hart yoused to clean up on the stuff when we were kids.

[cuzzamundi]

They'll grab just about any bait you throw at 'em, but best is probably live poddy. Bigger the better.

They'll be less active in the cooler months, but you should still find the odd one.

Don't restrict to fishing deep holes, especially on a high tide. They love patrolling the mangrove edges/flats as well.

And use decent strength wire trace if you want to land more than you lose. Preferably over 80lb.

Cuzza

[choco]

+1 for big ones on live herring at night.

[Feral]

In my experience best bait for eels is anything your using to target a decent fish, the mongrels always show up on my line!

[killitfillit]

mullet or tailor fillets

[Bronson]

Ive caught a few decent size eels on live poddy mullet around the 20cm mark fishing for sharks can never find the bully's but always found the eels(big sinker and big livie) and they'll find it.


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