“It measured an astonishing 48” long with a 12” girth, it was a proper snake..“ How about this for a monster eel! ‘Eel Man’ Steve Pitts smashed his personal best when he landed this impressive 10lb 2oz giant! Steve told us “I was targeting an undisclosed low-stock water which I… Read more

“My bite alarm sounded and I finally bent into a proper one..” Daniel Woolcott’s eel campaign on a southern gravel pit this summer had been tough going as after 17 overnight sessions he’d only managed to catch a few smaller fish to 3lb. Daniel told us “I had an eighteenth… Read more

Barry McConnell certainly celebrated his birthday in style when he banked 6 specimen eels topped off by this 7lb 8oz beauty. Barry told us “It was my 63rd birthday so I celebrated the way I know best – by going eel fishing! I decided to spend 10 consecutive days on… Read more

Charlie Coppolo finally managed his first night eel fishing of the season, and tried his luck on a new water, which as far as his research found had no history of eels whatsoever! Which incidentally is exactly what he look for in an eel water. Charlie told us “I’ve found… Read more

“Looking down in the net I could see this was big eel..” 50 year old specialist specimen angler Paul Faint from Waltham Abbey landed himself a new personal best in the shape of this 7lb 3oz eel after a run of several good eels taken whilst targeting them since the… Read more

Doing a bit of homework certainly paid off in style for Ian Petch as he slipped his net under this personal best 6lb 7oz eel. Ian told us “I had heard a few reports of eels being caught accidentally at an undisclosed southern stillwater, with that in mind I planned… Read more