winter eeling.

[nicksuper7]

blank last night. . at 5pm everything went white -1. but this morning at 4am it was 5 deg. crazy weather at the moment

[nicksuper7]

out again tonight.

[jack]

[alanunthank]

[nicksuper7]

blanks coming regularly now. water temp in the 8s. something as to change soon. not even cold cold yet

[Breadflake]

I respect the effort Nick, keep it up

[Fentiger01]

Keep going Nick, I'm enjoying reading your exploits.

(Hope you get a biggie soon)

[nicksuper7]

20230121_073002.jpg

.
back at it again last night. blank. . but loved it.

[jack]

That banking looks a bit dodgy mate, especially with a bit of ice on it!! Take care out there!

[nicksuper7]

That banking looks a bit dodgy mate, especially with a bit of ice on it!! Take care out there!

home. now. its only 20ft off the rod tip anyway

[Fentiger01]

20230121_073002.jpg.
back at it again last night. blank. . but loved it.

I remember loads of those nights on the Fens after the Zander back in the day.....

Diving back into a freezing cold sleeping bag at 0200hrs once you'd sorted everything out, if one of your alarms had gone off. Those nights were like a badge of honour to the diehard Zedheads. (Young mans game )

[jack]

Good times Dave! I remember old Alfie Green bringing me a flask of soup and a baked potato one winter's night. He was worried I would freeze to death!

[nicksuper7]

20230121_073002.jpg.
back at it again last night. blank. . but loved it.

I remember loads of those nights on the Fens after the Zander back in the day.....

Diving back into a freezing cold sleeping bag at 0200hrs once you'd sorted everything out, if one of your alarms had gone off. Those nights were like a badge of honour to the diehard Zedheads. (Young mans game )

thank god bags are better now. I have a trakker 365 5 season. its like toast in there. physically I am so warm its packing up that's the only problem at the moment. and when I do get a bite.

[jack]

Know what you mean Nick, it's no hardship these days bivvying up at this time of year.

[Fentiger01]

Good times Dave! I remember old Alfie Green bringing me a flask of soup and a baked potato one winter's night. He was worried I would freeze to death!

Lol Good times indeed Steve, bless him, Alf Green was an absolutely legendary bailiff.

[jack]

Sadly missed mate, a true gent.

[Bob Watson]

Myself and a mate did two nights on a Scottish loch on a bloody cold November weekend a few years ago, when we got home I went straight to my syndi' and did another night on my own.

Bivvied up for 16+ hours is not something I'll be doing again any time soon.

Doing it for Eels requires a special kind of insanity

Respect

[nicksuper7]

Myself and a mate did two nights on a Scottish loch on a bloody cold November weekend a few years ago, when we got home I went straight to my syndi' and did another night on my own.

Bivvied up for 16+ hours is not something I'll be doing again any time soon.

Doing it for Eels requires a special kind of insanity

Respect

will take that has a complement bob.

[TidalD]

Respect to you, I often have marks on my baits on a local venue, that has a good head of Anguilla.. I might have to scale it down a little.. while I’m targeting Pike

[nicksuper7]

Respect to you, I often have marks on my baits on a local venue, that has a good head of Anguilla.. I might have to scale it down a little.. while I’m targeting Pike

definitely worth ago. if you need any help with rigs. go to NAC or NAC on YouTube. loads of help there

[TidalD]

Respect to you, I often have marks on my baits on a local venue, that has a good head of Anguilla.. I might have to scale it down a little.. while I’m targeting Pike

definitely worth ago. if you need any help with rigs. go to NAC or NAC on YouTube. loads of help there

I’m ok on the rig front great info for those wanting a bit of extra help though.

[Bob Watson]

Myself and a mate did two nights on a Scottish loch on a bloody cold November weekend a few years ago, when we got home I went straight to my syndi' and did another night on my own.

Bivvied up for 16+ hours is not something I'll be doing again any time soon.

Doing it for Eels requires a special kind of insanity

Respect

will take that has a complement bob.

[Fentiger01]

Sadly missed mate, a true gent.

[Monts]

Some good Eel stuff currently on Winter Watch concerning the journey to the Sargasso sea.

[nicksuper7]

back out tonight for Jan eel. fingers crossed.

[jack]

Good luck mate

[barnsy]

back out tonight for Jan eel. fingers crossed.

Tight lines mate! Looking forward to hearing how you get on, this has been a great thread so far!

[Tobo]

Just going through some of the posts and one mentioned a Scottish loch . May I remind everyone that it is illegal to fish for eels in Scotland and that they are protected up here

[Nige Johns]

There’s always one

[Tobo]

Just for the record I don’t agree with the rule on the eel fishing ban in Scotland, I am just stating the facts and the law up here.
Anyone caught fishing for eels on our reservoir would have their fishing wrights removed and be banned from fishing the reservoir.

It’s not what we want to do but what we’re governed to do .
Sadly that’s the rules