Eel Hunting..

[sciencemike]

Next time i see one Im going to Polespear it. Ill bring my camera out to show my relatives how lost my fingers.

I have 3 tips i was thinking about...
1.... is a nice solid steel 5 prong trident tip. Razor sharp points and barbs.

2..... is a tricut breakaway tip with double flop.

3......is a small rock point tip with double flop (I could barb and sharpen the floppers for the mouth shot).

I know i easily have the power to put through one, i use a custom made monster powerband on it, We call it the Oddeseus band.

I was just thinking should i send it up the mouth? Or instead right behind the head and down through the body.

The mouth shot would remove any chance of it biting me, but it could be quite a battle, and a real pain for removing from my polespear. The head shot could take out the spine or even stone him, but missing the spine or brain on this could result in him biting me or worse off bending the heck out of my spear as he holes up.

I will bring my pony for this adventure for sure.

[Geoff]

Hi again, Sorry for the delay, Re, "Guillotine Spear Head". Yes, I will post a pic, but my camera is playing up!. when I sort it, I'll post,...... Geoff.

[jwells1989]

hey science mike sounds like you have really thought about it which is good because one wrong move and things could get messy, let us know how you get on when you have tried out you proposed tactics and good luck.

[sciencemike]

After months of waiting i finally was able to shoot a couple eels. I shot a small 2 footer to see if they are edible, then later i shot a large one. Unfortunately i wasnt able to share the adventure with my dive buddies here in cali whom also wanted to try eel. I killed a big one (5 footer) in about 10 foot of water. It was impossible to kill. 3 shots through the head with a 3 pronger and over 6 stabs through the head with my dive knife, finally died. Definately the most difficult thing i have ever killed. We skinned it and boiled/stewed 1/2 of it and the following night we bbq'd the other half. They are absolutely amazing bbq'd, but boiled the fat is annoying.


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[sancarlos]

Originally Posted by Murat

Its seens not a good idea to use trdient. Even if you shoot it from head it will take off quite easily. I don't mind what can a wounded eel do to you.

Right on, Murat. My son shoot a big murray eel last summer in San Carlos, Mexico with just old Russian (30 yrs and still working!) phneumatic gun. We have been warned by local spearos not to use anything by 3-5 prongs on them since they tend to attack you when wounded. I have to cut his head off 3 hours later when I return from my hunt and that beast was still alive!. I cannot fathom how that guy manage to cut the head of murray eel being bitten and ungerwater. Either he was\is greater diver of all or stress kicks in and adrenaline helped...
Murray eels are testy, like some kind of cross between fish and chicken.
On another occasion I had fun retrieving the same shaft, which my son get into the hole with two eels. They weren't happy and quite aggesive. Took me 10 dives to manage it - I almost gave up - too much risk, but I don't think I can buy shafts for that gun anymore and I was starting to hunt with it in Black Sea, so it was hard to part from... Be carfull around eels!

[willloomy]

Check out this big boy eel
Hawaii State Records - Detail

[Geoff]

WOW, what a monster!. Thanks for posting this.This must have looked absolutely "enormous", considering fish & the like look 30% bigger in water. Dont think I would have messed with it.