conger eel?
 

Just got this in an email. Any of you ever see this before? Or catch one for that matter? Dont think I would have brought it onboard.



http://mostlycajun.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Fish-story-.pdf

They were on the Local news went out of Galveston, I believe. After they got it in the boat the wished the had'nt!!!!!

I've caught small eels and they are a handful. If I saw that thing come up i'd be cutting the line fosure real quick. No way would i want it in a baot with me!!!

my dad and I used to catch some freshwater ones in his hoop nets,and just those would gross me out when they would wrap around your arm while trying to throw them back overboard. I cant imagine pulling up one of these. Thats a beast

Yep........... there would have been a bullet hole or 2 in the boat!!

When it floods at my house (from the river) they everywhere!!!! Last year we had one that was clear and would glow? I was like wt$???? prehistoric thing! That was a good story that they wrote though, i was lmBo the entire time

I have caught a 3 ft. eel that was about as big around as your arm. Thick and short.
It screwed up about 30 ft. of line on my reel. Caught at H.I. A-350.

I caught a couple in my crawfish traps last year. What was left of them was disgusting!! The crawfish seem to think of them as a delicacy!:puke:

My little boy catches some in his crawfish nets he sets in our back ditch. I think some people call them congs? they are about 18" long,black with a flat head,and 2 little bitty feet on the underside around the neck area.

Yep 2 feet under the neck, somebody told me i was suppose to call somebody when i caught them with feet under the neck, as they were rare, but i catch em all the time

my favorite part: the four needed to work up a plan of action, so they drank beer while considering a strategy...

Thats how all good plans are started

Yeah, if you ever hear "hey hold my beer and watch this", you know you are about to be in for a real treat!!

We caught a few of those about 10 years ago out of Grand Isle. We were fishing some rigs on the edge of the canyon in about 300-400ft of water. The ones we caught weren't as big, maybe 3 ft. One of my buddies did keep one to try and eat it. We could have filled a 5 gallon bucket with the slime it made while we were beating the crap out of it with the fish bat. Those eels are tough!

got the same email a while back.. awesome story too it! Laughed my you know what off the whole time! Seems like a pretty scary creature lol

that's hilarious, i may have to get a subscription to that paper!

i second that

The ones we catch, GIG EM! looks like a snake when it swims between our legs, so i gig it!