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Old 09-22-2009, 06:14 PM
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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.



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Old 09-22-2009, 06:17 PM
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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!!!
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Old 09-22-2009, 06:20 PM
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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
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Old 09-22-2009, 06:26 PM
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Yep........... there would have been a bullet hole or 2 in the boat!!
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Old 09-22-2009, 06:26 PM
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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

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
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Old 09-22-2009, 06:33 PM
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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.
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Old 09-22-2009, 06:48 PM
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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!
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Old 09-22-2009, 06:52 PM
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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.
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Old 09-22-2009, 06:57 PM
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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
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my favorite part: the four needed to work up a plan of action, so they drank beer while considering a strategy...
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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
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Old 09-22-2009, 09:11 PM
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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!!
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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!
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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
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that's hilarious, i may have to get a subscription to that paper!
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Yep........... there would have been a bullet hole or 2 in the boat!!
i second that
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Old 09-23-2009, 03:18 PM
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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!

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