First of all, it is necessary to clarify the time

Generally from April to the end of October can catch eels, from early April to the end of May can catch night eels (commonly known as torch eels), from early May to the end of June to go down to the field to catch and fish eels by hand, and after July are generally fishing ponds and lotus root fields and other places. '

Learn about eels

Eels belong to the order Hoplophilus, family Hoplophilidae, genus eel. Also known as eel, eel, eel, Luo eel, snakefish,, blood eel, standing fish, long fish (around northern Jiangsu). About 15 species of elongated eel-shaped fish in the order of gillfish collectively. China's distribution of two kinds, one that is the common eel, there is a mountain eel, in Sichuan, Yun, Guizhou, Chongqing, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Henan and other places are distributed.

Hook production is a must in the conditions

Generally about 1 mm in diameter with a good hardness of steel wire is appropriate (tires inside the steel wire, spring steel wire, etc. can be) length of 50 centimeters or so; the first end of the steel wire with a grinding wheel or oil stone grinding point, (the beginning of the time do not grind too sharp, it is best to grind into the same as the five hooks with a triangular hook point, do not grind the same as a fishhook like the round hooks) (The main purpose is that the triangular tip is good for repair and grinding and not easy to blunt in the stone cracks.) Then use the sharp tongs to bend the tip of the ground hook into the same size as the "thousand and" 0.8 hook hook shape, the hook tip can be slightly outward, after bending the hook, and then skimming the hook to the left or right at an angle of 15 ° left and back, skimming the main purpose of the angle The main purpose of the skimming angle is because the eel's mouth is shaped like an upper and lower jaw, which makes it easier to catch the eel's upper and lower jaws after it swallows the hook.

Activity places

The places where eels are active are generally smooth around, generally very smooth and flat holes for the eel's tail direction, holes where the water is clearer and more rounded holes for the head direction. If the hole in the field or the wall of the field to choose near the most inside the hole to try fishing

Fishing methods and techniques

The method of fishing eel is different from fishing other fish. Mainly take the cave fishing, its fishing method has two kinds. The first is the angler will short bamboo pole inserted in the cave mouth mud, the line, hook, bait into the cave. This fishing method, it is appropriate to choose a large pond or the foot of the mountain mud field eel hiding more than one cave fishing. Because a cave can only use a pair of fishing tackle. If there are many caves, more than 10 pairs of fishing tackle can come in handy. Anglers will hook bait into a cave, and then the rod inserted after the rod can go back and forth, while walking by hand one by one to mention the line hooks, as long as the eel found in the cave bites the dead hooks, you can lift the rod. The second is a single hook fishing method, the angler with a hand holding a long shank wire bar hook, loaded with worms or maggots bait, directly into the hole where the eel is hiding. The action should be light, slowly shaking up and down, luring eels to bite. Generally speaking, eels are voracious, as long as they smell the fishy smell, they will raise their heads and drag the hook and bait down with a bite. At this time, the angler will have a sense of touch, should immediately push the long-handled hook forward, twisting the angle of the hook, firmly hooked eel, raised the hole capture. Eel fishing hooks also have the trick, will be the whole worm into the long shank hook, do not show the hook tip or leave a section of the worm outside the hook. Otherwise, the eel will eat the earthworm without hooking, it is difficult to catch. Eel feeding by smell, the angler will be long shank hook bait inserted into the hole, to pull up and down, each time a minute or so, in order to induce eel hooked. When you feel the eel hooked, do not jerk the rod. Because the long shank wire bar hook has no elasticity, if the force is too strong, the eel is easy to escape from the hook.