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 Feb 28 2004, 02:49 AM
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Are freshwater eels are active or do they tend to hibernate in the winter? :confused:
I thought they hiberate through the winter months and become really active in the springtime? -------------------- Growing old is inevitable but growing up is optional
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Feb 28 2004, 02:57 AM
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If there are any left then they do hibernate, and yes they go ballistic in the spring, mopping up far more spawn than a cormorant ever can. Even so we all love 'em to bits!
-------------------- PETER
 http://www.charliecarp.com/environment.htm Say 'yes dear' and be accused of being indecisive, be decisive and be accused of not saying 'yes dear'! Us men can never win. |
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Feb 28 2004, 03:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,374 Joined: 28-October 03 From: Redditch, Worcestershire Member No.: 4,339 |
That what I thought
 Lots of other pikers who I know are saying they are active at this time of the month
-------------------- Growing old is inevitable but growing up is optional
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Feb 28 2004, 03:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 11,401 Joined: 26-September 00 From: East Anglia/Norfolk Broads Member No.: 364 |
I'm no eel expert but I thought April/May was the time. In my misspent youth I used to go eel pritching right into April, but that was before global warming!!
-------------------- PETER
http://www.charliecarp.com/environment.htm Say 'yes dear' and be accused of being indecisive, be decisive and be accused of not saying 'yes dear'! Us men can never win. |
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Feb 28 2004, 06:40 PM
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I always found the best Eel fishing was October/November. That's in a river though, maybe cos they're on the way back to sea, to go and spawn.
-------------------- There are no strangers here.
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Feb 28 2004, 11:21 PM
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[ In my misspent youth I used to go eel pritching right into April, but that was before global warming!! [/QB][/QUOTE]
Be fair, Peter - YOUR youth took place before the icecaps receded!  Terry 
-------------------- And on the eighth day God created carp fishing...and he saw that it was pukka.
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Feb 28 2004, 11:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 11,401 Joined: 26-September 00 From: East Anglia/Norfolk Broads Member No.: 364 |
Thats unfair! Didn't hit Europe until the second great mooch. Didn't have TVs though, nor bivvies for that matter. And it was in 1947 that the indigenous Angles saw the icecaps reach their Southern-most extreme.
-------------------- PETER
http://www.charliecarp.com/environment.htm Say 'yes dear' and be accused of being indecisive, be decisive and be accused of not saying 'yes dear'! Us men can never win. |
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