in the eye!

[me]

when I was fishing in the campsite I stayed at over the weekend which is nr peterborough ( tacklefest). I caught this fish. It was a 4oz Perch which I had hooked in the eye! I couldnt believe it.

[Ed Matysiak]

Foul hooking

It happens and sometimes cannot be avoided.

[chesters1]

you brute but at least it haddent swollowed the hook down to its tail in a flash ,it still has one good one and a tale to tell to its friends

[Tyke]

Dident your mama tell you to be carefull or you'll have someones eye out with that

[Chris Plumb]

An oft repeated story (it appears in the Paxman anthology Fish, Fishing and the Meaning of Life for example) is told by the Victorian angler and writer H. Cholmondeley-Pennell (great name for a Victorian don't you think?? )

Anyways - one day fishing lake Windermere he accidently hooked a perch in the eye - and the eye remained on the hook after it was extracted from the poor fish. The maimed fish was returned to the water and, being rather short of bait H C-P continued to fish using the eye as bait. Well you can guess what happen next - but to quote Mr H C-P ..."The float disappeared almost instantly; and on landing the newcomer, it turned out to be the fish I had moments before thrown in, and which had thus been actually caught by HIS OWN EYE." Fishing Gossip 1866

 

 

Chris

[me]

i did catch a fish a few minutes before that it swallowed this size 18 hook right down. I tried for 5 minutes to get it out. I had to keep putting the fish back into the water. I got it out but unfortunately it died.

[MickJ]

Best to cut the hook length as short as possible and return the fish immediately when they are hooked that deep.

 

They will soon shed the hook as it rots in the stomach or passes through the vent.

 

[ 06. July 2004, 08:29 PM: Message edited by: MickJ ]

[Ed Matysiak]

Indeed, nevermind your hooklength! Hooks are designed to rust up and break up after time. The fish will be better off if you cut the line and put it back. This is VERY important with eel fishing.

[me]

ok thanx for that.

[Fordy]

Eels are a nightmare. Total nightmare!! Caught one on the Itchen last week that was like a python. It swallowed an inch piece of bacon grill intended for chub straight down. There was no way on earth I'd have got the hook out so had no alternative but to cut the line.