200lb Skate Vs 200lb Conger

[Bob Jerunkel]

The last thing that I pulled that was two hundred pounds?

My Wife!

 

Nice one five bellies

Very funny

I would think a 200 pound skate would be like winching a double wet matress up the eiffel tower.

200 pound conger would be a dangerous animal to have in a boat

[jabee]

Nice one five bellies

Very funny

I would think a 200 pound skate would be like winching a double wet matress up the eiffel tower.

200 pound conger would be a dangerous animal to have in a boat

 

 

We'll bow down to your obvious expertise on that one, shall we?

[SandTiger]

Ken- have longliners really caught 200lb congers?

 

The biggest Conger Eel ever recorded was a gigantic fish of 350lb found trapped in nets off Iceland's Westmann Islands.

[ALBERT-ROSS]

I have heard of cod reaching 200lb from oil rigs in some parts.

 

Skate are large powerful but faily slow fish, so when compairing the fighting quality of a fish this should be put into the equation.

For example you could not realy compair a 200lb skate to a 200lb blue fin tuna.

[Bob Jerunkel]

A 200 pound mackrel would out fight any fish in the sea.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

When I was a tacker many many moons ago my family used to holiday in Cormwall.

 

What would be considered barbaric today was conger hung up on display on the quay. I cannot remember exactly what port it was as we used to visit so many when we were down there.

 

Some years later there was an article in one of the weekly angling mags with a photo displaying another string of conger the largest of which was claimed to be over 200lb.

 

Then there was the tale of a French fisherman who went missing and was later found caught up in his handline with a 200lb plus conger on the other end.

 

I have never had a large conger boated but I did have an epic battle with one for nearly an hour in a fast tide, I got it to within twenty yards or so from the boat when it decided to do the spinning trick and it snapped of one of the swivels. To be honest I was quite pleased to see the back of it.

[maidstonemike]

You may think it strange, but I have no desire at all to catch a 200lb anything. A superb old fish like that should be left alone.

Now, have I said the right thing?

Edited December 6, 2005 by maidstonemike

[tugmistress]

You may think it strange, but I have no desire at all to catch a 200lb anything. A superb old fish like that should be left alone.

Now, have I said he right thing?

lol, whatever you say you want to do and your ideals are is right by you and that is who you are

 

oh fiddle sticks... i knew what i meant

[maidstonemike]

lol, whatever you say you want to do and your ideals are is right by you and that is who you are

 

oh fiddle sticks... i knew what i meant

 

I knew what I meant as well, but still mis-keyed a word!