Eels in Richmond

[bungral]

Ok so this season is the first I have fished in 3 or 4 but i'm planning on getting back to it properly. Last weekend went to the Thames at Twickenham and had a great couple of hours with a mix of Chub, Perch, Roach and a nice Bream.

 

After a heavy night/morning on a boat party down the Thames I wanted a relaxing evening so me and my dad went down to the place we used to fish the most and see if any of the old regulars were still around. Turned up to the Thames at Richmond Lock about half hour before high tide (about 19:15 ish) and within about 15 minutes we'd both had a snoty little Eel each. Thats pretty much all you used to catch around there until the lock gates went down and you fished on the non-tidal side. Anyway we decided to move further along the bank and still ended up with more Eels. It only took 7 of them to remind me how much I dislike unhooking them. Luckily today all of them were hooked clean in the mouth and none of them tied themselves into knots around my line. As time went on the sun started to go down and at about 21:30 on my last cast caught a nice little bream in perfect condition. So silver in the water it looked like a mirror.

 

Was pretty happy with the couple of hours spent on a nice warm, sunny evening where I first fished with a little £7.99 happy shopper telescopic. Its also nice to see the Eels are still there as strong as they have ever been even though they're far from my favourit catch.

 

Sorry to babble but I just thought i'd share