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 Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
[Re: TrophyHuntingAndFishing]
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10/04/20 12:31 AM
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BigDozer66
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I have caught them in several rivers and creeks but it has been a long time since I did.
I don't fish the back waters and sloughs as much as I did when I was younger.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
[Re: TrophyHuntingAndFishing]
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10/04/20 09:42 PM
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banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Pumpkin Head
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I have never caught an Eel ! 
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
[Re: TrophyHuntingAndFishing]
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10/06/20 04:14 PM
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BillS2006
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Used to catch them in the San Marcos and Guadalupe Rivers here in Central Texas.
Transgenders: God made them, the devil changed their minds.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
[Re: TrophyHuntingAndFishing]
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10/10/20 04:59 PM
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Texas Grown
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I caught a few below the Dennison Dam one time back in 1983. They kept getting me hung up when I'd get a bite while bottom fishing. Then actually got one in. Then figured out I couldn't bottom fish with minnows at that point.
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"The fish are biting, and there's hogs to be kilt. Gotta go!"
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
[Re: TrophyHuntingAndFishing]
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10/10/20 08:28 PM
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krt
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Green Horn
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Back in 1962-64, I was in college and we used to trotline the Brazos north of Waco. We waded the lines in and it was not unusual to catch 3 or 4 eels when running the lines during the night. The older guys that I was with taught me to reach down to the bottom and get a handful of sand and grab the eel with the sand to keep him from spinning around while we unhooked them. Never kept any of them.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
[Re: Donald Harper]
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10/12/20 02:51 PM
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fmrmbmlm
Extreme Angler
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Hopefully for his aquarium rather than his dinner plate. Absolutely one of the best eats you will experience. The meat is snow white, sweet and flaky. Don't know first hand ,but heard the meat oozed red when it cooled off after cooking.
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