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11/02/12 01:21 AM
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timwins31
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Saw one about two foot long caught in Nasworthy years ago.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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11/27/12 09:09 PM
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Spooley
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Some here in Lake Conroe, not that big though.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/28/20 11:01 PM
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TNHC
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Do you remember about when you caught the one in Nasworthy? Decade maybe? That's far upstream.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/28/20 11:47 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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I caught one in the trinity below Lewisville lake back in the 70’s. That’s the last time I’ve even saw one.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/29/20 12:21 PM
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big mike
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I've caught plenty of them below the dam on Lake Texoma.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/29/20 12:24 PM
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dobbin
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Caught one behind the dam at Navarro Mills lake years ago. Gate were open and I was fishing for catfish using worms with a heavy weight on the bottom. A man said he wanted it as it was good to eat. so I took my knife and cut the leader off below the weight. He went back to his fishing spot with the thing squirming from the line. Looked like a snake with fins on the back end, I wanted no part of the thing
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/29/20 01:21 PM
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Coolarrow
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Caught several in the Trinity river over the years!
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/29/20 03:23 PM
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fmrmbmlm
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Caught one behind the Granger Lake dam on the San Gabriel. Have heard old timers from the 20's-40's say they were fairly common.
Last edited by fmrmbmlm; 09/29/20 07:27 PM.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/29/20 06:23 PM
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Po Boy
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Many years ago one of our neighbor’s stock tank was full of them. I remember catching one every now and then as kid fishing for bream. I was afraid to touch them and would cut the line and tie on a new hook.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/29/20 11:07 PM
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Donald Harper
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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.
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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09/29/20 11:13 PM
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TXMulti-Species
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I've caught plenty of them below the dam on Lake Texoma. Recently? I might have to give it a go there. Would love to catch one 
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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10/01/20 01:29 AM
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Drycreek3189
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We caught them on the Red River on throw lines. The first one I ever saw I was netting. That sucker sewed that net up and it took me ten minutes to get it out. Never netted another !
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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10/03/20 09:29 PM
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gdr_11
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I caught a lamprey eel out west in the Sacramento River once. Thing was so ugly i cut the line and let it go. Funny thing is they are the best bait for sturgeon but I wouldn’t even touch a dead one that had been frozen. Just slimy snakes as far as I am concerned. https://i.imgur.com/mg47MGJ.jpg
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Re: You Ever Caught a Freshwater Eel in TX?
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10/03/20 10:07 PM
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Rayzor
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I have never caught one in Texas but they are definitely in southern freshwater lakes. I saw a guy pull up a fish trap on Lake Moultrie in South Carolina. It was jammed full of catfish and eel. This was probably 45 years ago or more.
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