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tlapinski · 07-23-2010, 08:52 AM

So I was out in CT last night slinging eels for a few hours and had a strange occurrence. I was in the middle of a steady pick of teen bass when I had a solid take. I did the usual drop; wait for a tight line and set up, but then it went weird. The fish came at me, thrashed a bit and went down and I felt thumping almost like the fish was biting at the eel. After about 10 seconds, the eel popped free. I retrieved the line and inspected the eel. It was still kicking but had what could best be described as puncture wounds all over it. They looked like someone took a small pocket knife and poked all over the eel. Some were in a half moon “bite formation” and others were random. There were single scrape marks moving away from some of the punctures. The eel was decent size, maybe 16”, and the holes went about ¼ of the way into its body. They were definitely not bluefish marks as each puncture was a small distance form the next and not connected cuts like a blue does. I wish I had a camera with me as it was just so weird. I was thinking maybe a large weakfish attacked it. Any thoughts?

07-23-2010, 08:52 AM	#1
tlapinski All up in the Interweb! iTrader: (1) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house. Posts: 5,205	Mystery eel hit So I was out in CT last night slinging eels for a few hours and had a strange occurrence. I was in the middle of a steady pick of teen bass when I had a solid take. I did the usual drop; wait for a tight line and set up, but then it went weird. The fish came at me, thrashed a bit and went down and I felt thumping almost like the fish was biting at the eel. After about 10 seconds, the eel popped free. I retrieved the line and inspected the eel. It was still kicking but had what could best be described as puncture wounds all over it. They looked like someone took a small pocket knife and poked all over the eel. Some were in a half moon “bite formation” and others were random. There were single scrape marks moving away from some of the punctures. The eel was decent size, maybe 16”, and the holes went about ¼ of the way into its body. They were definitely not bluefish marks as each puncture was a small distance form the next and not connected cuts like a blue does. I wish I had a camera with me as it was just so weird. I was thinking maybe a large weakfish attacked it. Any thoughts?
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