Moray eels , eels like fishy, economic fish; Ferocious carnivorous fish. Bony fishes in the order Eels, Moray eels, Moray eels. The body is oblong cylindrical and flattened laterally at the tail. The tail grows longer than the length of the head and torso combined. The tip of the head is long. The eyes are oval. The mouth is large and the tongue is attached to the bottom of the mouth. Powerful and sharp maxillary teeth, 3 rows; The middle of the plough bone has 10 to 15 lateral flat teeth. The body is scaleless and has 140 to 153 lateral line holes. The dorsal and fins are connected to the caudal fins. The body is yellowish brown , with large individuals having 1 dark brown stripe on each side along the base of the dorsal fin. It is widely distributed in eastern Africa, the Indian Ocean and the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is produced on the coast of China, and the East China Sea is the main production area.
1. Time to catch eels
Eels begin to migrate to shallow waters in May and then spread out to forage for food until late autumn and November, when they swim into deep waters, during which they can be caught. However, the best season for boat fishing for eels is the two months of September and October in the autumn.
Eels are diurnal and nocturnal, so eels must be fished at night, and they are rarely caught during the day. From dusk until the early hours of the next day, it is time for the eels to feed. Under normal circumstances, the eels eat the most fiercely in the first two hours of the night and before dawn, but there will be some changes according to the trend.
2. Fishing points for eels
Most of the sea areas have a relatively flat bottom and a lot of sediment geology, and moray eels are generally hidden under the deeper sand layers or obstacles on the outer edge during the day, making it difficult to find fishing spots; At night, moray eels swim around near the shore reef area or embankment to feed, and the fishing spot should be selected according to this characteristic. On the southeast coast, the edge of the island is rocky, there are many holes, cave-dwelling moray eels can occasionally be caught during the day, and at night, it is a good opportunity for fishing, and most of the fishing spots appear in the gravel area around the fishing row and in the deeper seas. On the shore, it is difficult to find its traces. Therefore, the fishing point selection must have regional differences. According to local conditions, we cannot generalize.
3. Fishing gear for eel fishing
Anglers' fishing boats include organic wheels, wooden boats, fiberglass boats and rubber rafts, etc., one boat per person or more. Night fishing must also be equipped with lamps, fishing rods are mainly three or five two-meter long sea rods per person, in addition to hand rods and hand lines. My fishing rods are usually three sea rods and a one-meter-long bamboo hand rod, and the hand rod is very simple: one rod, one line, one fall, one hook. The length of the line is 20 meters and can be wrapped around the hand pole. Regardless of the sea rod rod rod rod tip fishing eel should be thicker than usual, because the eel has the habit of tail inverted vertical winding line escape after being hooked, the brake hook is light and easy to unhook, the rod tip is slightly thicker, and the brake hook can be appropriately forced. The eel's head is very tough and does not appear to be hooked and opened. The front end of the bamboo pole tip is preferably the thickness of the bamboo chopsticks, and the FRP tip can be slightly thinner.
The hook should be 304 or 303, the hook tip should be sharp, and the barbs should not be too short. The fishing line is 0.5 mm main line, 0.4 mm hook handle line, the hook handle line is 30 cm long, should not be too long. Generally, each rod is tied to a hook, the sea rod hook is tied to the fall of three or four centimeters, the hook should not be tied too high, otherwise it will affect the fishing rate, the hand rod hook should be tied under the pendant, and the lead fishing fall weight can be about 100 grams.
4. Bait for eel fishing:
Anglers commonly used bait are: sand food, tube food, flat food, water food, etc., these kinds of bait fishing eel flat food is the best, sand food is second, flat food (rock worm), the body is bright red, flashing light, bloody taste is very strong, strong fishing power, is the best bait for fishing eels, with flat food fishing eel hanging full hook. When the fish has little food, the eels that hang a small section on the hook are also willing to take the bait. Sand food (sand silkworm) can be used when there is no flat food, and the sand food of more than ten centimeters is hung on a hook, and the tip of the hook exposes a section of tail, which is also a good fishing bait.
5. Weather for eel fishing
Eel fishing has no special requirements for the weather. Whether it's sunny or cloudy, windy or rainy, the eels that come from all sides bite their hooks. As long as the waves are not rolling, the boat is unstable, you can fish, sometimes the fish do not bite the hook much when the weather is good, and the sky is bad but frequently fish.
6. The currents of fishing for eels
When fishing for eels, it is difficult to catch water, but it is not easy to catch when the tide is dry and the tide is stopped. Small flowing water can be fished, and the big tide does not prevent the eel from eating, but when the water flows, it eats the hook fiercely, which is manifested in the large movement on the tip of the rod. Sometimes, with the help of the current, eels with less than half a pound will drag their rods into the water. Small flowing eels bite the hook, the rod tip moves lightly or does not move, and the hook line is often entangled but does not catch the fish. At this time, the hook line can be shortened to about 10 cm, and the fish bites the hook and immediately appears on the rod tip.
7. Fishing methods for eels
The most important thing about eel fishing is that anglers have to understand the habit of eels in the dark night when they swim against the current and smell for bait. Is it also possible to nest in sea fishing? Especially in the currents? yes. You can use another form to make a nest to lure fish, when fishing, several sea rods hang up the fish food and throw twenty or thirty meters in front of the boat, the wash of the current will make the bait naturally merge inwards and make the smell of the bait spread forward. Soon, the eels will follow the smell to find bait. In the process of fishing, you can also throw the broken fish food that is not suitable for hooking into the water in front of the boat, and after the fish is hooked, the rotten bait on the hook can also be withdrawn and thrown in front of the boat. This not only plays the role of making a nest to lure the fish, but also makes the eels that eat these fish food relax their vigilance and eat the bait on the hook with confidence and boldness.
After the first bait is thrown into the water, the eels don't come to bite the hook right away, and even if they do, it's accidental. Generally speaking, after ten minutes, the eels will come one after another, and there are more and fewer fish, fewer than a few, and more times they will continue to fish one after another. If you don't catch fish in one place for half an hour, you have to consider another place. If you catch a few fish in one place and wait for dozens of minutes and then there are no fish, you should also find a place. Fishing spots should generally be moved at least fifty or sixty meters to the left and right from the direction of the current, or farther behind the boat. The fish in front of the boat have already been fished, and the rest will become very tricky. When changing places, don't see other boats fishing well, just drop anchor very close to the side of the boat, thinking that this can also have a good harvest. In fact, it was not, because even if the fish in the large area in front of his boat were not caught, they were all lured to his boat. If he uses flat food on the boat and I use sand food on the ship, I will only be a spectator. At this time, you should keep your distance and find a place where there are no boats before and after to drop anchor and fish.
Finally, let's talk about the use of the hand pole. Hand rod fishing is sometimes no less than sea rod fishing, and its disadvantage is that the line pile boat is easy to mess with the line. Its advantages are light and sensitive, quick to peel the hook, and a high rate of fish. After the hand rod is placed vertically, the right hand of the rod can be lifted up and down, and the bait shakes in the water as if swimming in a boat, even if the fish find it, it is suitable for the diffusion of the smell.
After the sea rod throws the bait, it is best to add a hand rod after the fish on the sea rod. Some eels follow the smell of the bait upstream, sometimes missing the target and crossing the fishing spot, at which point the hand rod bait is bound to be rewarded by throwing the hand rod bait close to the front of the boat.
When the flow of water is large, the rod is vertically released, the pendant will make the flowing water rush to the ground, you can appropriately put the long line, put the rod firmly on the boat, hold the rod in the hand when the rod moves, and then have a feel to immediately lift the rod to peel the hook, ten to nine stable, when the small tide falls on the water, the fishing water with the sea rod often does not move the line to fall, the fish bite the hook rod tip is not easy to show, then the sea rod can be put away, the special hand rod fishing. It is best to add a hand rod, one for each left and right hand, and each rod can be tied to a long and a short two fishing hooks to carry eels. When the fish bites the hook, do not rush to lift the rod, you can send a rod first, wait a moment, and then slowly try to lift it upwards, feel the rod move or feel the weight in the hand, and then quickly peel off the hook on the fish, put down the fishing rod, take turns with both hands to lift the line, and lift the fish on the boat.