elvers

[nelson1 1]

probably m, interesting life cycle the eel anyone know who much elvers go for price wise

[mackem 23,828]

Is it £5-£600 a kg?Gordon f**king Ramsay did some elver fishing,looked fun

[nelson1 1]

How much f**k me, I wonder if the river dee got any to offer, sounds great thing for your wallet to be occupied with

[maty j 6]

How much f**k me, I wonder if the river dee got any to offer, sounds great thing for your wallet to be occupied with

 

Need any help for a split in the proffits Do you fish the Dee regular mate?

[Murph 30]

It's like an eel fyke but not quite the same, you can do ok with elver dip nets but the bankside traps are the best. £450 -600/kg is about right, the elver merchants are well tight weighing them in from the fishermen, no grit or even froth from the water is allowed to be weighed in with the elvers. Not surprising really at that money.

[maty j 6]

Could you not keep a few eels In a pond, sprinkle with the little blue pill and voila! few month down the line your sitting on a couple of K quid

[nelson1 1]

Matyj, I fish only mouth of the Dee with live sandeels for bass starting around early march, I do my best weights then, Its an nursery area for them and your not supposed to use sand eel

[cometa300s 20]

what do you do with them when you catch them can you use them as bait

[nelson1 1]

what do you do with them when you catch them can you use them as bait

 

Elvers are a delicacy mate , And with the right outlet can be profitable adventure

[maty j 6]

If It gets you results nelson I was looking online and there was some nice salmon being taken this year further up river by me but probably best to try the estury. Do you get many numbers of bass, seatrout or salmon running up?? Somthing I'd like to try next year

[nelson1 1]

I was thinking of gillnet something i've wanted to try, seatrout caught a few 2-3lb range on toby lures no salmon

The bass are plenty an good size too , but around that area eyes are watching

[BWB 3]

The river severn local to me is a big place for elvering its were gordon ramsay fished for them . The bloke that he fished with was also the owner/son of the local fish wholesalers which is positioned practically right on the banks of the severn they buy up all the elvers to be exported . Have never been myself but a relative of mine goes . I think you have to get a special licence and Iam sure they dont hand them out willy nilly like they used too . Was only talking about this at work the other day the kid saying that the camping supplies store that he used to work at used to sell the elvermen their material I guess its like the midge proof type nets that are in tents . Me relative used to get them for me grandad a few years back to eat . But soon stopped when the price rocketed . maybe 30 years ago the men used to go round the villages and sell them by the pint to the locals . I think they start coming up the river around february time .

[nelson1 1]

Yea I bet gordon crinkley forehead ramsay never had a licence, Assume the only reason for this licence is because

they migrate ?

[badoosh 1]

what do they taste like apart from elvers

[maty j 6]

I was thinking of gillnet something i've wanted to try, seatrout caught a few 2-3lb range on toby lures no salmon

The bass are plenty an good size too , but around that area eyes are watching

 

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Edited October 15, 2008 by maty j