
HUGE EEL FROM TANNERS
Posted By: Andy on Wednesday 14th September '11
ALLAN JUMP FROM BARNSTAPLE HAS SET A NEW BENCHMARK FOR EEL FISHING AT THE MOOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HIS FRIEND STEVE DAWE HAS TARGETTED THE LAKES AT THE MOOR AND TAKEN LARGE EELS TO OVER 5LBS FROM ALL THE LAKES, RECENTLY A CARP ANGLER WEIGHED IN AN EEL OVER 10LBS FROM BEATTIES BUT IT WAS DISMISSED BECAUSE OF NO PIC AND NO OFFICIAL WEIGH IN , BUT AFTER WITNESSING AND WEIGHING THIS LATEST MONSTER WHO KNOWS WHAT IS OUT LURKING IN THE LAKES AT THE MOOR , MAYBE A BRITISH RECORD AT SOME POINT? ALLAN WAS RIGHTLY OVER THE MOON WITH HIS CAPTURE TAKEN ON A DEAD ROACH ON A COLIN DYSON EEL RIG FROM PEG 17 ON TANNERS, THE HUGE FISH MEASURED 45INCHES LONG AND HAD A GIRTH OF 10 INCHES AROUND HIS NECK , MARVELLOUS CATCH ALAN , WELL DONE.
