LadyofGames Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Eel The Eel lives in numerous water bodies in the European part of Russia. Its body is long, snake-like and slimy. Its scales are very small. The eel’s coloring depends on its age. Young eel is distinguished by a dark-olive back and a yellowish white belly. Adult eel’s belly color changes to silvery white. The eel’s dorsal fin, fused with its caudal fin, starts far behind its pectoral fins. Eel prefers still water, but can be found in water bodies with strong currents as well. It mainly stays in bottom water. It shelters under snags and in underwater plants. Eel may reach a length of 2 m and a weight of 4 kg. Possible baits Take a look at weekly records Pieces of fish Redworm Chese cube Leech Crayfish tail Baitfish Example of the setups Possible bottom setup Possible rigs: Paternoster rig Simple bottom rig Loop rig Possible float setup Possible rigs: Fixed float Slider float rig Match rig 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhendrix61978 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Spotnik99 said: What does it like to eat? I think most get them on night crawlers but if you look at the records you can see what others are catching them on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotnik99 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) Thanks I figured it out because nightcrawlers catch about anything worth catching. Trophy Ruffe's for the win! They also like cut fish. Thanks for the reply though your game rocks. Edited December 12, 2017 by Spotnik99 I didn't say thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordLuba Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, KeNeK said: where can i get these? any good spots in oldburg? I think the usual is somewhere near fallen trees etc where it can hide (also on nightcrawler), but I got my few eels from the deep spots on Old Burg (Northern one, western one and that small one in Sleepy). Proly more pro players will be able to help, mine are very random and rare. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yllian Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 What hook size is recommended for fishing eel ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retvolki Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 11 hours ago, Yllian said: What hook size is recommended for fishing eel ? The exact size is up to you but anything around S4 should get the job done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxter Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I'm trying to hunt down Eel and I was wondering what kind of bottom rig people use when fishing with a piece of fish meat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djindaar Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 I got a 2.5k one by pure accident on Old Burgh (my one and only Eel so far too) just outside fort to left near lilies. Was using a small 12 hook and worm on feeder farming some Carp, Perch and Tench around 7-8 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djindaar Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Just checked DJ's setup and it was actually a #6 hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amun24 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CycleDave Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 How do you catch the big ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fender Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Spoiler Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoman2822 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 More info? Bait, spot, hook size etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fender Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 17 minutes ago, Yoman2822 said: More info? Bait, spot, hook size etc. 118:120 - Volkhov, Feeder,Hook #4,Redworm... Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ф_ф Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) Caught in the last week 100+ Eels including 3 Trophy ones, spot is still active. Gl & Hf Spoiler Edited July 1, 2018 by Setup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ф_ф Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 GUIDE: THOSE EELS AT OLD BURG Foreword: I received recently often the question: "How do you find those Eels and how do you get so many Trophies?" I tried to answer everyone and also made already a post at the Old Burg section with the last active "hotspot" (not active anymore) But answering everyone and doing it properly with those limited characters does consume quite a bit of Time because there are several things to consider and to figure out. So I decided to make here a more in depth Guide which might help some people out to get better results. All statements which I will make below are based on my personal experience (6 1/2 Trophy Eels and several hundred normal ones), it can differ a little bit from how it exactly is, but I think I am decently close. General things about Eels: Gear: This is my prefered Setup which I never change. Spoiler I know Eels are getting catched with hooks from #10 all the way up to #2/0. As always hooksize does sadly not really matter if you can get a certain Fish, but it still might influence how many you get. Float Fishing is also totally fine, you just have to figure out the max depth you can have and you are good to go. I personally do prefer bottom fishing because you have a way lower chance of missing one due them biting 90% "suicidal" and with float fishing it´s way more tedious. Prefered Bait: 1. Fish Piece, 2. Crayfish Tail, 3. Nightcrawler, 4. Worm, Redworm, Cheese 5. Lures (Yes they bite on them, but if you actually catched one you should immediately play Lotto) Catchtime: The main factor for Eels is the Temperature, if it is below 12° you are good to go. The second factor is the Daytime, a fixed Timeframe seems to be from 23:00 till 8:00 during this Time also higher temperatures do work. Sidenote: You can catch them 24/7 but outside those two windows the chance is so minimalistic that it is not worth to try it. Rare Fish: Eels are rare Fishes like Donets Ruffe, Black Carp and Golden tench. Those are not supposed to be farmable/targetable, but every now and then it seems to be possible. The Eel has one big advantage his prefered Bait is not shared with many other species (Chinese Sleepers <3, Burbot, Catfish) that´s why Fish Piece is by far Nr. 1, all other baites are shared with more species, decreasing the chance. Location: You can catch them everywhere, but their absolutely prefered Location is really close to the shore where moss and lilies are next to eachother. Weather: As colder as better it is, although if it is getting below 8° it seems that they move a little bit further away from the shore. Also they really like rain, thundertorms intrestingly enough not that much though. How to find them and how to target Trophies: We went through the basics of Eels, now the golden Question is how you can find/identify a Hotspot and how you can increase your chance to get a Trophy. To answer the more interesting question first, how do you increase the Chance of getting a Trophy? The answer is quite simple and is the same for every Fish in the game: Increase the amount of Fishes you catch. Every single Fishsize is rolled by itself, you can get lucky and your first Fish is right away a Trophy, you can get unlucky and catch several hundreds without one. So the only thing you can do is trying to catch as many as possible in order to have as much rolls as possible. (And even if there are some mechanics like, pity factor, or better gear = higher Trophy chance and so on, you will never get a confirmation for that.) This does lead us to the next, most intresting and final point, the Hotspot: A Hotspot is generally a place where you have better catching results than you normally would have due it providing way more Fishes. Now how to find and identify the Eel Hotspot? As mentioned above Eeels do like places which have a combination of lilies and moss, at every location where you can find those two together you can catch normally 1 Eel per Night. If you find a Hotspot it is possible to catch 5-6 Eels a Night and the averrage will be at ~3 pieces. Still it is even at Hotspots possible to catch not a single Eel, this happens maybe in 1 out of 7 days, but it is possible. So when you search and check several locations to find a Hotspot, you have to stay for 2 Nights at each place to be sure and that is the reason why it can be so freaking Time consuming to actually find them and why people don´t wanna share it when they finally have found one. Experience wise there is always only 1 hotspot for Eels active at Oldburg, the previous two had been 37:58 and 64:18, both are dry now. Also a thing is that every Hotspot I encountered so far did not only have moss and lilies, but also Grass and or Reeds next to it. And for the end here are a few Coords which were "Hot" at least once: 37:58, 61:18, 61:14, 23:67, 71:51, 59:13 (31:23, 47:20, 17:68) English is not my main language so sorry for wrong grammar and such, as always wish you all gl and tight lines, have fun. Setup Ps: Why 6 1/2 Trophies? I lost one a few meter in front of my feets, сход for life ;-) 11 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorent49 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) Also give this man an Oscar THANK YOU for your precious information Edited July 20, 2018 by Lorent49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AroBaba421 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 new pb (spot 47.20) details on photo Spoiler Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my_love Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 BEWARE Russian God of Eels Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerblue Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Is there some good place at volkhov ? I've been poking around i just caught a tiny one. Some groundbaits helps ? or no GB at all ? Edited August 9, 2018 by mikerblue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerblue Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Found those informations when googling : "Various methods including float, ledger or feeder are used to catch eels. Float fishing with a waggler over a bed of groundbait, slightly over depth close to reeds is a good tactic. The feeder is also considered a good method." and "Lay a bed of groundbait using brown crumb or continental groundbait with your old bait, maggots, casters and chopped up worms mixed in." Also "This comprised of some mashed up dog food, molasses's, sprats and some anchovy & sardine dynamite baits additive." Time to see if the rf4 dev used those information into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwagnusSwagnusson Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I've just caught a 2,5kg eel at Volkhov on a live ruffe. No groundbait, was looking for a pike. So a size 1 livebait hook , just a 28g frame sinker, and a 42g ruffe, about 80% freshness. Fished close into some reeds and a water lily bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filipefle23 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 61:14 redworm Spoiler 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKokTV Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 OLD BURG LAKE 4 nights Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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