Moray eels - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

taggermike · 05-02-2012, 07:52 AM

I'd CAREFULLY release the things. After eating several kinds of eels, I wondered if our morays were edible. So when I found one out of it's hole in the day time I put a spear through it. It started spinning like a crocodile on a wildebeast, bent the spear then dragged it back in to it's hole, snapping it's teeth the whole time. I was inder the impression the spear through it's body might actually kill it. Hell no. I finally got the thing up on the shore and crushed its head with a rock, put in a hefty bag, put the bag in my back pack and started wlaking home. The whole way home I could feel the damn thing writhing between my shoulder blades. In the sink it took another hour to stop moving. I could barely get my sharpest knife through the skin. In the pan te meat curled and was like rubber. Sorry, I rambled, but I wouldn't deal with another maray unless i was starving. Mike

T-Rex · 05-03-2012, 08:43 AM

They're a slimy PITA to mess with. They have sharp teeth and a nasty bite so I fling em out of the yak as quickly as possible.

Years ago, a buddy of mine was bitten on the hand by a moray while bug diving. Even though he was wearing dive gloves it did a lot of damage to both sides of his hand. When we got back to the dock a couple of hours later his hand was swollen and still bleeding alot so I drove him to the ER to get it checked and cleaned up. One of the ER docs said it was good he came in because morays have a septic bite that usually gets infected. It took quite a few weeks for my friend's hand to stop hurting.

Yakin · 05-03-2012, 09:01 AM

There was an interview of a guy that had a moray eels by his dock that he would dive down and feed vini mini hotdogs too
and one day he couldn't get the hot dogs out of the back and the moray eels thought his thumb was the hot dog and the eel bit his thumb off so back to saying it has a mean bit it can take a finger off!

min-va · 05-03-2012, 09:07 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHNpYxCSnUM

A video of a Giant Mora Eel bites off a diver's thumb in Thailand.

William Novotny · 05-03-2012, 11:30 AM

Note to self: leave morays alone

Yakin · 05-03-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by William Novotny

Note to self: leave morays alone

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05-03-2012, 08:43 AM	#2
T-Rex Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Posts: 770	They're a slimy PITA to mess with. They have sharp teeth and a nasty bite so I fling em out of the yak as quickly as possible. Years ago, a buddy of mine was bitten on the hand by a moray while bug diving. Even though he was wearing dive gloves it did a lot of damage to both sides of his hand. When we got back to the dock a couple of hours later his hand was swollen and still bleeding alot so I drove him to the ER to get it checked and cleaned up. One of the ER docs said it was good he came in because morays have a septic bite that usually gets infected. It took quite a few weeks for my friend's hand to stop hurting. __________________

05-03-2012, 09:01 AM	#3
Yakin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: San Bernardino, CA Posts: 913	There was an interview of a guy that had a moray eels by his dock that he would dive down and feed vini mini hotdogs too and one day he couldn't get the hot dogs out of the back and the moray eels thought his thumb was the hot dog and the eel bit his thumb off so back to saying it has a mean bit it can take a finger off! __________________ Remember There are Many Fish in the Sea MEANS MORE TO EAT!!!

05-03-2012, 09:07 AM	#4
min-va Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hacienda Heights Posts: 216	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHNpYxCSnUM A video of a Giant Mora Eel bites off a diver's thumb in Thailand. __________________ www.vapercompany.com

05-03-2012, 11:30 AM	#5
William Novotny The carpetbagger Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: tha newps Posts: 1,474	Note to self: leave morays alone __________________ "The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope." http://www.badinfluencetattoo.com/gallery.php?artist=21

05-02-2012, 07:52 AM	#1
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	I'd CAREFULLY release the things. After eating several kinds of eels, I wondered if our morays were edible. So when I found one out of it's hole in the day time I put a spear through it. It started spinning like a crocodile on a wildebeast, bent the spear then dragged it back in to it's hole, snapping it's teeth the whole time. I was inder the impression the spear through it's body might actually kill it. Hell no. I finally got the thing up on the shore and crushed its head with a rock, put in a hefty bag, put the bag in my back pack and started wlaking home. The whole way home I could feel the damn thing writhing between my shoulder blades. In the sink it took another hour to stop moving. I could barely get my sharpest knife through the skin. In the pan te meat curled and was like rubber. Sorry, I rambled, but I wouldn't deal with another maray unless i was starving. Mike