looking for rice patty eels

[Retuks]

man i want one... lol one slithered past my gf today and i tried to catch it but it slipped my gf's fingers and fell into the stream then it was gone with the wind >_<...

any1 actualy have these eels??? the one we almost caught was about a foot long slithering on land at first but darted through the water when it escaped. was orange and black spots.

 

[Retuks]

these are seriously cool eels... they are true eels. im SUPRISED nobody in this forum cares about them? wow. they got teeth and very much snakelike. they even travel on land!

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Got a scientific name for them? They sound interesting.

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

i did a quick search and found this sci name

Pisodonophis boro

 

[xxblwn408]

What stream was this?

 

[Retuks]

What stream was this?

it was a small semi-clogged stream just up the road from M&L Drive-inn. in Kaneohe Hawaii. in the back of a rehab center.

i was in a college class doing a restoration project to the stream with my gf then this old guy in my class said "Look da snake!!" i thought he was joking then i saw it moving under my gf's feet on the rock. looked like an orange slug at first but it was really a "snake".lol

the one i saw was about a foot long and then we tried to barricade it so i could put him in my boot to take home but when we tried to grab it it slipped out and into the water.

my class mate told me it was a rice patty eel based on my discription, he was pissed that he never saw it, he loves monster fish im suprised he doesnt have an account on this forum.

 

[nigaharu]

There were many in Pearl City 15 years ago. The DLNR would take it away if you called them. Small knie toxic the bite!

 

[Retuks]

There were many in Pearl City 15 years ago. The DLNR would take it away if you called them. Small knie toxic the bite!

eh, you better not call them! lol this is sapposed to be a monster fish supportive site, not peta or the M.C.I.G.S.N.D.A.E.U.D.S.C.G.T.H Corp.
(Morally Correct Institute of General Sanity and Never Doing Anything Enjoyable Until you Die So you Can Go To Heaven Corperation)... yea.. um... thats a real acronym XD. its run by a bunch of Kailuains who work for Down to Earth and go to hippy conventions.

 

[nigaharu]

I don't really care what people keep! I called them to ask if they could identify what I caught in the river. They mentioned that this eel is semi poisonous.

 

[Retuks]

I don't really care what people keep! I called them to ask if they could identify what I caught in the river. They mentioned that this eel is semi poisonous.

lol come with me then ima go back down there and try scoop it. if its semi-poisonous that adds to the fun of having it! now i want it even more lol. it was super nice looking. a vibrant orange color with black blotches or spots/streaks? i was too "in the moment" to take a good look.