A.P. Blake spotted what might be an American eel swimming up the Charles yesterday.
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I don't know why...
By GoBruins
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 8:24am
But eels skeeve me out more than snakes. And did anyone see this last week? WARNING: gross
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/eel-remov...
hah
By slowman4130
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 8:50am
reminds me of the time I brought an extra eel home from fishing, and my wife decided we were keeping it as a pet. Lived for probably 2 years in a small aquarium, and seemed to be trained to come out from hiding when you were looking in, as if to beg for food.
ended up jumping out of the tank a few times though, the last being one too many.
my father...
By Miss M
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 7:32pm
used to catch eels to sell as live bait to the local fishing shops. Until he had enough, he kept them in an old claw-footed tub in our backyard, much to the delight of young me.
It didn't occur to me until recently that having a tub full of eels to play with as a child was really, really weird.
A good sign for water quality
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:15am
They are very sensitive to dissolved oxygen depletion and need a variety of habitats for a complex lifecycle.
Seeing them in the Charles (and I've also seen some in the Mystic just above the Earhart Dam) is a good sign that our coastal waterways are improving.
More Here: http://www.dnr.sc.gov/cwcs/pdf/AmericanEel.pdf
Back in the day...
By dmcboston
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:05am
...I caught one near the River St. bridge near Kelly Field, in the fast moving current. Scared the piss out of me. Hey, I was a kid. I guess the water was better than suspected.
Mystic in Medford
By joehp
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 1:49pm
was teeming with those scary bastards when I was a kid ('70's).
I remember seeing one in the
By Badger
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:26pm
I remember seeing one in the Fort Point Channel when I was little (circa 1990ish) - it came up to chomp on a piece of hamburger I'd dropped in the water.
Perhaps we have sturdier eels than normal.
eels or not, I can't wait to
By greenlinetobrooklyn
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:15am
eels or not, I can't wait to go swimming!
Makes for some good sushi!
By anon
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:19am
Makes for some good sushi!
If someone doesn't like sushi, give 'em eel
By Arborway
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 2:13pm
It's absurdly good and a great intro.
No huge surprise here
By erik g
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 10:22am
My hovercraft has long been full of them.
How many eyes does it have?
By anon
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 11:41am
How many eyes does it have?
Should have kept this under wraps
By anon
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 5:12pm
because this will be happening next:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/NH-man-cited-for-4...
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