Serious_Guy_ t1_isj5t6x wrote on October 16, 2022 at 11:44 AM

Reply to comment by xyzqvc in Almost 100 years since being initially proposed, the location of adult European eels' breeding place (upon their 5-10,000 km migration across the Atlantic Ocean) has been demonstrated directly as the Sargasso Sea for the first time. by Litvi

Yeah, it's a shame. I have fond memories of catching and eating eels as a kid. They were everywhere. I would never catch one now.

xyzqvc t1_isj88rt wrote on October 16, 2022 at 12:11 PM

The beasts have torn more than one fishing line for me. As delicious as they are, they are difficult to catch. If they break the line with plumb bob you can start all over to gauge the depth of the water. These are smart fish, they eat the bait off your hook and you don't notice. There used to be so many eels that they were poor people's food. If things went well you could catch a dozen in a few hours of bottom fishing. Today I could sit there for a week and not catch a single eel. Another species that will soon only appear in books.