American Eel

[Cowpokey]

I've never caught one, so now Cowkid2 has a "one up" on the old man. I don't know if they are good to eat, but the girls brought it home so it will be food.

[mweber02]

I'd imagine she has one up on quite a few of us.

[Goody]

What the? Where did she catch this? Cool! Congrats on an interesting catch.

Mobile

[Cowpokey]

I'd imagine she has one up on quite a few of us.

Agreed.

What the? Where did she catch this? Cool! Congrats on an interesting catch.

Mobile

The girls said it was on the "bay", I don't have a clue where...some place north of the Bay Bridge would be my best guess. Caught it on a blood worm from the shore.

[Cowpokey]

The look on her face was me making her look into the sun for the picture....not from the fish. The fish didn't bother her. lol

[RxForFishin]

Time to make some of these bad boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Ku_Yks8Fg

[Cowpokey]

Time to make some of these bad boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Ku_Yks8Fg

My wife is Korean...original. She rolls some amazing stuff. Currently in the kitchen making kimchi...I'm 30 feet away and the "aroma" is strong.

[Jaspratt]

if cooked wrong they can be really tough and chewy. i hear smoked eel is really good if you have a smoker. thats a really nice sized eel btw

[clm]

I caught an eel once. Not as big as that though, and I definitely didn't hold it. It was dusk and I reeled it in. It felt weird coming in, it was there and then it wasn't. I've seen videos since then of people handling them. At the time, no way. I pulled the hook and kicked it back into the water.

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[On the fly]

Seen them in the patapsco near rt. 1 when they spawn.

[Mark]

Thousands and thousands of pounds of them are shipped by air from the Chesapeake to Europe every year where they are considered a delicacy.

[DanMarino]

Caught one of them when I was a little kid in Ocean City. We were up someplace near the Green Turtle 1XX th Street someplace and I was using bloodworms and fishing in one of the canals. I had a Zebco 202 and the eel pulled so hard it almost ripped the rod out of my hands. Got it up out of the water and decided to cut the line instead of messing with it.

[Rockchaser]

I caught a 25 incher at the Wilson Bridge last year on a piece of chicken breast. I was a bit of a shock when I pulled it out of the water. I tossed it back but should have cut it up for catfish bait.

[DOGFISH]

They used to be quite common on the bay. Whenever bottom fishing, one may have caught an eel. They can get quite a bit larger. Smoked eel was very popular around the bay in past years. Salted eel used to be the bait of choice when crabbing, due to the toughness. The popularity of eel in Europe raised the demand and the price. It has also made American EEL not so common a catch.

[imagine29028]

I don't know if it's AMERICAN Eel but Eels are great bait for stripers. I know in the early 90's they were really popular pitching the bridge pilings with them. Think they probably have an issue with swallowing the hook and all.