American Eel in Bull Shoals Lake

[Johnsfolly]

Eels are extremely underrated in terms of extent of their migrations. It amazes me how far they go to live and to spawn.

[Quillback]

I saw a documentary about eels a few years ago, maybe on PBS, I can't remember where.  But they are in high demand in Asia as food, and what was happening is that the little eels that were returning to the east coast were being netted and shipped to Japan to be raised to adult size and then on to the frying pan.  The price was pretty good for those baby eels, some people were making pretty good money catching them.  Downside was the population was effected.  

[tjm]

I saw on another forum that elvers were worth an average of $2369 per pound this year to Maine commercial fishers. South Carolina is, I believe the only other state that has a commercial elver fishery.

The Asians consider them an aphrodisiac.

http://www.maine.gov/dmr/science-research/species/eel-elver/factsheet.html

[Terrierman]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

I saw on another forum that elvers were worth an average of $2369 per pound this year to Maine commercial fishers. South Carolina is, I believe the only other state that has a commercial elver fishery.

The Asians consider them an aphrodisiac.

http://www.maine.gov/dmr/science-research/species/eel-elver/factsheet.html

Wow!

[Quillback]

Yep, it was Maine rivers that documentary showed them being netted in.  Hate to see that kind of value placed on them, seems it always leads to poaching and overfishing.

[dan hufferd]

When I was a kid I found several in the Finnly river. I am not sure what species but they were many and concentrated in certain areas.

[Ham]

On 6/27/2018 at 2:43 PM, Terrierman said:

I've caught them on worms in the Osage river.  They will slime everything!

You don’t know what you just started. 

[Terrierman]

1 minute ago, Ham said:

You don’t know what you just started. 

I can take it, I still have that cast iron posterior. 

Thank you word censor correction bot.

[Ham]

Now, I want to hit the Osage with worms for eels.

How long ago?

Time of year?

Day or night?

I need to catch at least one. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Caught plenty in the Mississippi while catfishing.  Right by the Golden Eagle Ferry.