Re: HUGE eel in black river?!
From the Sargasso Sea, “glass eels”, migrate to the US east coast in the spring. They ascend freshwater streams, grow to become “elvers”, then eels, where they remain for many years. When sexually mature they (”silver eels”) migrate in the fall back to the Sargasso Sea.
We have the current State Record A. eel on the wall here @ The Fish Lab. Caught in RVR, it probably got pumped in from the S. Branch as a glass eel or elver. Sexually frustrated, with no way out, & it grew & grew.
Fortunately, it was caught & killed before it became “The A. eel that ate Lebanon, NJ”.
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