watched mick brown fishing for them,as i used to a lot as a kid in the grand union canal,he mentioned vibrio disease,to do with water temp amongst other thing,i think
i believe its something to do when they migtate to the sagastan(spelt wrong no doubt )sea.i know its to do with their swim bladder(possibly a parasite)exsploding when they drop down the levels.not yet nor i doubt will be on the endangered list but there certainly isnt as many as years ago.the best session i had was on a new venue last year,17 eels on a 36hr session.was non stop action,smallest around a pound,the rest were ar