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Originally Posted by Squibby17
I fresh water fish a few times a year. I have caught eels in south shore ponds, lakes in Maine and one that was at least 3 feet long up at Lake Champlain.
So are these eels different than the ones dicussed.
If not how do they end up in land locked spot?
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They migrate up streams and river and will even cross land during rainstorms. All of the eels you might see in freshwater in north america are the same American Eels that are born in the Saragasso sea.
Harvesting of elvers was (maybe still is) legal in NH and ME, IIRC they caught a large ring of poachers poaching elvers last spring in MA.