Hey, properly trained, groomed and handled, you can significantly reduce the amount of slime an eel will produce with readily available household items.
I got it figured to the point where you can just about hook 'em without a 3M pad, burlap, steel wool or vise grips.
Yeah, I mean LIVE, too, youse wise guys....
Hey regardless, slime or no slime, eels are your friends. I got 18 in the patio livewell right now that are dyin' to take a ride across the Big Bridge.
Geez, Tattoo, I thought you didn't look too good last nite - my guess is you might be in for one of them 24 hour tumors around Thursday

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As for them chowderfish, I dunno - that's the Mystic Seer's department. I was frightened by a green crab as a kid and I never got over it.
Crafty