If you keep eels alive at home.....

[Canalman]

Don't forget to change the water frequently! I just walked into my laundry room, which, by chance happens to be the gateway to my garage where all things fishing are kept. Well I smelled an awful smell upon my arrival. After checking the usual spots, litter box and potato cabinet I noticed that familiar hummmm sound that my aerator makes. Suddenly I realized the error of my ways. I always keep a few dozen eels on hand in the late part of the season, and I am done fishing but I forgot to let those little buggers go. Well, when I opened the door I was met with something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemies. My eel tank was bubbling over with brown death foam and a stink like no other stink was silently choking me to death.

I had nowhere to go, I removed the tube, grabbed the tank, held my breath and ran out the door into the street. There's no way I was putting this in my car for a drive down to the water. So I did what any one of us would do.... dumped them down the storm drain in front of my neighbors house, not my house. Well about 40 pokes with a stick and 8 dry heaves later each of the eels had fallen into the storm drain with a spalsh, and I had to extract a few stubborn eels that had fastened themselves to the bottom of the bucket with some kind of cloudy whitish nastyness. I did this with a plastic shopping bag. Then I grabbed the 1st two scented cleaners I could find and soaked everything down with windex and febreez. So if you have some eels alive somewhere in your home I suggest you check them.

-DAve