Eels have earned a bad rep -- no longer -- not with Paulette on their case -- lol -- when I was little my grandparents had a place with a creek adjacent -- the so-called hippies next-door, turned up from Amsterdam, and begun dropping a line in -- what were their catch? Eels -- that's my eel story Paulette ...for free lol -- No, but a wonderful article -- they seem to live a full life, to put it mildly!