The area above the dam wall, where commercial. But don’t be fooled by the name, these eels also spend some time at sea, returning to spawn (or release their eggs). It is the peak period for commercial harvesting of mature freshwater eel in Tasmania.(Supplied: Jake Hume, Tasmanian Eel Exporters)Drop in eel catch. When one catch by hand I can feel the power of eel. There are also freshwater eels that live in our rivers. Because they are very slippery and looks like snake but they cannot bite. Some species are known to create eel gardens, which occur when a group of eels emerge from their burrows to feed on zooplankton, exposing up to two-thirds of their body – resembling plant stalks in a garden. A strong eel will actually straighten out a thin hook in order to escape. A number two to a number six size long shank hook is fine, but do not use fine-wire hooks. For your hook, it needs to be small but strong. Not all eels live among the reef though – snake and garden eels spend most of their time in sandy burrows. Earthworms, chicken livers, and small pieces of oily cut bait all work well to attract a strike from an eel.
Combine this with the fact they are often hiding in holes or crevices in the reef with only their head partially visible, it’s easy to understand how they can sometimes take divers and snorkellers by surprise! Moray eels are attractive, with varying colours and patterns, but typically have a bad reputation due to the needle-sharp teeth of some species (used generally to feed on fish) and the fact they nearly always have their mouths open to allow the water to pass over their gills so they can breathe. There a hundreds of different types of eels found throughout the world in both tropical and temperate waters, but the most commonly recognised type would have to be moray eels. In fact, eels are actually a type of bony fish! They have an internal skeleton made of bone, are cold-blooded and extract oxygen from the water through their gills.
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