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[FredkLange at aol.com]

Here's a fish story.

Fishing friends often suggest I troll a baited hook as I sail off the 
Cleveland shore of Lake Erie.  The slow, quiet movement of the boat should be perfect 
for hooking a bass, or maybe a venturesome perch.  However, I never think to 
stop by the bait shop when I'm getting ready for a sail.

Little did I suspect the boat itself would be bait enough in 
alien-species-infested Lake Erie.  On a day sail this past summer, I looked down at my rudder 
to discover a lamprey eel attached to it!  Using its sucker mouth to hold onto 
the rudder, the eel was enjoying a leisurely ride as its two-foot long body 
rippled behind the boat

I thought lowering the outboard would scare the eel off.  Instead, it just 
decided the motor shaft was a better hold for its sucker mouth.  (Probably got 
tired of the peanut butter Stan adds to the resin.)  It left only when I 
started the motor.

I'm going to keep a fish net on board from now on.  Perhaps eels are the 
delicacy many Asians claim they are.

Fred