The American Eel is one of two species that spawn in the Atlantic ocean, and migrate back to the East Coast. During this time they are found in estuaries and other brackish bodies of water. The young are small, and transparent and easy to collect as they migrate further inland. The male tends to stay behind on the coast, while the female continues to migrate further inland into pure freshwater bodies. During the next season, the female migrates back to the shore and spawns with the male, and the cycle begins again.
American eels are very widespread found upwards into Greenland down to southern Brazil.
Always on the east coast. The American Eel is absoulutely unmistakable, except when compared to the European Eel. Cigar shaped, snake-like, dark in color and notoriously slimy. In fact, they are so slimy that when caught on rod and reel, the eel coils itself around the line, making the section impossible to use again. This aspect makes them useful only for bait.