What could be better on a spring day than class in hip waders, a net in hand, and then an eel in hand?!

Fast forward a day later, and we’re learning about the life cycle of the American eel, how they’re “fished” here in Ripley Creek, about our marsh as habitat, and to round out the experience, sampling smoked eel fillet!  Thanks to Philip Gwinnell, a team member at American Unagi who visited our class and company founder Sara Radamaker, a successful aquaculturalist and entrepreneur who is buying local elvers, growing them and producing quality product here on the mid-coast of Maine.

The star of the steamside visit was a weasel who was scampering among the nooks of the rocks below our feet!