"Food basket of eels"
Waihora is an amazing rich lake providing a bounty of seasonal foods. Eels can be harvested recreationally from the lake's inflowing waterways and are ideal for smoking- a rich food source- locally available to be treasured. The recreational limit is six per day but I often just take one or two for the smoker as they are very rich. When smoked , thinly slice and put on toast with avocado and cracked pepper- devine. It is best to take eels in the 1-2 kg range- an ideal size for preparing. Larger eels should not be taken and left to hopefully complete their spawning run into the deepwater trence off New Caledonia ? The lake was open to the sea a couple of weeks ago- allowing eels to escape the lake on their Autumnal spawning migration.
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