Our April Fool’s Day rains created tumultuous stream flows, including this one in Patten Stream yesterday:
That powerful whitewater, combined with yesterday’s high winds, resulted in some damage to the fyke nets closest to the mouth of the Stream; others seemed unaffected:
As viewers of these posts know, the nets are set to catch migrating baby American eels (also known as elvers or glass eels) that are seeking to swim upstream after a long trip apparently from the Saragossa Sea. (Images taken in Surry, Maine, on April 2, 2023.)