To catch a big striper right now, there’s probably no better bait than a live eel. But most anglers know little more about them than the $2 cost that rings up for each one on the bait store cash register.A few of my local non-fishermen friends know eels by their Japanese name — unagi — from the great sashimi menu at the Westboro Mandarin. Either way, American eels are special, unsung fish, which I have come to love on my table and in my live bait box at […]