"Richard Periut" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all and greetings,
>
> When I was a teen (about 25 years ago,) I used to fish the Hudson River
> on the Hoboken bank.
>
> The fish were mostly eels, and an occasional stripped bass. They tasted
> like oil, and so did the crabs. The local bums and my cat used to
> cherish them.
>
> Recently, a friend of mine told me that he pulls in 5 and sometimes 10
> pound striped bass, which he says taste great. What bothers me the most,
> is that he states that the river has been cleaned up, and that the fish
> taste great.
>
> I vaguely heard that consumption should be limited to one serving per
> week, because of Dioxin levels? Then again, other fresh water fish have
> been implicated regardless of location.
>
> Anyone have any knowledge regarding this?
>
> TIA,
>
> Richard
>

There was a comic a few years ago (I don't remember which one) who theorized
about actually catching a fish in the Hudson near NYC. He said that the fish
would be well ****ed off, slap around the fisherman, steal his bait, insult,
chastize and slime him, before disappearing back into the water.