How to skin eels.

From Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens:

Nail the eel up by the tail. Cut through the skin around the body just forward of the tail. Peel the skin off over the head. This removes all the fin bones.

Easy, huh? Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens suggests using your impaled and flayed eel in traditional Eel Soup. I suggest bringing it out at family get-togethers and wearing it as a sock puppet, to amuse the youngsters.