1.) How should I keep a dead eel until rigging?

2.) What kind of set ups do you have to keep eels alive? (aquariums, etc..)


Thanks for any input

Kosher salt and water until the salt won't dissolve anymore. Stick it in the fridge.

Or just freeze them.

Three buckets, some ice and bubble weed will keep them alive for a while if you change the ice regularly.

Or a tank with a aerator.
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And change the tank water if you can smell 'fish' when you put your nose over the water and give a sniff.
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2) Screw top 5 gallon bucket drilled full of holes in a stream...

1.) How should I keep a dead eel until rigging?

The best place is in your left pants pocket. That way your wife can say: Is that an eel in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

2.) What kind of set ups do you have to keep eels alive? (aquariums, etc..)

Seriously there are lots of answers here:How To's, F.A.Q.s, Tips, & Tricks - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating (http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/how-tos-f-q-s-tips-tricks/)


Thanks for any input
FAQs has lots of answers

Be careful if your water has a lot of chlorine. Eels don't like that
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1) Slip eels into a filled Poland Spring water bottle and freeze.
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I just used to stick them in a zip top sandwich bag and pop 'em in the freezer. When you want to use them, hook them just like you would a live eel, and cast them. After a few casts, the frozen donut will thaw and you will be in business.

I had a paper bag full of these in my freezer for a couple of years and they still worked.

2) Screw top 5 gallon bucket drilled full of holes in a stream...

For long term storage, yes... either that or a minno trap with the trap holes blocked off hidden in a stream... at a local UDL

Be careful if your water has a lot of chlorine. Eels don't like that
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And Chloramine will kill them.

Frozen, dead eels won't try to wrap around your arm, or make eel balls out of themselves and your leader. :)