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I used to keep them in a minnow trap w/ the ends plugged off - dangled right off a public dock and never had an issue..
Lately though, which is even easier, I just fill a cooler with water and replace the water once a day. Cooler lives outside in the shade, right next to the hose - dump water, replace water, done.
You can go a couple days without major issue; the bigger the cooler the better. Works great with NH well water, maybe not so great on city water. Occasionally you will have losses, an eel or two here or there - I assume it's normal from the stress of captivity and hook wounds, most important thing is to get the dead ones out so they do not contaminate the water. I bet if one added an aerator to the same (ie any type of pump making bubbles) it would work fairly flawlessly.
One tackle shop near me only has a simple 50 gallon tank with an aerator in the shop, no chiller (assumes air temp of shop, which has AC), nothing fancy, jammed full of eels with no loss issues.
Jon
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