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Quite frankly they are a bit of a pain to keep alive. It requires a lot of equipment, and time. And unless you live really close to the water and enjoy babysitting them...they die pretty easy. You have to keep the water just so and not crowd them and remove the ones that do die. They also can get a fungus and pass it off to their tankmates if held longer term dockside. They like clean cool, moving airrated water .
I plan to catch, flash freeze then vacume pack them in packs of 6 and use them for 3-waying throughout the season. I do plan to use them live on a few trips but the they will go directly into the boats live well within a couple minutes and fished within minutes from that. I am not real enthused about carrying 30-50 gal's of seawater around in my truck .
I know the work great live and it is a fun way to fish, but it requires a commited effort to keep this bait alive esp long term. (eels are a hell of a lot more hardy then herring. )
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