question for the eel guys

[jim sylvester]

How are you guys slowing your eels down

this is how I do it......but I just read something a little different last night from a surfcasting legend

Ice them down.....put ice in a ziplock freezer bag....that way when the ice melts..the eels don't drown.

Here's the conflict

I have always grabbed the eel by the head and given them a couple of firm snaps on a rock...so i am hitting the mid to lower section of their body on the rock

Reading a note from a legendary surfcaster last night, he held the eel by the body and snapped their head on the rocks

wouldn't this kill the eel?

what method are you using..and how is the eels reaction to getting a couple of snaps to the head if you are doing it that way

thanks