question for the eel guys

[DZ]

I whack em on the rocks. When I'm on sand I whack em on my knees. Not to kill - just to slow em down. When they slow down - I can slow down too.

DZ

[cheferson]

I ice them in a bucket for 20-30 min before i go, then into a soft sided cooler with a ziplock bag of ice.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by cheferson

I ice them in a bucket for 20-30 min before i go, then into a soft sided cooler with a ziplock bag of ice.

Yup, saved me some typing.

[Steve K]

I too use a soft sided cooler with the eels in a mesh bag. I use a frozen bottle of water instead of ice cubes. That way I can through away the bottle at the end of the night and the eels don't drown. I used to wack them against a rock when I carried them in a bag on my hip but I rarely need to now because of the cooler. Whether or not hitting them kills them makes no difference to me. My biggest fish have all come on dead eels.

I don't even use one the 3m scotch pads anymore. The cool eels are easy to grab. When it is cooler out and I wear my Aquaskinz gloves, they provide plenty of grip to grab an eel plus you don't get the slime on your skin.

[DZ]

Originally Posted by Steve K

Whether or not hitting them kills them makes no difference to me. My biggest fish have all come on dead eels.

SteveK,

Agree!

[jim sylvester]

I agree as well
most of my big fish have come on dead eels

I truely believe that a big fish....I'm talking the 40 and 50 lb class do not want to exert much energy..I think they would have an easier time tracking down a slow or dead eel as opposed to one that is way to frisky and is all over the place

[reebok]

Originally Posted by Steve K

I use a frozen bottle of water instead of ice cubes. That way I can through away the bottle at the end of the night and the eels don't drown.

And it's a nice cold drink in the middle of the night after it's melted some. I've been thinking about freezing gatorade or something.

[Clogston29]

i carry them in a soft sided cooler with ice in a zip lock. grab them with a brillo pad. Whether or not I smack them is an eel by eel decision based on how active it is - I usually don't. When I do whack them, its about 1/3 of the way up from the tail, never near the head. There's a great line in one of Laptew's videos about not hitting them on the head so they keep their faculties. I think bob rochetta says it.