keeping eels

[Fishpart]

The important part is getting rid of the water. I kept eels for a weekned on ice in a bucket with holes so the water would drain.

They will live long out of the water if they are cool and moist, but they will drown in their own slime in no time...

Good article in the tips section:

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ead.php?t=9001

[snake slinger]

i keep mine in a cooler with a damp towel and blue freezer packs.2 days at cutty no problem.keep them cool and and out of there slime

[jim sylvester]

put them in the tub with a airator (sp?)

be prepared to sleep on the couch if the wife finds them



seriously....a cooler with a fish tank airator will keep a couple of dozen for weeks......just change the water ever three days

if you don't have an airator...just keep them damp...they'll be fine

[Mike P]

Get a bucket with holes drilled in it. Put the bucket under an outdoor faucet, and prop up the far end on a small stone. Turn the faucet until a dribble of water comes out--just past a steady drip. They'll keep that way for up to a week, especially in coller weather.

[lurch]

was on the vineyard last weekend, picked up two dozen eels on friday and still had eels alive on Monday when I left.

I had the eels in my eel bucket (copy of the custom eel bucket from s-b), we put the bucket in the bath tub let the water drip on the eels and the excess water and eel jiz drained out the drain hole and down the tub drain....WORKED GREAT and kept the eels alive for almost 4 days.

When I leave the eels outside I put a milk crate on top (top of bucket at bottom of milk crate)of the bucket with a heavy rock so the critters cannot get in and had a field day.