Keeping Eels

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

I kept 7 alive for almost 2 weeks with the 3 bucket system. But to make it easier, I eliminated the catch bucket and just put the top ice bucket and eel bucket in the bath tub so I didn't have to worry about the eels getting flooded.

Having enough ice available is more difficult than actually keeping the eels alive.

And you still have a girlfriend?

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by fishbones

And you still have a girlfriend?

Maybe she doesn't spend the night

[JohnR]

Striped-Bass Fishing | Keep Cool Eel Bucket

The nice thing about the eel bucket is in water, they fade color, in the bucket, they get darker (even white bucket). Hope the eels in mine are dark by tomorrow night

[angler229]

Here's what I use...a 72 quart cooler with a couple holes drilled in the top to run airlines through. The air is from a couple basic aquarium pumps and 6" stones. Generally I change the water every day or two depending on how many eels I have and also add frozen water bottles to keep the water cool. I can keep 50 eels in this set up without any problems.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Striped-Bass Fishing | Keep Cool Eel Bucket

The nice thing about the eel bucket is in water, they fade color, in the bucket, they get darker (even white bucket). Hope the eels in mine are dark by tomorrow night

The eels are darker already

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishbones

And you still have a girlfriend?

She's been at school in Springfield so usually I only see her on weekends. That all changes on July 1 though, we'll see how if it still flies then.

To her credit, she's pretty good with stuff like that. Grew up with 3 older brothers and the 4 of them and her pops would fish all the time. She won a ton of fishing derbies as a kid.

Actually, the whole family with significant others (10 of us) packed onto the family boat earlier this week and she had the biggest keeper of the day (and she caught it on a pencil popper). She always out-fishes me.