Hi Larry,
Boy u fish alot, i thought i did, but u got me beat, What worked best for me when i fished monomoy and had to do alot of walking was to get a commercial size mayonnaise container from someone u no that has a restaurant or deli, these are plastic, cut to slits in the side to put a belt thru, u can put a hole in the top and attach apiece of heavy mono thru it an tape that to the jar itself so u wont lose the top when getting out an eel, u can travel without carry that bucket, put a couple of extra leader and hook setups in your pocket and your off, tryed to get u a message last week about eels but it didnt make it thru, hes a tip for u when the moon gets bright put some of eels in a white pail and let the light shine thru, dont forget to aerate them,u will have albino eels for the moon, try it it works great. That first thunk on the eel must have felt pretty good, nothing like it!
leave a few for me.