Salted eels

[mdguy25]

Does anyone know the proper way to salt eels?  I was catching a good amount of eels last year and ended up letting them go because I was not sure how to salt the freaking things.

Also anyone know where I can get a few more eel traps for a decent price.

Thanks

[Mr. Breeze]

Make a brine by adding Kosher flake salt to water.  put a potato in the brine.  It's salty enough when the potato floats.  Put the live eels in the brine and let them stay there for a few hours.  They will eventually die, get salted on the inside, as well as the outside, and the brine will de-slime them.  After a couple of hours, remove th eels from the brine and put in air tight container, layer of salt, layer of eels, salt, eels.  Brine is re-useable

[reds]

Make a brine by adding Kosher flake salt to water.  put a potato in the brine.  It's salty enough when the potato floats.  Put the live eels in the brine and let them stay there for a few hours.  They will eventually die, get salted on the inside, as well as the outside, and the brine will de-slime them.  After a couple of hours, remove th eels from the brine and put in air tight container, layer of salt, layer of eels, salt, eels.  Brine is re-useable

You can get salt at a feed store, that works well and is a lot cheaper.
Some fish bait and/or tackle shops also carry it.