The bigger question is how old are they, b/c it has been a while since you fished eels....
Last June
They were riggies and I had put them in a ziplock with kosher salt, so I never got a wild rotting smell. Just a little funk. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
nice. my car smells terrible now with my waders, plugs, remnance of eels, plug bag, old clothes, smelly socks, golf shoes, and a cinnamon air freshener.