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Try adding ice to your water at home, get the water a little cooler
If it's city water the chlorine will kill the fish as it melts. Keep them in an unheated garage or bulkhead, just keep an aerator on. I have a 100 gal tank in my garage and have only about 4 or five since October. My water temp is about 35-38 degrees.
I get my shiners the night before to get an early start. I keep em in the basement in a cooler with a bubbler. It's about 50-55 degrees down there. When I get on the lake I have no problem settin out my tip ups and poles but by the time I'm done the remainder of the bait in the pail start to die.I tried adding small amounts of lake water but it hasn't been working. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
i change out the baitshop's water as soon as i get home. i put in cold water and treat if for the chlorine. i keep the leftovers in a 30 gal fish tank for weeks at a time. i still have 1 1/2 doz left over from last feb in a 10 gal tank. they are now pets and not used for bait.
do you feed them? if so, what do they eat?