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What are you guys using for holding tanks for your bait? I'm not sure what to use? I know that in the winter I can hold like 3 dozen shiners in my small ~2gallon styrofoam bait bucket. They last for weeks in just that! Now If I went to a 35 gallon storage tote they sell at Wal-Mart, I'd imagine they'd last a lot longer. In the winter I go down to the local brook and take ~4 5 gallon buckets and fill them with water and just keep them to the side to change the water for the bait. I don't even change the water for atleast a week or more too.
I actually rigged one up with a minnow trap suspended 5 feet below a float. I tossed it in and it would blow across the pond back n forth a couple of times a day. NADA! There are huge schools of common shiners in the pond, I have seen them and catch the occasional 7 incher in a trap. Never more than one thou, odd. I am pretty sure I can jig em up after freezeup. I plan on tossing traps in thru the ice also to the replenish the bait stock.
Tank is runnin well now, ty cool temps. My pond has shut down, I think the shiners have moved deeper and I haven`t retrieved my canoe from the camp to set the traps out deep with floats yet. I might take the ride up Monday. I rod n reeled a few chubs outta the river by the house today. Here`s a pic of the biggest one->(Image removed from quote.)At least I can get plenty of them chubs. I`ll be able to jig up the big shiners when pond freezes over, I`m confident of that. I`ll sink sum traps to score smalls and mediums after freezup too. I have alot of smalls and medium shiners now->(Image removed from quote.) I actually lost count when I had abit of a die off when I added to much salt to the tanks and plenty of chubs from 5 to 12 inches->(Image removed from quote.) Over 50 chubs so far. I also have about 15-20 x-large shiners and big chubs that didn`t make it, (for one reason or anutha) that I tossed in the freezer.NOW FOR THE ICE!
wow that is a big shiner we aint got anything like that here plus i found a barley based pond additive that clears the water adds tons of bacteria it innoculates your filter and is the best thing i used to date hope it helps mo
Whats the pond additive called? Where do you get it 1MOFish?
any one ever trap a river for bait? in the summer we got tons right up against shore and now they are gone ?mo
Trapped up about 4-5 dozen mediums and smalls w/ a few large shiners. Purged em for 6 hours in an aerated cooler, then tossed em in the tank. No floaters so far , after an overnite in the tanks. (Crossed fingers)! My lucks gutta change-at least my waxworm project seems to be in good shape-no pupae yet, but plenty of fat n happy waxies-hopefully it will work and I`ll have a thousand or so by ice-in. Trap on Bruthas!
Can you post how you are diong this and some pics? I would like to try this also... Thanks PK
I am going shopping tomorrow to get all of the things I need to raise them. I am going to try meal worms and super worms.