bait

[young gun]

if i leave shiners in the house and then put them in the lake is the water going to get shocked to much and die or will they live

[oldfox]

Leave them in a cool area (basement)...if not, put a frozen bottle of water in with them for the night..

[Countyiceman]

keep em cool.  But dont put them in the back of an open pick up for the ride to the lake unless the container is insulated like a cooler...the water chills too fast and they'll go belly up in just a plain 5 gallon bucket...there is a fine balance to keeping them cool and acclimating them to cooler water temps and not shocking them with a drastic change in temp.

[young gun]

Ya i have made that mistake once or twice but i learned after a wile i dont have a base ment but the ice sounds like a good trick what do you think that i want  the water temp at

[ifishhi]

put them in the fridge

[Fishbio824]

colder the better

[Frozen__Nutts]

put them in the fridge

ayuh..another redneck out there besides me

[Countyiceman]

well the lake wampter is about 33 at the top and warms as it gets deeper...so I try to keep them as cool as I can...45 or below is my target temp...but I stopped measuring temp for shiners...now smelts is amother story....I manage their temp and monitor it more closely.

[Hoodoo]

I have had shiners all go belly up from a temp change and thought my day was over . I keeped stirring and swirling them around and they all came back .. I might of just been lucky

[oldfox]

I have had shiners all go belly up from a temp change and thought my day was over . I keeped stirring and swirling them around and they all came back .. I might of just been lucky

Ur name wasn't Voodoo, before you changed it, was it

[Mainehazmt]

ayuh..another redneck out there besides me

you mean you all don't have a beer and bait refrigerator in you basement     sounds p-----whipped   lol

[Countyiceman]

wampter....lol...how did that happen?  TYPO... I meant temperature.

I have even heated water on my stove and poured that water into cold water to warm up the bait...and they come around...saves the day.

[jayswimmer09]

just throw snow in with them the night before. plus while out one the ice change a little bit of the water and put lake water in every once in a while

[Togueman8]

the refrigerator really does work good i dont know if it was a joke but i do it in the dorms in college and a five gallon bucket fits mint

[Mainehazmt]

3 days before I go fishing I put the supply of minnows I want for the trip from my bait tank into a 5 gal pail  that has an aquarium filter and air stone in the fridge   brings water temp down to 38 that fridge is dedicated to beer and bait    I have thanks to no bites have been able to keep the same minnow lively in the lake for hours  one of my sons lasted 5 + hours

[brookiebomber477]

Hey Dave,
       I talked to my dad last night and he said he would try to find a 35 gal. drum at work today...that means no more messin around with 5 doz. shiners in our bait pails! talk to me today and we'[ll figure out some kinda aerator/heater system.

brookiebomber

[hardwatergrampa]

 one of my sons lasted 5 + hours (are you having sex with fish)

[Mainehazmt]

wont go there

[jacksmelt71]

if you dont have a cool place to keep them ,bury them in about a ft. of snow in a 5gal. bucket. theyll stay cool without freezing. ive done it for years before i set up a tank to keep em' in. good luck!