Waxie/Spike Storage

[Yote]

I'm going to order a 1000 count next week I think. I was wondering how y'all keep them alive? I have a couple "refrigerator safe" bait pucks, but not nearly enough to store a thousand spikes.

[MapnSD]

You could talk to the company you are getting them from, and ask what they recommend. Or just store them in the package they come in.

[SD Ice-aholic]

If you know anyone who works at a hospital or clinic, you could ask them if you could have one of the shipping containers that cooled vaccines and antibiotics come in.  My wife is an RN at a clinic here, and she brings home styrafoam boxes about the size of shoe boxes and I use one to store my 1000.  I poke a couple of holes through the top with a 1/8 drill bit to allow for a little air flow. 
She said they usually just throw the containers away...

[diesel2012]

I would say one of them styrofoam worm boxes would be about perfect.

[fishcrusher]

I keep mine in a regular container on a window sill that gets little light.  Even crack the window just a hair to keep it cool enough.  I have kept waxies for months, literally.

[scmelik]

i have always just kept them in the ziplock bag that they come in.  Throw it in the fridge and load your pucks up as needed.  I have never had a problem with them staying alive that way.

[rlvb]

Spikes I got last winter from Knutsons didn't come in a ziplock bag,but this year I'm gonna try that .They are supposed to be here on Wed.,just in time for the weekend.

[oyler]

X2 on the ziplock bags. I bought a couple thousand last March,  and was able to keep them alive and use them throughout the summer. I even caught my first fish of this ice season on them.

[jumbo chaser]

X2 spikes in the fridge and waxes keep them about 40-45degrees

[Yote]

Someone should tell the good people at Walmart about keeping waxies 40-45 degrees. I bought some there tonight in a pinch because we are heading out in the morning after walleyes but wanted some waxies in case we run into a school of perch. Every one of them is dead and frozen. Hopefully I can still skewer them on a hook in the morning.

[fishfeind]

have any of you guys been able to get the red spikes on line in bulk ive been having trouble finding them.

[oyler]

Vadosbait.com is where I get mine

[WhiteLightning34]

the place I get mine say to keep them between 35-40 degrees

[sdatver]

Bait storage tips!!

http://www.jadabait.net/Storage_Tips.php