Author Topic: show us your bait tank (Read 11639 times)

RIfish · « **on:** Dec 07, 2006, 08:47 PM »

Here is my tank

RIfish · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 08, 2006, 07:39 PM »

I checked my 3 minnow traps today an had about 15 large tad pols in each

... I thought they were only around in the spring?

bigchev98 · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 14, 2006, 07:28 PM »

yea i had the samething happen to me up here in maine my buddy and i have been trappin since thanksgiving and we both caught some tadpoles i hope its not a sign of a bad winter with no ice

but here is a shot of my tank

phishheads · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 14, 2006, 08:40 PM »

bigchev looks like you actually know what your doing at least that makes one of us but your tank looks sweet man

RIfish · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 14, 2006, 09:32 PM »

hey big, I pulled up my 3 traps today after lettin them soak for 2 days an all I had was about 15-20 tadpoles in each trap an not 1 shiner. This same exact spot 2 weeks ago gave me 53 shiners in 1 day what is goin on with these tadpoles?

phishheads · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 14, 2006, 09:35 PM »

if i let my trap out over night my trap is crawling with them too and as the weeks go by they just keep getting bigger and bigger i really don't understand

bigchev98 · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 14, 2006, 09:44 PM »

i guess we can just blame it on global warming

KingFisher1 · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 14, 2006, 09:49 PM »

anyone ever tried tadpoles for bait?

bigchev98 · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 14, 2006, 09:53 PM »

nope but i think i might try this year

got one in my tank that seemed to sneak in the bucket

phishheads · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 15, 2006, 08:46 PM »

ill give them a shoot whats the worst that could happen

bigchev98 · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 15, 2006, 08:54 PM »

i think the worst thing would be you throw the tadpole down the hole and when you bring it up its a frog

phishheads · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 16, 2006, 09:22 AM »

yeah

johnnywalleye · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 04:49 PM »

i love the 55gal drum!! but how do you filter the water??i cant keep mine clean!!what do you use for a filter??

tbirdbassr · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 04:56 PM »

We use tadpoles around here for cats and bass once in a while craps will hit them as far as it goes as for them still being around I have a sink hole outside of town that is full of tadpoles year around i think some of them never get out of that stage have caught some 5-6" outta there Them big ones would prolly work for pike too!

bigchev98 · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 04:59 PM »

Quote from: johnnywalleye on Dec 17, 2006, 04:49 PM

what do you use for a filter??

i just went to walmart and bought a 30-60 gal regular aquarium filter cost about 30 bucks works great i love it

Left Handed Model · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:15 PM »

Here's mine.... about 30 gallons...

bigchev98 · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:17 PM »

johnnywalleye, you can see that left handed model and myself have almost identical filters they work good

Left Handed Model · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:18 PM »

Whisper 60 is the model... it's a 60 gallon per hour unit... you can run it with or without filters in it.....

tbirdbassr · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:20 PM »

What temp do you guys keep your tank? what do ya feed em just reg. fish food?

Left Handed Model · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:24 PM »

I try to keep mine about 35-45 degrees.. in the summer you may need to float bottles of ice to keep it cool.. if you have a good balance of filtration and aeration you should be able to keep the water cool... also having a cooler darker location helps....

tbirdbassr · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:31 PM »

Thanks lefty gonna make me barrel like big chev prolly go with that same filt you guys are using first thing will be getting the barrle cleaned out lol

bigchev98 · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:45 PM »

for the food i just use cheap bread crumbs

Left Handed Model · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:47 PM »

clean with bleach... then rinse till you can't smell the bleach anymore...

and I don't feed my minnows and they seem to do well...

tbirdbassr · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 05:52 PM »

Thanks guys maybe i can get it built before my trap is full and have to dump them out lol

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 06:22 PM »

Here is mine have had it running continuously for over 6 months I use a pond pump that averages 360 gph presently have over 700-750 minnows

bigchev98 · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 17, 2006, 07:49 PM »

thats a nice setup mainehazmt whats the black basket for on top?

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 18, 2006, 05:28 AM »

Quote from: bigchev98 on Dec 17, 2006, 07:49 PM

thats a nice setup mainehazmt whats the black basket for on top?

additional home made filter its actually 2 pond plant baskets bottom one has charcoal top has bio balls and filter medium in it and pond pump /filter pumps into it

bigchev98 · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 18, 2006, 10:42 AM »

thats a cool idea

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 18, 2006, 10:48 AM »

I figure it is a lot cheaper than buying those filter pads all the time I also saw that the local bait shop uses pieces of regular home insulation as part of its filtration I may start up another tank with a few of the fish I can spare and see if that would hurt them or not I don't want to take a chance at killing off 750 of them little buggers

phishheads · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 18, 2006, 04:34 PM »

i left this past weekend and lost all of my bait for some reason i about 300-400 and i have almost the same set up as bigchev98 except my tank is only 35gal when i left friday water was clear and the bait was all set when i came back 2 1/2 days later every single one was dead except for five had the tank running for 2 weeks with not a sigle problem i don't understand

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