Keeping live bait alive

Started by JasonGotaProblem, May 26, 2021, 07:33:38 PM

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JasonGotaProblem

Will you have space for oxygen tanks next to your helium tank?
Any machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.

MexicanGulf

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Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on October 11, 2025, 02:53:58 AMWill you have space for oxygen tanks next to your helium tank?

Let's hope the boat doesn't explode. 🤣
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quang tran

I used to carry a small oxygen tank when I fish with live shrimp ,same tank that someone so sick have to carry all the time . It had 2 small wheels for easy transport ,keep shrimp and shad live much longer than air pump

JasonGotaProblem

So one MAJOR trick I've learned, is when you have the opportunity, grab a handful of sand at the beach and throw it in your bucket. The shrimp feel more at home and their poo gets trapped in the dirt instead of fouling up the water. And they find lil tidbits in there to snack on.

New record is 25 days.
Any machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.

oc1

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For a day trip, the best bait container is just a large cooler with only an inch of water.  The movement of a boat or vehicle will slosh the water enough to get good gas exchange.

For long-term storage, the move space and water exchange you give them the better.  With a good biological and particulate filtration system you can keep and grow them until they die of old age.  But, there's a learning curve, it's not cheap, and it's not economical.