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Salt is really not necessary for most other bait such as minnows, bluegill, etc. Mostly just for shad or skipjacks. It helps to harden their scales, reduce ammonia, and maintain water temp.
30 or 50 gallon plastic drum cut to 2 piece about 7 inch wide how ever tall the cooler is for the 2 corner side of the cooler, 5200 to glue them into place, and for the other side cut 1 long piece to glue from side 2 side for the filter compartment then you can do the filter compartment how ever you want, easiest way is to do the filter socks, If your not a serious fishermen, you don't even need to fool with this, just buy you a 30 or 50 gallon plastic drum $10-15, cut 1/3 of the top off, trim the top for a lid, cut a door to dip bait and vola... no filter needed if your not a serious fishermen.
Cartridge pumps save a lot of money over time and prevent a lot of headache. Mayfair/Johnson pumps are the most popular in my area. Great video and build! I am making a fully self contained tank right now and will be doing something similar. I am going with two pumps that will sit on top of my filter. One will have a spray bar and the other a venturi. Water will come in through slots on the bottom of the bulkhead so no stand pipe. I want my trash pickup as low as possible. Just to let people know, Flo-Rite makes fitting for anything livewell/bait tank in case you don't want to DIY pvc and fool with as much silicone and glue. They also have multiple styles of venturi. If you want to be even cheaper, you can make your own venturi like I plan on doing.
That is for sure how I had to learn it! RU-vid was not a thing back when I first started trying to keep bait alive. But hopefully this helps out some of the new guys. Thanks for commenting James!
I've learned so much from Billy about guiding! We graduated high school together and played football (he was our "NFL" level kicker). He still has that "kicker" in his blood which is part of his success!
EDIT(Answered in another post/comment) What region yall in? I been hunting them flatheads in Louisiana, I work all summer and only really get to fish winter. I catch plenty of blues around toledo bend.
I've caught them in deep water at Pickwick lake and they will be white and they turn blue in live well. A buddy of mine that's a catfish guide said it was the change in depth and water temperature. Holler if you're in my neck of the woods and we can wet a hook tkx
I believe in this case it is mostly due to the color of the water. We had recently had some heavy rains and the water was pretty stained. Usually they tend to be lighter colored in dingier water.
Unfortunately no. Shad feed on plankton so there is not really a good way to chum them. The best thing to do is drop the trolling motor and ease back up to them. Most of the time in the winter they will stay put unless they are super shallow.
I have found that anything over about 50lb mono is hard to tie a solid knot. At that point you have to use a crimp which can be good and bad. I used to use a 100lb leader but had a few crimps fail on me so I dropped to 40lb or 50lb. I can get a solid knot and as long as I keep an eye on leader and main line for abrasion have not had fish break me off due to line size. I believe the most important thing is to use a quality line such as Berkley Big Game.
The bad thing about using treble hooks is that it will more than likely kill them. Catch and release are degreased extremely. But if you're gonna eat them, then it doesn't matter, huh?
Yes sir you are correct. A lot of times the trout can swallow it before you can get a hook in them. But most of the time we do like to keep some to eat.
Really enjoy fishing and catching trout.....But I eat trout and first thing I think about is every other fish I haven't eaten taste so much better. Fried or Baked makes no difference. Give me a good mess of Bluegill, crappie, bass and catfish. And that's eating...
