Catching Bait With A Cast Net - The Shad and Bucket Experiment 

Nice, Alex. Don't get discouraged! Remember this is the most fish you have caught in a single episode.

Catching your own live bait is half the fun. It will make you a better fisherman. It will help you dial in on lure selection as well. Generally, if you have problem with keeping live bait alive you can fix by modifying 3 things. 1) water capacity. Maybe move to a 5 gallon bucket. 2) Bait over crowding. Maybe start with ten in a 5 gallon bucket and adjust accordingly. 3) Water temps. Warmer water less oxygen. Throw a small half filled (so it floats on top), frozen water bottle in the water to keep it cool. Hope that helps. Would like to see your results compared to artificials.

now I know how to get my net back in the original packaging. thanks for this video

Another useful video. Awesome.

Hilarious intro! Love it!! 😅😅 Tell it like it is 💯

I've been checking out your video's, your doing Great! very informative. Dan

love the vids dude

Hello realisticfisherman when I catch shad I do a method taught by a old guy after failure that if I'm transporting my creel of shad to a different further location I "naturally" revive them first by putting them in a regular old minnow bucket with the holes designed to stay in water when wading for a few minutes especially when it's hot humid sun all high shad are very sensitive to heat and to being " roughly" handled there soft soft scales and slime layer is the difference between life or death of them so more scale and/or slime layer is removed and/or amount of overheating they sustained will play a huge role in whether they survive or not so after few minutes in natural water in temporary bucket then transfer to your air air bucket they will be strong enough to deal with the strong bubbling of the air bucket

Very informative video 📹 👍

Way to go on the channel growth man. You do a great job on you videos. I've never tossed a cast net. I've always wanted to use some big shad during the summer to see if I can find some big. I've always wondered if it would help me learn about the habits of the big girls.

Awesome video!!!! You can't beat fresh bait!! I use bait all the time and it's good when I catch nice fresh stuff!!! It's better than the bait I buy from the shop!!!

It was still a good video Buddy!!!! Most importantly it was realistic!!..thumbs up!!!!...Man that aerator was loud!!.... LOL!!!...Sorry I haven't been around that much Sir.

Nicely done !! Ps flittin where I come from means moving hoose ! Ha ha ! Tight lines !!

Great job man with the cast net u did a awesome job with it cool vid

you've got a good way of throwing it, I hold it in my mouth and one arm on the net. there are tons of ways to, just the way my dad taught me

Another great video

That first throw was beautiful. Nice spread no banana shape

Oh my god the ending had my rolling. I'm sorry that happened to you, man!

awesome video

great video

just like baby bunker theyre hard to keep alive if the don't move around much, really digging the videos man

Nice video! I've been thinking of doing this myself instead of buying minnows.

Great video bro.

No wrong way to throw a cast net imo. As long as you get fresh bait, that's what matters. Nice job! New sub here.

Shad are super sensitive. A larger 5 gallon bucket will help but you will still get die off. Keep them cool also. But seems like every time I catch shad for bait 50% die 2 minutes after I catch them. Great video. But a wiggly live shad is usually a better shad.

aye!! aint it fun slinging them nets for bait!? haha its my favorite part of my fishing trips my buddys get me to throw it cuz I get those perfect pancake casts

I know this is an old video but if put ice in the water the shad may live longer. The water is to warm when get from the lake and it kills shad pretty quick.

Nice vid

Sweet blueblockers bro

The cast net was pretty cool! is there going to be a part 2 to that video where you catch some fish on those!

time to go cat fishing . GO get them ROCKSTARS now.

great video was u fishing 4 bass wit them shad or catfish bit them dead or alive

Put a handful of rocksalt for every 5 gallons of water and Leher the top of the water with ice in the summer if it’s winter just use the rocksalt and They will stay alive along with the aerator don’t put too many shad in one bucket

How long was that drive? Didn't expect to see them all dead, haha. Beard.

Good video!

awesome video man did you catch fish with them?

sometimes it's more fun to catch the bait!

I think you got 4 in the bucket. lol I still suck at throwing but do good enough for a dozen a hour!.lol nic vid man

Awesome video ! The shad lips are banging the hard plastic wall is the reason they are dying ! Get a bigger bucket and line it with women xxxl stocking or styrofoam sheet on the inside of bucket . Use your imagination , They will stay alive a few hours longer . It work for me , fish on ! Thanks

maybe try a smaller aerator?

here in az its against the law to transfer bait fish from one pond to anouther

Hey could I email or contact you somehow?

Very fragile bait to try to keep alive but good Nets kills man

really fun video. I never catch my own bait. I subscribed! I have a fishing channel too, check it out.

The way you threw the net made me cringe but it got the job done