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I've been doing this for years. Except I use hand towels as news papers are chock full of chemicals. Also they will last hours on ice. Pull them straight out of the cooler to the hook.
Pro tip for that bait box. If you get a square bubble stone for an aquarium and use double sided tape to stick it to the bottom you get alot more performance out of the aerator (the frabill areator on mine was trash and quit in a month so I use a bubble box brand with it). It'll keep 60 shrimp alive for around 3 days.
I saw this first hand with a fisherman in the late 70s with a fishermen that made his own hooks. He purchased a block of ice and newspaper and laid the shrimp on top. We fished for about 2 to 3 hours - every time the shrimp hit the water they were very lively. we caught many snook that night.
For keeping sand fleas alive for days. If you take a small styrofoam cooler that fits inside a larger cooler put ice in the bottom of the large cooler then fill the bottom of the Styrofoam cooler with damp sand and your sand fleas and place it in the bigger cooler. It will keep them cool enough they go dormant but not to cold that they die. Larry Finch showed me that method and it works very well.
@@lilbil235 it is just fresh water i am freezing i leave the cap on. The only thing i am doing is keeping the live bait cooler in the heat of the day it seems to help out a lot.
Cool tip Austin. This would be a great idea to use to pick up live shrimp and put them on ice and then transfer them to a floating bait bucket, or leaving most on ice and then to bait well during extremely hot times.
I'm eager to try this next time. Even with live wells, I've noticed shrimp can die from the heat and all the bouncing around just getting to the fishing spot.
As an Avid Ice Fisherman I have Laid fish on the ice for Hours Frozen SOLID & Get them ready to Clean & put them in a bucket of water & they All came Back to Life.
Honestly the best way it to bring a few frozen bottles of water with you and change out throughout the day. Keeping the water cool is the key to happy bait. In the summer months I want even change out the water. In the cooler months however I do drain some of the water and refill.
I like to repurpouse aluminum beer bottles as floating ice blocks to put in my bait bucket the salinity of the water doesn't get diluted and the water temp stays cool keeping them alive longer
I’ve kept minnows alive for days in water in a in an old Norge refrigerator in our basement as a kid some 45 years ago. Also just add ice to the bait bucket. Ice floats so the live bait (shrimp/minnows,etc) don’t come in contact. Depending on the air/water temp you can add a tray or 2 of ice cubes (yeah back in the day we made ice cubes with a tray in the freezer). I would guess a temp of 40-50° is ideal, but don’t get too caught up in exact temp. 1 tray of ice on an average day & 2 trays if it’s hot. This is for a standard small bait bucket or 5 gallon bucket 1/2 full of water. Live wells may require more ice. The key is keep the water cold for as long as you can.
Take a bottled water and freeze it add it to your live well this will help keep them love longer and never put your hand in your live well always use a net that way no oils or anything else can contaminate your shrimp
Shrimp will change color depending on their surroundings a black or dark bucket will make your shrimp darker in color a clear or white bucket will make your shrimp more clear transparent color, are use a large igloo cooler that's insulated that helps keep the water temperature cooler rather than a large tub or live well but the rule submergible will warm up the water eventually to from pumpingalways best to put in a tray of ice cubes to keep the water temperature coolerdepending on the size cooler you use or live well
I do it all the time. Just bring extra water in gallon jugs to do a partial water change. Buy a 110v aerator for a fish tank for around 10 dollars and run that overnight. And keep them away from extreme heat or cold.
You can also freeze some saltwater in a water bottle and throw into your live well with the cap off overnight. When the the bottle melts it will keep the shrimp cool and add fresh saltwater.
