Thread: keeping minnows alive?

I am planning on doing some camping for week or two at a time this coming year. I would like to know how you guys keep your minnows alive when camping for those of you that use minnows that is. I was thinking about a heavy duty Styrofoam cooler with Hush Bubbles as a air supply. Let me know what you have found that works the best for you. Thanks

If I'm going to stay that many days I like to use the floating minnow buckets or a floating net to keep the bait alive, works well for me!

Originally Posted by Crappie Greg

If I'm going to stay that many days I like to use the floating minnow buckets or a floating net to keep the bait alive, works well for me!

The lake has plenty of oxygen. I prefer to keep my minners in the floating bucket in the lake.

If your not going to leave your boat in the water where you can leave the buckets or floating net tied to I leave em tied to docks or in near by brush out of the sun, if you keep them in an ice chest just keep em in the shade and add ice to keep water cool from time to time and an aerator is a must if it's during hot weather !

What greg said !!!!!!!! !

My cooler that they ride in in the boat does fine, main thing is to keep the water fresh, if you are pumping plenty of air temps aren't near as big an issue. Got a 50 quart cooler and can hold a couple pounds of minners for a while.

Get a can of Bait Saver and add some to the water. If you have 110 volts available, get a bubbler from the Walmart aquarium section. A 2 stone is not much over 10 bucks. If the temps are hot, frozen water bottles will help. A big styrofoam cooler really works well.

Originally Posted by RCC

Get a can of Bait Saver and add some to the water. If you have 110 volts available, get a bubbler from the Walmart aquarium section. A 2 stone is not much over 10 bucks. If the temps are hot, frozen water bottles will help. A big styrofoam cooler really works well.

Also, if putting them in a cooler, fill the cooler with water and leave the lid off for a couple of days, prior to putting the minnows in to allow any chlorine (if your water source is city water and not a well) in the water to evaporate out of the water.

I use the aquarium treatment and just put it in, add water, add minners.