Quote Originally Posted by birddog one View Post
Craig- quick question about keeping fish in the live well alive in this heat. have a re-circulating system in my well. if i put a block of ice in the bait well next to it and circulate the water to keep it cool, how will that affect the fish coming from the warmer lake to the considerably cooler live well?
birddogone,

If the water temp in the livewell is drastically below (more than 5 or 8 degrees F) the lake temperature, then you will temperature shock the fish you put in the livewell. The fish may or may not come out of the shock. Using block ice is a good choice as it cools more slowly over a longer period of time. Keeping fish alive in the livewell in the hot parts of the year is a lot of work and is obviously stressful to fish. If you are keeping the fish for the table, you could just put the fish on ice immediately and save yourself some headaches.