OK I go out and buy a 7 ft cast net and a aerator so I can start using shad for bait. So I go out yesterday and make a couple of throws and dump the minnow right into my live well and put the aerator in it and take off to go fishing. When I started to fish I see most of shad are starting to die. Well the thunderstorms drove us off the lake so I started to empty out my livewell and there must off been over 100 shad in it and its only about 8 gallons. So now I know why they died real quick. Sure did not look like that many when they were in the net. Being a newbie at this my question is how many shad do you normally keep in a five to eight gallon area and how is the best way to keep them alive.


Zeepo