Green 7/3

Fished from 9-12. Caught 29 keepers in 24 fow 10 feet deep drifting minnows. Didn't fish very long because as the old man likes to do, bought 100 minnows and when they were gone so were we. Had one about 2 pounds the rest were just keepers with a couple 10's thrown in.

Did you catch them in the A.M. or P.M.?

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Originally Posted by stsburnsy

Fished from 9-12. Caught 29 keepers in 24 fow 10 feet deep drifting minnows. Didn't fish very long because as the old man likes to do, bought 100 minnows and when they were gone so were we. Had one about 2 pounds the rest were just keepers with a couple 10's thrown in.

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They like fishing the mornings.

You and me are going to have to try and get him to start getting 200 minnows. Usually with a 100 minnows you all atleast make it to the high 40 low 50 keeper range. You all caught a bunch of littlens and wasted your supply of minnows? Thats why we need to convince him to get 200 :biggrin.

Good catch on the biggin.

I'm lucky if I end up with 100 live ones in this heat when it's all said and done.

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Originally Posted by Dutch552

I'm lucky if I end up with 100 live ones in this heat when it's all said and done.

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Hey Dutch, I don't know if this will help but what i use i will only lose a couple of dozen, if that. I have just a regular 5 gallon bucket with a Frabill lid and a quiet bubbles aerator. Been trying to find a foam insert for the bucket to make it better insulated. The lid comes from sportsmans warehouse and fits buckets 4 1/2 - 6 gallons. The quiet bubbles comes from walmart. Runs on 2-d batteries. Runs about 36-42 hours straight. But honesty, the thing that helps the most is when i get bait, Kennny will put about 3 1/2-4 gallons of water in it. I will freeze a couple of drinking water bottles and put them in the cooler of the boat. Add them to the bucket to keep the water cool. Here is the lid so you can see it. Not sure where you are located but may find something similar.
Frabill Accessory Lid - Sportsman's Warehouse

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Originally Posted by chucky

Hey Dutch, I don't know if this will help but what i use i will only lose a couple of dozen, if that. I have just a regular 5 gallon bucket with a Frabill lid and a quiet bubbles aerator. Been trying to find a foam insert for the bucket to make it better insulated. The lid comes from sportsmans warehouse and fits buckets 4 1/2 - 6 gallons. The quiet bubbles comes from walmart. Runs on 2-d batteries. Runs about 36-42 hours straight. But honesty, the thing that helps the most is when i get bait, Kennny will put about 3 1/2-4 gallons of water in it. I will freeze a couple of drinking water bottles and put them in the cooler of the boat. Add them to the bucket to keep the water cool. Here is the lid so you can see it. Not sure where you are located but may find something similar.
Frabill Accessory Lid - Sportsman's Warehouse

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There is information about those liners in the link below -
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-...al-bucket.html

That was 9 am till noon.

Ol man says by the time you use up 100 minnows, it is too hot for him to keep fishing.

We keep our minnows alive just by using a floating minnow bucket. Just tie it to the back of the boat and drift along getting a few out at a time to use. The ones we catch will bite them alive or dead. We don't lose very many minnows this way.

We use every minnow in the boat....live ones first....then dead ones...then the old crusty ones thrown off earlier.

We used to use a "bubbler" but when you turn it off it just seemed like it was so loud.

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Originally Posted by stsburnsy

That was 9 am till noon.

Ol man says by the time you use up 100 minnows, it is too hot for him to keep fishing.

We keep our minnows alive just by using a floating minnow bucket. Just tie it to the back of the boat and drift along getting a few out at a time to use. The ones we catch will bite them alive or dead. We don't lose very many minnows this way.

We use every minnow in the boat....live ones first....then dead ones...then the old crusty ones thrown off earlier.

We used to use a "bubbler" but when you turn it off it just seemed like it was so loud.

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I agree it has been getting HOT by noon. I have been fishing from daybreak to 9:30am for Bluegills and then it's time to quit because of the Heat.

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Originally Posted by stsburnsy

That was 9 am till noon.

Ol man says by the time you use up 100 minnows, it is too hot for him to keep fishing.

We keep our minnows alive just by using a floating minnow bucket. Just tie it to the back of the boat and drift along getting a few out at a time to use. The ones we catch will bite them alive or dead. We don't lose very many minnows this way.

We use every minnow in the boat....live ones first....then dead ones...then the old crusty ones thrown off earlier.

We used to use a "bubbler" but when you turn it off it just seemed like it was so loud.

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The bubblers or Big bubbles ( round ones) are a little loud after awhile. The ones that i was calling quiet bubbles was the wrong name. Its called hush bubbles. They are pretty quiet.

Back in the spring when it was cooler, he was still only getting a 100 minnows. Your dad is like my grandfather, once he is set on something, no one or nothing will change their mines :).

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This is what I started boating once it reached 100 this morning. They fight amazing on 4lb test but they poop in the boat every single time.