Keeping Fish Alive In Hot Weather

With the upcoming ACT at Sardis this is a major concern, all fish weighed in have to be alive. As of late I have caught fish in 3 of the Big 4 in excess of 20 feet deep, some as deep as 27 feet. Normally I have no issues keeping fish alive, running fresh water in on a timer and power bubbles big pumps running into each livewell.
My question is, what tips do yall have for keeping a good fish in good shape on these hot days? I hear of using weights clipped on the fish to keep them upright, how much weight?

Ice packs or frozen water bottles. I have rigged up some 1oz electric lead clamps but have never needed to used them


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Fish Guardian I have this hooked up to both of my live wells. Seems to work.


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Here in Oklahoma we use lots of ice!
Can't remember the numbers but something like every 10 degrees cooler holds x more dissolved oxygen.
We have had them so cold we thought they were dead.
Floating on top, at the end of the tourney, can't keep them still to weigh them.
I do think better bait helps, or a similar product.

Got about 40 pounds of Better Bait so good there. Does anyone try to fiz them?

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I fizz em if they r caught deep, 15 ft +. Ol ledge fisherman taught me that trick.

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What's fizz them? Just curious


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Originally Posted by missed mallards

What's fizz them? Just curious


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Letting the air out of the float bladder in the fish. Use a needle to do this, gonna try it Wednesday on some.

Fill your coolers with froze water bottles. If catching deep you want to keep water cool but not real cold. Remember about 20 ft deep it's probably 8/10 degrees cooler than surface temp. Try as hard as you can not to add water up in the day. Don't O/D them on betterbait use just a little. 1 2 liter bottle should go for a while. I have read where those clip weights holding them upright really helps. I'm to afraid of killing one to try fizzing

OXYGEN!!
If you don't have oxygen..

Keep the water cool. Freeze 2 liters of water.. lots of them. Have a cooler in your boat that has nothing but frozen 2 liters. And put them in one side and your 7 fish in the other.

And I will add on those deep caught ones either deflate them or make you some weighted fin clips to keep them upright until they adjust