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On the oxbow I fish, there are TONS of 3" shad schooling everywhere. I was thinking of getting a cast net and avoiding the pain of the little bait shop that sells very low counts and doesn't open till ten some days. Would these be too big? I would think the "match the natural food" technique may work. Any thoughts?
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Do it in a heart a beat! Most crappie in Mississippi I know prefer a "full" meal. Kinda like DonDon when he gets WB on the hook for lunch.
The only problem you'll have is keeping them alive. Shad die quickly unless the are in a round container of some kind.
HEY NOW LOL Mo, only problem I've heard of with Shad is they're hard to keep alive for some reason
LOL Speck. I'd have beat ya to the post but I actually checked my spelling this time
Well I'd of posted a couple minutes earlier but I was typing with my..................nose!
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and Speck still spelled correctly
Got ya, so would a five gallon bucket with the minnow bubbler work? As long as it had a top?
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It might, depending how many you put in there. I know if you try to use a cooler, they will slam into the walls and corners and kill themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by MO' MONEY
No! You need a round or oval tank with a constant circulation of water. A bubbler wont keep em alive
hOW ABOUT THE LIVE WELL ? PUT YOUR FISH IN THE COOLER .
Definitely need a round bucket with a good aerator and some sort of additive to the water helps a little, I use one called U2. They wont live in the livewell. I think they just stress out, the water will get bubbly on the top and once that happens they are done. I've been told that means the ammonia levels are too high, thay basically pee and poop themselves to death :) When that happens, just go catch some more and change the water. The other downside to using shad is that you and your rods will be covered in scales. They do work great though!
You have to keep them in a tank without corners with a constant circulating supply of water. Their scales get knocked off easy and they suffocate if you don't keep the water constantly coming in to your tank. Also it's a good idea to purge them before putting them in your bait tank.
My nephew has a bait tank on his boat for keeping shad alive. It's roughly half of a 55 gallon plastic barrel. 2 pumps, 1 to pump water in and 1 to pump water out.
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ya shoulda seent mine before I edited it LOL
The striper fishermen use a big oval bait well designed for shad. They are aerated, AND filtered.
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