Thread: Bait Livewell Project

A regular aquarium aerator stone would probably produce finer bubbles than anything you could craft out of PVC.

Plus, now this is just my opinion (others here on the site have heard it before), I don't aerate my minner water. I chill it with ice. Cold minners are less active, need less oxygen and live longer in my experience. And an aerator is just a heat pump. I don't use an aerator in Florida where I now live, and I can keep minners alive for weeks in an iced down (daily), dark Omaha Steaks cooler. You know those thick walled, only Styrofoam ones. Like I said, just my opinion, I'm sure others will chime in with additional advice.

I made one out of a cooler a couple of years ago. I used and aquarium stone and used silicone to glue it to the bottom. I also used ice to keep the water temp down. When I returned home I poured them back in the bait tank.

What do you guys use as a bait tank to keep all of your minnows?


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I made one similar to that i used a little bigger cooler but it was just one I already had and use the 12 volt air bubbler. It works great and I have no problems keeping several dozen minnows alive

Another thing that I am trying to stay away from would be cords like to a 12v battery. I found this really cool aerator that has a solr panel on it, its around $30 on amazon. I think thats what I am going to use and also get something like this engle air tube fitting to make it more of a cleaner look to it.




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I would need a lunar powered area torrent since I crappie fish a lot of times at night

There are tons of options on the aerator.... Lots of different battery powered options.... I actually started out with a battery powered one but spent to much on batteries so tried the 12 volt and have loved it

If your gona spend that much money on one mite as well buy a Engel bait cooler