At $40, I'm leery of buying a gimmick to keep the bait alive. Tired of listening to the dang bubblers all night long! Anybody used these for keeping bait alive?
Joe
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At $40, I'm leery of buying a gimmick to keep the bait alive. Tired of listening to the dang bubblers all night long! Anybody used these for keeping bait alive?
Joe
Had 3 fisherman down on the dock bought them, seen no difference in those and my bubble areaitor and ice. we all use the same frailbill minnow bucket. And usally i get the most fish
If you are using shad with salt or adding a bait keeper to the tank it can't have salt. Aqua innovations specifically says to not use in salt.
I tried one of those for over a year and it did not work very well. I lost many pounds of bait. You cannot put any chemicals of any kind in the water to help or it will mess up the unit. I finally quit using it and went to something else. I would not waste the money. Just my experence and opinion.
I have one of the dual ones that is SUPPOSE to work in live wells for up to 30 gallon or so. I had a couple of crappie and about 6 doz. minnows in a 40 quart ice chest with fresh lake water in it. I left the oxygenator on all night. It was not a hot night. actually in the 40* range. All died. Seemed like there was lots of foam in the water in the morning. Maybe they put too much oxy in the water I don't know. Any way I have had much better luck out of the $10.00 bubblers. for the $74 I spent I could of bought enough batteries to run the bublers for 10 years.
Get yourself one of these aerator they are very quite. The do suck down the batterys thou.
I have had one for years and think it is the best thing since sliced bread!! We fish several Tournaments a year in several diffenent states all year around. The one we have is the dual generator and we have a 25 gal live well. We have never lost a fish. We do put "stuff" in the water and never had a problem. You do have to keep the screens clean by useing a small brass brush. One time I did try and keep some minnows alive overnight in my bait well 6-8 gal and the next morning they were all dead. That was with the dual generator. They make a single one for bait. Don't know haven't tried one yet. What I like is it makes no noise, pumps no water and does not heat up the water. The one I have is one of the first to come out 6-7 years ago and still works fine. Kept fish last weekend on Neely Henry 80 -90 degrees no problem. On a scale of ten it rates 11 with me.
I love my "Quiet Air" made by Magic Co.... No buzzing, just little "putt putt" On my 2nd one...1st one lasted over a year. Can run over 30hrs on 1 "D" sized battery. Costs a whoppin $10. Got mine at a small bait and tackle store.
REDEYE why do you think it killed the minnows. that was the problem I had. I would think that the dual one should be more than enough to keep some minows alive all night. Does it put off too much oxy? I figured if a single one was good then a dual must be better. I guess not.
TTT
Does anyone on here know if it is possible to over oxy minnows?