keeping bait fish alive

[streve]

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If I am river fishing and wanting to keep some poddies or yackas alive, does anyone see a problem in hanging this over the side of the boat to store them in. Obviously so long as the bait fish is bigger than the hole in the mesh.

I'd love a live bait tank but hate the idea of running a pump all night and drilling the transom of my old fibreglass boat.

Love to hear your thoughts.

Cheers

[Scratchie]

As long as you take it out the water before you drive off! Looks like a decent size pot to me!

[mii11x]

Mate I have a berkley stimulate live bait bucket, great for the boat and also can be used landbased, with an aerator of course. Its basically a mesh bucket that sits inside another bucket.

[hellcorner]

Those keeper baskets are ok. I've had a few of them. You can get a floating version. They will eventually rust away though.

[streve]

Cheers guys,

Found one at a large tackle store and thought why not give it a crack.

I was originally going to manufacture something myself, but thought why bother when you can buy one of these for $12

Hopefully i can shake this flu and get out on the weekend.

[quochuy]

You can try those diy PVC bait tube too:

That is if the above does not meet your need or rusts out.

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Edited September 16, 2015 by quochuy

[rockfisherman]

Iv seen people use them, they seem to work.... Beats having an aeractor and having to rotate water, I think you'd just have to minimise the the amount of times you pull the fish in and out of the water, otherwise it might frazzle them.

Harry

[streve]

Thanks guys.

I did end up buying one and it worked an absolute treat. Caught some yakkas at about 9pm and they were still super healthy by 4am the next morning when I woke up.

I was in a bay with very little current though, and then drifted for flathead with them. It worked perfectly in both those situations, but I think it would not be the best option if you were anchored up in a strong current.

By the way. Best catch with them was a 65cm flathead. It devoured one of the larger yakkas whole.

Regards

Steve