|
Forums59
Topics1,058,797
Posts14,308,776
Members144,639
| |
Most Online39,925
Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
 Minnows Dying
#11691448
06/27/16 04:52 PM
|
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 69
HOTFishing
OP
Outdoorsman
|
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 69 |
I'm buying minnows and when I get to our fishing spot I put them in the water. They quickly start to die off. Is the water too warm for them?
U.S. Navy Retired
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11691449
06/27/16 04:53 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 15,701
Mo
TFF Guru
|
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 15,701 |
yes,
could be thermal shock if you are putting them in 90 degree water out of
70 degree water.
Mix the bait house water 50/50 with lake water for a few minutes
before putting them in lakewater..
Mo
Last edited by Mo; 06/27/16 04:55 PM.
 MY BACKYARD , 20,000 ACRES , NO MOWING 
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11691520
06/27/16 05:23 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,667
JIM SR.
TFF Guru
|
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,667 |
Buy one of these,..Marine Metal Products 5-Gallon Bucket Lid with Aerator at Academy, about $12.
put it on top of a 5 gal bucket,..works great.
I have one in my boat, keeps minnows alive for days. Keep the water freshened,
We usually get minnows in a plastic bag filled with oxygen. I fill the bucket about half full with
lake wated and put the closed bag in the water for 10-15 minutes, then put the bag water and the lake water together.
That and the Aerator will keep them alive a long time. When on the water I'll change the bucket water a couple times
in 8 hours of fishing,..works great..jim..
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11691620
06/27/16 06:05 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 17,346
Jacob
TFF Guru
|
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 17,346 |
Jigs man...jigs... 
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11691701
06/27/16 06:45 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,735
Slewfoot
TFF Team Angler
|
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,735 |
Send TBox a PM! He can tell you how to keep them alive!! 
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11691702
06/27/16 06:45 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 6,072
Mckinneycrappiecatcher
TFF Celebrity
|
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 6,072 |
I would keep them in an aerorated plain 5 gallon bucket, fill the bucket with lake water and then set the Minnow bag in the bucket to let the temperatures acclimate. Since it's hot, you might drop a frozen bottle of lake water in there to cool them down. They should keep all day this way.
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11691763
06/27/16 07:10 PM
|
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,738
Ken Gaby
TFF Team Angler
|
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,738 |
Thermocline has set in on most lakes meaning oxygen is in the top 15 ft or less of water. If you're dropping those minnows down about 20+ ft, you may be going below the available oxygen. Minnows will die in about 10 minutes or less. There won't be any fish at that level either.
And what Mo said could be the problem also.
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: Jacob]
#11692172
06/27/16 10:23 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 12,749
Coach Hark
TFF Guru
|
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 12,749 |
Jigs man...jigs...
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11692281
06/27/16 11:23 PM
|
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 69
HOTFishing
OP
Outdoorsman
|
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 69 |
My wife and daughter use the minnows the most. I will still use them though. I'll throw one line out with a minnow and work a road runner with another. I have an aerator and an old tin minnow bucket (my grandfathers, the kind you only see in antique shops or a Cracker Barrel wall). Batteries had died on me. I didn't even think about the shock. My wife has an aquarium and she does the something similar to what Jim Sr said when she buys new fish. We usually fish shallow, bank or dock fishing, so depth isn't our issue. I'm inclined to think it was the shock.
Since we usually bank or dock fish does anyone use jigs with a bobber? How would you work/present it? How often would you change jigs?
Thanks for all the help/advice.
U.S. Navy Retired
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11692768
06/28/16 03:00 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,202
SlabHappy
Extreme Angler
|
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,202 |
If they ain't biting on jigs, they ain't biting...
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11692799
06/28/16 03:21 AM
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 2,097
SLABXPRESS
Extreme Angler
|
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 2,097 |
My jigs never die.
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11693148
06/28/16 01:15 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 34
Team CrappieCat
Outdoorsman
|
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 34 |
Engall live bait boxes work great
Crappie Anglers of Texas
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11693255
06/28/16 01:59 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 102
lmbr
Outdoorsman
|
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 102 |
I've been told that a temp change of more than 10 degrees will kill them. We used to try to keep them alive by dropping ice in the water. Never worked. I'mean like the posts above, my jigs never die, I don'the need an aerated minnow bucket and when I'm done I put them back in the box for the next trip. 
Love the thump.
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11693256
06/28/16 02:01 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 102
lmbr
Outdoorsman
|
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 102 |
I've been told that a temp change of more than 10 degrees will kill them. We used to try to keep them alive by dropping ice in the water. Never worked. I'mean like the posts above, my jigs never die, I don'the need an aerated minnow bucket and when I'm done I put them back in the box for the next trip.
Love the thump.
|
|
|
Re: Minnows Dying
[Re: HOTFishing]
#11693293
06/28/16 02:13 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 7,294
Fishbonz
TFF Celebrity
|
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 7,294 |
My wife and daughter use the minnows the most. I will still use them though. I'll throw one line out with a minnow and work a road runner with another. I have an aerator and an old tin minnow bucket (my grandfathers, the kind you only see in antique shops or a Cracker Barrel wall). Batteries had died on me. I didn't even think about the shock. My wife has an aquarium and she does the something similar to what Jim Sr said when she buys new fish. We usually fish shallow, bank or dock fishing, so depth isn't our issue. I'm inclined to think it was the shock.
Since we usually bank or dock fish does anyone use jigs with a bobber? How would you work/present it? How often would you change jigs?
Thanks for all the help/advice. pm sent
HE aka Fishbonz
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|
