Live Bait Bucket

[ronaultmtd]

I bought a $39.99 Wally World insulated bubbler live bait bucket to keep mud minnows alive for the tournament on Thursday- popped two new Coppertop Batteries in it dumped three gallons of Potomac River water and 100 or so good sized mud minnows in and started the bubbles- I never turned it off- lasted throught Friday...Saturday...Sunday...Monday and the batteries finally gave out and died on Tuesday afternoon around five pm....took the three dozen or so mud minnows down to the creek below my house and set them free- still lively, swam off as fresh as the day I caught them...amazing battery life

[kevinfry]

Wow.....i was contemplating the difference between bubbler and a circulation pump on my new yak......Sounds like an aerator might work and save me some.drilling


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[Memory Maker]

It's great for minnows but spot and bunker need fresh circulating water.

[ronaultmtd]

Last year I used it on 18 spot I bought from Anglers when they were selling them- kept all 18 alive and kicking all day long- I changed the water once, but after live lining a while, I noticed the spot were hard to catch and frisky- so I just fished- that was why I replaced my old home made bait bucket with the Wally World one


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[Cowpokey]

Live Bait Bucket

Last year I used it on 18 spot I bought from Anglers when they were selling them- kept all 18 alive and kicking all day long- I changed the water once, but after live lining a while, I noticed the spot were hard to catch and frisky- so I just fished- that was why I replaced my old home made bait bucket with the Wally World one


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It's been a strange year for spot, only big ones around when I was wanting to live line, and not very many of those either.

I use a cheap yellow (Frabil?) drag bucket, keeps bait fresh on the water, not much good for over night...let alone several days.


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[ronaultmtd]

I have a live well for my Outback with a pump- it works great but takes up the space for my crate- after using the Bubbler two years in a row and this year I just wanted to see exactly how long it would run on one set of fresh batteries- based on that experience I ordered the 30 quart live bait cooler from West Marine, so I have a spare live well that I paid $220.00 for...and unless I fish the Outer Banks or Florida, I doubt I'll use it much...