Bait in livewell?

[Chsrlietuna]

Just curious if it is easy to keep bait like herring alive in a livewell. I see guys on the river with big barrels on their boats. It crossed my mind that Herring might need to swim constantly. If this is true could I put rounded corners in the livewell? Also if you can keep herring in there, how many per gallon would you recommend? Thanks in advance for advice.

-CT

 

[w.lowe]

Re: Bait in livewell?

The barrels are to keep the fish swimming in circles so they don't kill themselves running into the 90 degree walls of the live well.

 

[junior1113]

Re: Bait in livewell?

constant water flow and 10- gal

 

[Chsrlietuna]

Re: Bait in livewell?

Just bought a boat with a 16 gallon livewell. I was told to put rounded corners in the livewell. Will 16 gallons be large enough? Perhaps I should get a small barrel and connect it to my bildge pump. Any suggestions?

-CT

 

[triumphrick]

Re: Bait in livewell?

I don't know about you guys, but one toss of the cast net and I have all the bait I need for a day. Why don't you just experiment with what you have instead of looking too far ahead. However, on some of the newer boats they are painting the insides of the well blue. Seems to have a calming effect on the bait. Geesh, maybe I need to paint my bedroom blue???