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Fast forward a few months to winter time - It’s December 8, 2015 now and the water is in the 60’s I have absolutely no problems keeping my bait fish alive now. I can keep even them in a 48 qt. ice chest for several days with a cheap $5 Mr. Bubbles aerator and change the water 1 time a day. 180 degre...

Another summer month has passed. It’s the end of July now and day after tomorrow is the 1st of August 2015, the Dog Days are close and the livewell problems (bait dying) are getting worse every day. Live bait is getting more expensive by the day considering most of it dies before noon now. This prob...

Ron, Yesterday I talked with some guys on the Texas coast using finger mullet and 4” golden croakers. Their livewell is a heck of a rig. They are using a 48 qt. Ice chest (rectangular, 90 degree corners, no water pumps, spray bars, no aeration at all)… a self contained completely closed system. They...

Bman and Salty – Bubbles and ice are cheap and sound good, how much bubbles and how much ice do you fellows use? I talked with an Oxygenator salesman about 30 minutes, he said his Oxygenator was “the solution” to the low oxygen problem. This would absolutely fix my bait problem. I know about “Trust ...

How many of you guys have livewell problems every summer sloppy bait, dead bait and dying bait --- livewell failure = expensive dead bait = short fishing trip? My livewell works great all fall, winter and spring, but never works well in the summer. I have been researching this matter on the internet...

Thanks Barry for getting me tuned in. Being a new forum member, I'm looking forward to learning and sharing experience and knowledge with ya'll this summer. I do a lot of live bait fishing in in the summer when the water gets hot the Gulf of Mexico, bays and estuaries.