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Old 08-05-2016, 01:42 PM
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Shad are definitely harder to keep alive in this weather. What I do is catch the Shad, then run out to the Deepest coldest water I can find and fill up the live well with it. I set my aerator to 3 minutes cycle. One thing that helps, I take my empty water bottles at home and rip off the label, fill them up and freeze them. I drop one of those in there every so often until they melt, rinse and repeat. The smaller bait starts to die after about 3-4 hours, But, I can put 30 creek chubs in there and they'll last all day and be just as spry as ever when I release them at the ramp.


Thanks! And the creek chubs can work for the striper? Or are you targeting other species with those.


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Old 08-05-2016, 02:29 PM
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Creek Chubs are great for Stripers. You will get the occasional Catfish with them as well. They seem to be a little more lively in the water than Shad. Bass will also eat creek chubs...
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Old 08-06-2016, 03:13 PM
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Thank you sir!


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