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| When transporting suckers are you all using a livewell type pump that pumps the water or just a aireator ? Thinking about making a cooler style system ...... any input on pumps etc is appreciated . I just caught my first sucker Muskie after having it in the water for less than five minutes . I am hooked ! |
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Location: Mayville, WI | Been using an aerator & cooler for the past 6-7 year, works just fine. Just get an old cooler from a garage sale & punch a couple holes in it to run the aerator lines into it & you're good to go.
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Location: syracuse indiana | another good thing you can do is get a older good size cooler like the big white ones they use on the big boats for salmon.. and get a recirculator pump with hardware and use that.. they will be alot more lively. just make sure to use a thermometer in there too so you can match the lake you will be using them on. less shock that way.. and also make sure you use underwater sealant on the pump if you have to go through the bottom of cooler. or you can get a drop in pump thats the same , its just not mounted, but these pumps give off more air and water circulation thats what suckers need
but what i do is this.. i have a 100 gal tank with 3 pump/filters on it. i then take them out and put them in the water i already have in my livewell. and turn on the recirculator , that work good till i get to the lake. then i have 2 temp guages on the boat , one in the water(trolling motor) and one in the live well itself that shows on the graph and i then match the temp by slowly adding water to bring it up
Edited by archerynut36 11/1/2010 5:03 PM
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| if you're dealing with cold water temps and air temps like we have not they'll be ok for an hour or two in a cooler filled with water without and recirc or extra air |
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| I m also new to sucker fishing I bought frabill aerator system. They look lively after I put it in. I went 2 for 3 last weekend include my pb fatty 46".
I know next season I ll buy another bigger cooler or find old one and drill the holes for hose and install aerator to outside of cooler.
Bobber sucker fishing are fun!!! |
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| Do fellow MN fisherman bring an extra cooler for the ride home since livewells have to be empty now?
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| EVERY TIME!!!!! The DNR and COs are on the look out for all that stuff. From what i understand the fine can be pretty stiff especailly if Tonka water is involved. Its not worth the risk, just grab a big cooler and a bag of cube ice, they will last over night as long as they aren't crowded in there. I understand what the state is trying to do but it definately makes it a hassle for us. Please respect the law and use a cooler its easy and much cheaper then the fine. Jonah
And if you see the Silver Nitro on Harriet please stop and say hi!!! |
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| good advice there, i do enjoy sucker fishing but anything the comes to tonka stays at tonka for me. |
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| Alot of times I want to buy suckers the night before and I would rather not run the pump in the boat for that long. I have had really good luck using the Frabil system in a 5 gallon pail, but would offer a bit of advice. First, go ahead and put in two brand new D-cells, then put on a fresh little aerator stone on the end of the plastic hose. You can buy the spare stones whereever you get the pump and they are about 3 for 2 bucks. If you don't have strong batteries, you will not get good bubbles and if you do not have a relatively fresh stone, you will find that they get really constipated in pretty much of a hurry from the crap in the water. With good batteries and a fresh stone, I then transfer the suckers to the boat the next morning and use up the rest of the batteries by letting that little pump do the job in the boat livewell instead of using up the boat's batteries and having the extra noise of the boat pump maybe spooking a fish. It's maybe a buck or two worth of batteries and stone, but it will likely keep $50.00 worth of suckers in really good shape. Marty Forman |
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