@BucksBassnBeards Guess that depends on exactly what you mean by "polywogs." I've heard that term applied to everything from frog tadpoles to bullhead (mud cat) catfish. I suspect bluegill will eat tadpoles. Bullhead catfish will eat small bluegill, or anything that will fit in their mouth, for that matter.
@BucksBassnBeards If you have some slope to the area where you're building your pond, you might try rigging it with a mini spillway. That way you could allow it to overflow, yet direct that overflow out of the way. Might be a lot simpler than having to always be waiting around with a tarp for when it rains. I always hate creating anything that then requires extra ongoing work on my part. Just a thought.
thanks for the vid. I have a 110 gallon stock tank that I keep bream and a whole mess of crawfish in. the only problem was that i was afraid of the air pump getting wet during rain, but your video cleared it all up for me and now I can keep the tank aerated and not worry about damaging it. very helpful video.
@lizardsrulz33 - In a pond, or in a holding tank? I really don't know anything about yellow perch. Pickeral are a predator, eating other fish. In a pond, they would obviously need a population of some prey species such as bream on which to feed in order to thrive. I tried to keep a baby pickerel alive in an aquarium once (maybe 6" long). He didn't very long.
@fainey911 I've seen a guy use an old chest-type deep freeze. He ran a couple of hoses from his pond to the deep freeze and rigged up a circulation pump on a timer to run about an hour every day. It changed out about 20% of the water daily, eliminating manual water changes.
Wow great simple way to show how to keep minnows alive, I just use a 55 gallon barrel with an aerator, just like you but, I'm actually going to breed, because I have a pet Banded Water Snake, and love to fish
@jtschid0910 Shiners will typically eat flake food like you feed aquarium fish. Bream eat it as well, but sort of have to be trained. They don't recognize it as food. However, if you have a few shiners mixed in, they'll go for the food and the bream catch on. Once you get them to eating flake food, they go crazy for it. Whatever you do, don't feed them very much. All you'll do is foul the water. If you're gonna catch wild bait and use it within 3-4 weeks, I wouldn't feed them at all.
can you make a video on how you put your perch or whatever fish you use on your hook on the trot lines? because i have been setting trot lines but most of the time they get the perch off the hook?
hay one thing yes u van make fish live longer in your tank the only way to do this is take those airsone and put a sponge fliter in at each hose and add a litele bit of actived carbon to it and the estimated survlir rate is 6 to 8 months so u always have a helthe fish and less stessed fis in u tank this will also work for salt water fish just as lon as they are not sardinde or anchoces then u will have to add pumps
I built the trap from scratch using 1/2" x 1/2" hardware cloth (wire). You can purchase the wire and j-clips at places like farmer's coop stores or maybe a Tractor Supply Co. store. Such traps are hard to find for sale retail. Academy Sports used to sell a similar one, but it's been a couple of years since I've seen any. There was at least one guy selling similar traps on eBay. You can build your own for around $25 in materials. You'll pay $50+ for one ready made, if you can find it.
Before using any kind of bait trap in your state, be sure you know your local fishing regs. Bait traps are not legal in all states. Where legal, specific rules vary on size of trap, size of funnel entrance, use at night, etc. Make sure you don't invest a lot of time/money in something that isn't legal.
Thank you so much. I like simple - keeps life uncomplicated. My main expense was the 150 gallon tank (around $125). I've been using it for about 1-1/2 years and have easily paid for the thing by reducing the live bait that I buy. I catch most of it now with bait traps and hold it in my tank until time to go fishing. It's worked great for me. What's more, I can catch larger baitfish than I can typically find in local bait shops - bigger bait equals bigger catfish!!!
Great info!!! Ever think of a filter? Get a water pump. Fairly cheap. Drill a 1" hole at the water line in the tank. Use couplings and pvc pipe to let the water overflow from the tank into a 5 gallon bucket. Let gravity do this. Place your new pump in the bottom of the bucket. Use a coffee can with holes or mess like your trap and house the pump in the bottom of that bucket. Place filter pad around the caged pump. Fill the bucket with water and pump in back to the tank. Its better for the fish!
Like I said in the video, I don't try to maintain a lot of fish on an ongoing basis. I just want a place to accumulate plenty of bait for a weekend fishing trip (usually 3-4 days worth of bait trapping). Given no longer than I actually hold the fish and given that a 150-gallon size is probably overkill for the number of fish I hold, I just never saw a need for any sort of filter system.
Just an Idea... we have to get hundreds of bait for tournys. We use a 55 gal drum in a truck with another 55 hooked as the filter. 5 gal bucket as the cage. But thats for 3-400 baits to a time!
A 150-gallon tank runs around $125 at Tractor Supply Company.
I catch mostly small bream and wild shiners with my bait traps, along with an occasional crawfish. Small game fish like crappie & bass aren't legal for bait in my state, so any of those have to thrown back immediately. I also catch a lot of shad with my cast net, but you can't keep them alive in a tank (they make great fresh cut bait for catfish though).
WHAT IS THE CORRECT NAME FOR WHAT WE CALL RICE SLICKS? I KNOW ITS IN THE PERCH FAMILY.
contreeman 2 weeks ago
@contreeman - The "green sunfish" variety of bream are what most people in the south call "rice slicks."
ttenni 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the info, great job!
bizwiz21 2 weeks ago
I plan to grow bait fish for feed to larger fish in an aquaponics system. Red wigglers too. I
txdurk 1 month ago
sweet bait bro!
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purplefish1100 5 months ago
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purplefish1100 5 months ago
@BucksBassnBeards I suspect the bluegill will eat the tadpoles. However, you'll never know until you try it.
ttenni 6 months ago
@BucksBassnBeards Guess that depends on exactly what you mean by "polywogs." I've heard that term applied to everything from frog tadpoles to bullhead (mud cat) catfish. I suspect bluegill will eat tadpoles. Bullhead catfish will eat small bluegill, or anything that will fit in their mouth, for that matter.
ttenni 6 months ago
@BucksBassnBeards If you have some slope to the area where you're building your pond, you might try rigging it with a mini spillway. That way you could allow it to overflow, yet direct that overflow out of the way. Might be a lot simpler than having to always be waiting around with a tarp for when it rains. I always hate creating anything that then requires extra ongoing work on my part. Just a thought.
ttenni 6 months ago
thanks for the vid. I have a 110 gallon stock tank that I keep bream and a whole mess of crawfish in. the only problem was that i was afraid of the air pump getting wet during rain, but your video cleared it all up for me and now I can keep the tank aerated and not worry about damaging it. very helpful video.
TheLeftylegend14 6 months ago
@TheLeftylegend14 - Thanks. It's a simple idea that's worked well for me. It's kept an air pump dry outdoors for some two years now.
ttenni 6 months ago
@ttenni hey would yellow perch or pikeral work well in a pond like that?
lizardsrulz33 2 months ago
@lizardsrulz33 - In a pond, or in a holding tank? I really don't know anything about yellow perch. Pickeral are a predator, eating other fish. In a pond, they would obviously need a population of some prey species such as bream on which to feed in order to thrive. I tried to keep a baby pickerel alive in an aquarium once (maybe 6" long). He didn't very long.
ttenni 2 months ago
awesome vid yo. i made a bait holding tank out of an old washtube. i moved it over to a creek close by and ran a hose from the creek into the tub.
fainey911 7 months ago
@fainey911 I've seen a guy use an old chest-type deep freeze. He ran a couple of hoses from his pond to the deep freeze and rigged up a circulation pump on a timer to run about an hour every day. It changed out about 20% of the water daily, eliminating manual water changes.
ttenni 7 months ago
Great video, lets go fishing.
eRealist 7 months ago
Wow great simple way to show how to keep minnows alive, I just use a 55 gallon barrel with an aerator, just like you but, I'm actually going to breed, because I have a pet Banded Water Snake, and love to fish
notlohhcaz 9 months ago
Excellent video! Informative as well as enthralling!
Hydra773 11 months ago
@Hydra773 Thanks, glad you liked it. First time anybody has found one of my videos "enthralling." lol
ttenni 11 months ago
Does anyone know what you should feed minnows if you plan on keeping them for a while?
jtschid0910 1 year ago
@jtschid0910 Shiners will typically eat flake food like you feed aquarium fish. Bream eat it as well, but sort of have to be trained. They don't recognize it as food. However, if you have a few shiners mixed in, they'll go for the food and the bream catch on. Once you get them to eating flake food, they go crazy for it. Whatever you do, don't feed them very much. All you'll do is foul the water. If you're gonna catch wild bait and use it within 3-4 weeks, I wouldn't feed them at all.
ttenni 1 year ago
@jtschid0910 i get carckers and crush them they will love it
noelcarrasco99 9 months ago
GREAT VID
ScrapeThoj 1 year ago
VERY VERY GOOD VIDEO. It was simple, kept my attention, and I learned a good deal. ---- tight lines -Brian
MLKJRJR 1 year ago 2
@MLKJRJR Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it and hope it was useful!
ttenni 1 year ago
live plants from creeks help ALOT
shoopwhoopX 1 year ago
Great video thanks for the info
danielschaben 1 year ago
can you make a video on how you put your perch or whatever fish you use on your hook on the trot lines? because i have been setting trot lines but most of the time they get the perch off the hook?
MegaBuckfever 1 year ago
Sounds like a good idea.
ttenni 1 year ago
hay one thing yes u van make fish live longer in your tank the only way to do this is take those airsone and put a sponge fliter in at each hose and add a litele bit of actived carbon to it and the estimated survlir rate is 6 to 8 months so u always have a helthe fish and less stessed fis in u tank this will also work for salt water fish just as lon as they are not sardinde or anchoces then u will have to add pumps
fatbass12 1 year ago
where can i buy a 150 gallon rubbermaid tank
jtschid0910 1 year ago
Try Tractor Supply Company, farmers coop/feed stores.
ttenni 1 year ago
@ttenni thanks for the information.
jtschid0910 1 year ago
where can i get that first style of trap that he was holding
jtschid0910 1 year ago
I built the trap from scratch using 1/2" x 1/2" hardware cloth (wire). You can purchase the wire and j-clips at places like farmer's coop stores or maybe a Tractor Supply Co. store. Such traps are hard to find for sale retail. Academy Sports used to sell a similar one, but it's been a couple of years since I've seen any. There was at least one guy selling similar traps on eBay. You can build your own for around $25 in materials. You'll pay $50+ for one ready made, if you can find it.
ttenni 1 year ago
Before using any kind of bait trap in your state, be sure you know your local fishing regs. Bait traps are not legal in all states. Where legal, specific rules vary on size of trap, size of funnel entrance, use at night, etc. Make sure you don't invest a lot of time/money in something that isn't legal.
ttenni 1 year ago
@ttenni i live in minnesota and have checked the fishing regulations. they have no restrictions on minnow and live bait traps
jtschid0910 1 year ago
Awesome ....great job & great info
guccimusic 1 year ago
The Collapse-A-Trap fits in your tackle box... very cool video
redmond424 1 year ago
Some very good simple ideas.
I also liked the safety ideas.
I will be building one of these systems soon. Thanks for posting your video,
I enjoyed it.
smt57 2 years ago
Thank you so much. I like simple - keeps life uncomplicated. My main expense was the 150 gallon tank (around $125). I've been using it for about 1-1/2 years and have easily paid for the thing by reducing the live bait that I buy. I catch most of it now with bait traps and hold it in my tank until time to go fishing. It's worked great for me. What's more, I can catch larger baitfish than I can typically find in local bait shops - bigger bait equals bigger catfish!!!
ttenni 2 years ago
its me i like your info you have great ideas
TheFishyman1000 2 years ago
Great info!!! Ever think of a filter? Get a water pump. Fairly cheap. Drill a 1" hole at the water line in the tank. Use couplings and pvc pipe to let the water overflow from the tank into a 5 gallon bucket. Let gravity do this. Place your new pump in the bottom of the bucket. Use a coffee can with holes or mess like your trap and house the pump in the bottom of that bucket. Place filter pad around the caged pump. Fill the bucket with water and pump in back to the tank. Its better for the fish!
dnahoghunter 2 years ago
Like I said in the video, I don't try to maintain a lot of fish on an ongoing basis. I just want a place to accumulate plenty of bait for a weekend fishing trip (usually 3-4 days worth of bait trapping). Given no longer than I actually hold the fish and given that a 150-gallon size is probably overkill for the number of fish I hold, I just never saw a need for any sort of filter system.
ttenni 2 years ago
Just an Idea... we have to get hundreds of bait for tournys. We use a 55 gal drum in a truck with another 55 hooked as the filter. 5 gal bucket as the cage. But thats for 3-400 baits to a time!
dnahoghunter 2 years ago
How much did that tub cost? What types of bait fish do you catch? Have you been using any other types of baits? Nice video!!!!!
4986hunterofsouth 2 years ago
A 150-gallon tank runs around $125 at Tractor Supply Company.
I catch mostly small bream and wild shiners with my bait traps, along with an occasional crawfish. Small game fish like crappie & bass aren't legal for bait in my state, so any of those have to thrown back immediately. I also catch a lot of shad with my cast net, but you can't keep them alive in a tank (they make great fresh cut bait for catfish though).
ttenni 2 years ago
good info! especialy about the info in the kiddo's great job!
akwalung 2 years ago