minnow buckets

what is the best minnow buckets for winter use? I either end up breaking them, or spilling them all over the bottom of my fish house, and when I don’t do that the cover frezzes on the top and I have to thaw it with the heater just to get the first minnnow out Just wondering what other people use and what might work better then the things I have tried lately, thanks

Frabill Has a sit-n-fish bucket that has a styrofoam bucket in side of it that seems to work well.(my buddy uses on like this)

A lunch cooler with the handle that flips up/down to hold the lid on. Tough, insulated, and relatively cheap!

Tim

Ditto the cooler. Nothing worse then picking up the styrofoam ones, and leaving the bottom froze to the ice… and the plastic ones, with the handy dandy lid, that freezes solid. It would be easier to get into Fort Knox than one of them in freezin’ temps.

big g

I forgot about the little cooler deal. That does work really well.

A lunch cooler with a hole drilled in the top/side with an aquarium check valve glued in. I can go home and hook it up to an aerator to get a few more days of life out of the minnows.

Keeps the minnows cool in the summer too with a little ice.

Flip top lunch bucket. Great for leeches in the summer as well

2 quart picnic jug, cover skrews on, fits in fishing hole for fresh water (just remember to mark it as minnows so when you need one in the summer you don’t grab the wrong one)

The magic minnow bucket works well also….or the lunch cooler!!!!

The jug is my choice.

A couple gallon frosting pail with a snap lid from a bakery (Wally World) and a cheapo styrofoam minnow bucket siliconed inside it. Painted black the sun keeps it from freezing on really cold days. Also great for entertaining cats.

Small Square bottom cooler. The round jugs tip over easy goin over bumps. The screw on lids can freeze and are hard to unscrew depending on how cold it is outside.