No Live Well to Keep Fish

  • lrott2003
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 534
    April 6, 2016 at 8:15 pm #1612035

    Guys what is best way to keep fish when no live well.

    I use five gallon bucket and try to keep water as cold as possible.

    riverruns
    Inactive
    Posts: 2218
    April 6, 2016 at 8:24 pm #1612038

    Have you ever considered a cooler and ice? Not sure why I responded to this question?

    Dutchboy
    Central Mn.
    Posts: 16820
    April 6, 2016 at 8:25 pm #1612039

    Toss them in a cooler on ice.

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    April 6, 2016 at 8:25 pm #1612040

    Bleed your fish out in the 5 gal bucket and put them on ice in a cooler. I have a livewell and that’s what I do. Minus the bucket.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 6, 2016 at 8:42 pm #1612044

    In a boat? Why not one of those wire mesh cages. They keep fish lively.

    I think their called fish baskets?

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13310
    April 6, 2016 at 9:05 pm #1612050

    Stringer.

    lundojam
    Posts: 255
    April 6, 2016 at 9:11 pm #1612053

    Dead well: cooler with ice.

    Mike Klein
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 1026
    April 6, 2016 at 9:24 pm #1612057

    Cooler and ice or a cooler and an aerator works too just need to pump in fresh water.

    Anonymous
    Inactive
    Posts: 0
    April 7, 2016 at 6:47 am #1612084

    Buy a new boat!! Simple waytogo

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3875
    April 7, 2016 at 10:08 am #1612151

    Fish Mille Lacs for walleye… Problem solved.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    April 7, 2016 at 10:55 am #1612165

    I use a dead well.
    Ice and cooler.
    Or if it’s cold, just a cooler.

    Last two boats I removed the live well. Haven’t missed it one day.

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4505
    April 7, 2016 at 1:46 pm #1612228

    Where do you guys find coolers for 50″ musky? Or do you just cut out the cheeks and throw the rest back?

    Chuck Melcher
    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
    Posts: 1966
    April 7, 2016 at 2:52 pm #1612256

    My live wells are storage areas…. cooler and ice is the only way to go. I see more guys bleeding walleye on a stringer over the side of the boat, and then icing them. Will be next tweak to keeping them as well.

    mwal
    Rosemount,MN
    Posts: 1050
    April 7, 2016 at 4:19 pm #1612283

    Best way is to bleed fish and put on ice. I use stringer or fish basket until they are bled out then on ice they go.

    Mwal

    tim hurley
    Posts: 5857
    April 7, 2016 at 6:14 pm #1612303

    Have my live well plugged up with silicon-use a cooler with ice.

    reverend
    Rhinelander, WI
    Posts: 1117
    April 28, 2016 at 12:02 pm #1616210
    Chuck Melcher wrote:

    My live wells are storage areas…. cooler and ice is the only way to go.

    My live wells BECAME the cooler and ice. Cold drinks, sandwiches…end of the day, pull the plug and let the ice melt out. Saved room in the boat not having the cooler in there… waytogo

    SuperDave1959
    Harrisville, UT
    Posts: 2816
    April 28, 2016 at 12:37 pm #1616230

    Boat seat and fish box in 1.

    Cp3
    Hammond, WI
    Posts: 314
    April 28, 2016 at 12:54 pm #1616236

    Live well, cooler, fish basket, stringer, and not necessarily in that order.

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