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CT_BASSman
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 Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:32 am Post subject: Live bait near River Glen (need an answer asap please) |
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| Looking for the closest place to River Glen on the Farmington that sells live minnows. All my searches come up with places 20mins+ from it was wondering of anyone who knew of a 'mom and pop' type store that may be closer or anywhere else for that matter. |
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flippy
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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20 minutes???? that doesnt sound like much out of the way  |
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Crest Daddy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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does the guy in that avatar look like he wants to drive 20 mins? I think not.
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CT_BASSman
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Crest Daddy wrote: | | does the guy in that avatar look like he wants to drive 20 mins? I think not. |
I didnt want the bait to die, I had a small minnow bucket. . . . . . . . |
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PECo
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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There aren't any bait shops close to River Glen (aka the Wannowmassa Lane canoe launch). Shiners will survive for quite a long time in even a small minnow bucket. I don't think that you have to worry about them dying on you.
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:15 am Post subject: |
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Hi!
Here's an old timer's trick to keep minnows alive longer!
Put 1-2 cap full of hydrogen peroxide in the bait bucket that has minnows.
Hydrogen peroxide is only water with an extra O2 molecule.
So it adds additional O2 to the existing water.
An aerator also helps.
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CT_BASSman
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| I ended up getting them the day I went from a baitshop, about 20 minutes away, and several did in fact end up dying, and the bait shop owner asked me where I was going and also said several might die on the way. |
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flippy
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Seadog, your absolutely right,,, I do that in my livewell in tournys, plus cool the water down a few degrees, with a little ice,, |
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