[sobanator]

Thinking about making a shad holding tank any thoughts out there.

 

[rwg]

Its tuff to keep shad alive in a tank, you'll need lots of water and a good filter system and a oval shaped tank, they kill themselves in a rect shaped tank, I haven't had mutch luck keeping them alive for more than 3-4 hours

 

[arkrivercatman]

Wait til fall, they are ALOT easier to keep alive in cooler water.

 

[Guest]

HOME STYLE.

Get your self a refrigerator take the door off seal the whole thing ... put inserts so that the tank is oval and get 1 hell of a filter system and a pump to push water and keep the water around 60-62* and you should be fine.

Boat style.

55-gal drum cut in half and buy this home get your self some milk jugs freeze them and drop one in when the water starts to warm up.:cowboy:

 

[leatherpuke]

UN-possible!

Shad die the instant my cast net touches them. Of course, it could be shock from seeing my ugly mug pulling them out of the water.:Happy:

 

[n2fishn]

I use a 32 gallon rubber maid trash can in the boat and can keep about 30 5" to 8" shad alive for the day.I use shad saver and a little ice with a pump running.

I dont try to save any at home the leftovers go to the frig.

 

[257bob]

I have an old chest freezer, that I threw some in a couple weeks ago. I caught them locally and wasn't headed to the lake for several hours. In an effort to keep them fresh I thought I would try, they were laying on the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket when I got home and I put them in the tank, three hours later they were all very lively and fresh. I know they would not have lasted for long though they were bloodying up there gills and mouths hitting the side of the tank, but it will work for a while in a pinch.

 

[DStud]

The main key thing that has worked for me is to use tap water and U-2 or Shad Saver water conditioner in a round container proportioned for the number of baits you want to keep. Tap water does not have the sediment particles to plug up their gills. I also put the shad in a seperate tank first for a few minutes after catching them to let the loose scales fall away from them and then put them in your bait tank. The scales is what does the most harm. I and my tourn. partner bought a 40 gal. Grayline tank from Chapman Creek Bait and we can keep 30-40 10" baits for 2-3 days pretty easy. You need to change out and retreat half of the water in the tank each day. Works for us. I don't know of a way to keep shad any longer than this. Good Luck

 

[Tuttlecat]

I made one from an Igloo water cooler with a filter and pump and add salt.

 

[john_boi]

Speaking of shad, went to the outlet at Perry and Clinton and couldn't get any shad with the cast net. I'm kinda new to this so if the shad aren't at the outlet then where else would be a good place to catch them at those lakes?

 

[justcatinaround]

Thinking about making a shad holding tank any thoughts out there.

tal dont,all you will get is white hair and dead shad ,done it

 

[buckeater]

are you talking about for your home or while you are out fishing. i have a 1000 gallon old chemical farm tank(never had chemicals in it by the way). with a good pool pump and filter system. me and my buddy that i usaully fish with have gone out and have caught them up to a week and a half earlier than we would need them and not a one of them died in that week in a half span. since then i havent kept any in there that long cause we have had time to get them a couple days before we go fishin.
i only keep 400 to 450 gallons in it and keep the water fresh and cool. because i also stock up on creek chubs and those little guys like to try to jump out,but cant make it over the top.

 

[Cburch9]

Can't keep Shad alive in a tank unless u spend some money but when u hook 1 live and cast out it'll more than likely die when it hits the water