09-24-2015, 05:57 AM
Thanks for another great fishing report Tom, and nice fish Madi.
I do agree that a round bait tank is ideal, but from my personal experience, as long as the tank is big enough and supplied with a steady flow of fresh water, gizzard shad will simply form up in single file and swim in circles as if the square corners were not even there. At times when retrieving a bait they will bump into the corners, but I have never seen one die or appear to dumb to get stuck. My current tank is set at 12 gallons with a 12v 500gph pump. I have filled the tank so full of bait that I could not even see the bottom, and kept that bait in primo shape until they were gone over 24+ hours later. I have noticed problems with bigger bait getting stuck in my square corners like mackerel and smelt, but I think that has to do with their longer bodies.
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I do agree that a round bait tank is ideal, but from my personal experience, as long as the tank is big enough and supplied with a steady flow of fresh water, gizzard shad will simply form up in single file and swim in circles as if the square corners were not even there. At times when retrieving a bait they will bump into the corners, but I have never seen one die or appear to dumb to get stuck. My current tank is set at 12 gallons with a 12v 500gph pump. I have filled the tank so full of bait that I could not even see the bottom, and kept that bait in primo shape until they were gone over 24+ hours later. I have noticed problems with bigger bait getting stuck in my square corners like mackerel and smelt, but I think that has to do with their longer bodies.
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