Live Well Hookup

[Blue_Runner]

RR - so you put your live bait in a cooler on ice and your keeper fish in a bait tank? SWEET!

Just messing, really though, do you keep the trout alive in order to cull the smaller ones or is it to keep them fresh without having to have very much ice on board?

I've put flounder in the livewell in order to cull smaller fish before. I'll back up Reel on the c-note bet for the greenies. If you can keep gizzard shad alive you can keep ANYTHING alive.

One stipulation, if you win you have to take me to dinner and I get to pick where and what we eat.

WTF?
How about if Reel loses you pay for all the gas!!

[RidgeRunner]

Blue, I think culling is against the law in FL. I can't keep up with all the new game laws. I just like to keep the fish fresh in the livewell, some days the fish don't cooperate so if we don't catch a good mess we can release one or two live fish without harm and never bloody the knife.
The shrimp stay alive on ice for 4 or 5 hours, if the fish cooperate, you have your keepers in 30 minutes and the rest of the day is catch and release. We are only allowed 1 snook in the slot, 1 redfish in the slot and 5 specks in the slot per person. Snapper laws are more complicated. My routine changes with whatever species I am targeting.
I know that aquariums works pretty well so I would not be interested in the fuel bill for Reel.LOL Dinner is my way of hedging the bet;) I need to Google gizzard shad, never heard of them..
Come on down to Fl and I will buy dinner and drinks and we can test theory while catching a few.
Let the C-notes fly..