Keeping Alewife Alive

Your bait tank should have about one cup of salt per 20 gallons. You can go a little heavier if desired. Have some ammonia fixer on hand to add ...

As mentioned in a number of past posts - salt is very important to keeping bait - as is good aeration and proper temperature.

The real key to keeping alewife alive is water volume and flow in the tank. Alewife are schooling fish. They are constantly swimming. Very ...

RE: keep alive more than 10 minutes. Alewives are not hardy at all. As they prefer the cooler water, they shock up and die easier in warmer ...

alewife are not as hardy as shad and other bait fish. You need to give them extra care to keep them alive. You might want to invest in one of ...

you have to have a top notch bait tank system to keep them alive and kicking for any long amount of time. so yeah, i guess they are pretty much ...

go to bed. You may want to dribble a little water over them. If they dry out, they will die. "How about live spot or alewives ...

There is much pleasure to be found in the simple act of preparing for a day on the water. I love the feeling of anticipation as I think ...

5-6 feet is a little long for a crowded pier end for live alewife on bottom. Think more like 3-4, for both casting and avoiding tangles.

... alewives - and catch more fish. It's a technique he's perfected recently and was kind enough to share it with the general public. Keep in ...

The trick to Alewife bait fishing is keeping them alive ... Check out our article on Keeping Alewife Alive for some more tips and tricks!

Follow the life history of the alewife in this video from NOVA: Sea Behind the Dunes. Alewives are a species of fish that hatches in fresh water.

Keep catch records. Lake Ontaio United - Pro Account Upgrade. Lake ... Got the net and only ever caught one alewife with it and it was dead.

adding a block of ice or a couple frozen bottles of water to the livewell with an aerator will keep them alive for a good amount of time, but ...

Here are 5 things you need to know about alewife that will help you catch more fish ... live in Wisconsin or plan on visiting anytime soon.

Use the typical slip sinker rig for your alewives. Dead alewives that are frozen work good. Take a syringe and shoot the alewive up with air.

The alewife has different requirements because they prefer cooler water for habitat so may remain deeper during the warm months where thermo ...

To keep your bait fish fresh and alive, you should have no more than 2 alewife per gallon of water (1 per gallon is better). The bigger your ...

Here is a great example of how to keep your bait alive five times longer with three simple tips. You can also keep baitfish alive overnight ...

Keeping the alewife spawn timing and ages straight can be counterintuitive. Alewife definitely come inshore early, but more to eat (or die) ...