oxygen for bass

[Danny]

I would at least follow the directions on the product. I generally use a little extra. Not sure if that is good or not, but the product is designed to help restore the slime coat, have an antibacterial agent to fight infection, and is designed to calm the fish down.

Hope that helps,

Danny

[kc]

I agree with you Danny. I know I have come across pretty militant on tournaments but I am trying to get the point across that there is a major detrimental effect of all of this rampant tournament fishing and the quality of our bass fishing. Anything we could do in the warmer months to kill less bass via tournament fishing would be a step forward. I realize that T fishing is not going to end in the summer any less than I am going to quit recreational fishing in the warm water but again any step towards reducing the number of tournaments or reducing the number of bass kept/killed is a step in the right direction. This is a good thread and more power to those who are trying to do the right things.

kc

[Guest Author]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jul-05-06 AT 06:19PM (EST)[/font][p]I had the opportunity to fish in a tournament on old hickory a few weekends ago and the boater I fished with had a great system for keeping fish alive in hot weather. He used a Pro-Air system, that just provided oxygen to the fish and not hot water.
First you fill your livewells up with water, than add a bag or more in each livewell. Put the livewell on re-circulate. That way not hot water is brought into the livewell. The pro-air is an air pump that puts oxygen into the livewell. Just like an aquarium air pump. The water has plenty of oxygen and the water remains alot cooler. Should you need to run you areators it will only re-circulate the cool water and not add the hotter water from the lake. I installed one in my boat and fished a tournment this weekend, my five fish were very lively when
we weighed them in. And the Pro-air uses MUCH less power to run
all day than 30 minutes of running the areators....The only draw back is the unit is price, around $75.00. Good Luck