Dying fish in livewell...any suggestions?

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Must see video about using hydrogen peroxide in livewells. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fis...-peroxide.html

Doug is right about the low concentration of H2O2 in the water. 3% hydrogen peroxide dissolved at a rate of one ounce per 3 gallons of water is not going to do any harm to the fish. It might kill some bacteria in the water or on the fish's scales and that's a good thing if the fish's body slime has been disturbed. It's hard not to remove some slime from a fish's body when you catch them and handle them. The slime is there for a good reason. It protects the fish from bacteria getting into the scales and into the fish's body though the skin.

Is it just me or is the guy in the Video squinting badly? I guess they used bright lights to light the scene and he's squinting due to the bright lights. Makes him look sort of funny. But he's absolutely right one about the chemistry of the Hydrogen Peroxide in the water.

But remember that hot water can't hold as much dissolved oxygen as cooler water. So cooling the water down to the temperature of the water near the thermocline in the hot summer months may be a good thing. Fish that are released after being in the live well for a long time can swim back down to the deeper water without any adverse affects. It's the fish that are in deep cooler water that are brought up to the surface really fast that suffer. The gases inside their body and blood vessels is going to expand with the decrease in pressure and the increase in temperature. That's going to take place with a fish as well as any other animal that breaths air and has dissolved oxygen circulating in their blood. Boyle's and Charles's law don't care what you are man of fish, they will apply.

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Small amounts of salt is also very helpful and like many have said always keep frozen bottles in ur cooler every little bit helps we kept a 7 pounder alive two weeks from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. it was the first fish we caught and all we did was recirculate the water that was in the livewell and towards the end of the day we placed a bottle of ice in there and when we put the fish back in he was alive and well the outside temperature was 92 with no wind and no clouds so it was definitely hot. None of the little treatment packs were used just treat your fish in a respectful manner and check on em through out the day and do what you think is necessary to catch a fish they will only die if no oxygen is provided!!!!