Shad/Alewives

[Duayne]

Adding ice: Be sure to add a chlorine blocker if you are adding store bought ice. I always add an ammonia/chlorine blocker you can buy at pet stores anyway. Alternatives are to fill jugs with lake water and freeze them, add sealed jugs or treat water in jugs, then add a shad saver too it. With the last option, you actually treat your water as the ice melts.

Many first place their bait in a container, like a cooler, for a time in intermediately cooler water, then add them to a tank that was pulled from the colder depths of the lake. That water will have a better dissolved oxygen content than just cooling top lake water.

[PRO V LE]

I do not know this to be fact but I have read several reports that say when you freeze tap water that the chlorine is released and gone. Maybe one of you puter geek's can get the low down on this.

[Lowerider]

I think the industrial ice guys filter the water during the process and remove most chlorine anyway. Dechlorniator is cheap and easy to be on the safe side. I wouldn't change the water temp more than 8-10 degrees from where you caught them but keep in mind the surface temp is generally not the temp where you got em when dealing with herring (alewife, which are commonly incorrectly called shad). Now gizzards are another story.

[striperjoe]

I think the industrial ice guys filter the water during the process and remove most chlorine anyway. Dechlorniator is cheap and easy to be on the safe side. I wouldn't change the water temp more than 8-10 degrees from where you caught them but keep in mind the surface temp is generally not the temp where you got em when dealing with herring (alewife, which are commonly incorrectly called shad). Now gizzards are another story.

Set tank up before going out, a couple hours and if not to hot
leave lid non tank open and chlorine will be gone. If you get that
60-70 degree temp add the big cup of softener salt and some bait
keeper it is very simple to keep bait for the fishing time you have in a day'
After the Fourth of July ? good luk it's time to down rig.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Striper joe:
Thanks for the reminder on the chlorine issue. I too us Bait Alive/Bait Saver.

Pete-I apologize for missing the cholrine deal, my bad. Glad Striperjoe caught it.