Keeping Fish Alive at Clear Lake

str8upirish · Post by **str8upirish** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:52 pm

I notice alot of dead fish penalties in the last few Clear Lake tournys. What are some suggestion that will help with some up coming TOC that I have.

bassrman · Post by **bassrman** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:18 pm

I was just up at CL for the Bobs marine tourny, one thing I have a problem with is fish in the livewell burp up lots of crawdad parts & other asst. crap that plugs up the intake to my hydroair system! I constanly have to unscrew the srainer and clean it!,I added a seperate 12v airator pump that helps a lot! I know some guys even have a O2 bottle plumbed to their livewell,it also helps to leave the airator on constant,add non clorinated ice,rejuvinade,catch & release formulas also keep checking your fish !,on a hot day,if your airator pump quits,you can lose your whole bag possibly !....

rdesmangles · Post by **rdesmangles** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:50 am

The "Oxygenator" is the real deal - nano bubbles baby! Keep your money and our resource alive and kickin for another day...worth every nickel. Click on their marker on the left...

anglersrevenge · Post by **anglersrevenge** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:28 pm

rdesmangles wrote:The "Oxygenator" is the real deal - nano bubbles baby! Keep your money and our resource alive and kickin for another day...worth every nickel. Click on their marker on the left...

I agree. I just changed to the "Oxygenator" system and used it for the first time this weekend. It did a great job with my fish.

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:00 pm

str8upirish wrote:I notice alot of dead fish penalties in the last few Clear Lake tournys. What are some suggestion that will help with some up coming TOC that I have.

My Ranger livewells worked just perfect!!!

Dewayne · Post by **Dewayne** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:51 am

Use a wet white towel to cover the tops of your live wells. Hit them with Please Release Me or Catch and Release chemicals a couple times during the day to relax the fish and cut their stress and O2 requirements. Run the live wells on Medium. timer all day. If you go into shallow warm bays or areas where the surface aldae is real bad place them on recirculate. Check your fish frequently and be ready to reduce the air bladders of any deep caught fish. Follow these and you chances for 5 healthy fish at the end of the day go way up.

There are also a lot of fish caught on trebble hooks right now which leads to increased chance of gill damage. If you have one that is bleeding add chemicals when you put him in the well. Do not use Rejuvinade as it seems to have speed for fish instead of a calming agent.