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Smitty's Ice Cream · 05-06-2003, 11:17 AM

Hey,
Another Newbie just registered after lurking...
Now, for my question:
I was at my favorite herring run on Saturday night. I managed to capture about 15 of them and stick them in my new 30 gal keepalive livewell. I filled it w/ water from the run, turned on the aerator and went home (about a 20 min drive).
I popped open my trunk and looked in at a pile of dead herring in the bottom of the tank. There were 3 still gasping for air near the bottom, so i held the 3 livies to the aerator oulet and revived them. Then i dumped the 3 livies into my herring pen.
What did i do wrong? Why did only 3 survive? This was the 1st time i tried the livewell, so i was kinda wingin it. Any advice?

05-06-2003, 11:17 AM	#1
Smitty's Ice Cream MYC 4 LIFE iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Falmouth, Ma Posts: 27	Newbie/Herring Livewell Hey, Another Newbie just registered after lurking... Now, for my question: I was at my favorite herring run on Saturday night. I managed to capture about 15 of them and stick them in my new 30 gal keepalive livewell. I filled it w/ water from the run, turned on the aerator and went home (about a 20 min drive). I popped open my trunk and looked in at a pile of dead herring in the bottom of the tank. There were 3 still gasping for air near the bottom, so i held the 3 livies to the aerator oulet and revived them. Then i dumped the 3 livies into my herring pen. What did i do wrong? Why did only 3 survive? This was the 1st time i tried the livewell, so i was kinda wingin it. Any advice?