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Originally Posted by Pete
Here is a foolproof tip that will keep your hard earned investment alive through even the hottest, longest day.There is a reasonable, worthwhile, onetime cost, associated with this method. I have been using it for about twenty years now and it has proven to be the best possible way of keeping killies alive, time and time again. A note of thanks to my buddy Dave for letting me in on this valuable tip. It has made the difference on many a trip. When it would get late in the day and all others had their ammo die off. I'd still have some pretty perky baits at the ready. This method works well on private and party boats. And, eliminates the need to run and clean the livewell.
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Spot on. I too have used this methind for at least 20 years, in the exact same manner you describe, both on party boats, and my own boats, and it's the ONLY way to keep killies in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by Pete
Newspaper, again wet, not dripping can be substituted for the towel.Pete
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Scratch the newspaper and go with the wet towel, always. The wet towel is vastly superior to newspaper, and everyone has scrap towels around the house.
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This method has kept anywhere from a 1/2 pint up to a quart lively on some steamy, up to twelve hour juants.
Pete
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If I may add, I've kept killies alive and healthy for a 24 hour period plus a second consecutive day fishing, probably 30 hours total. Just always keep the cooler in the shade, in the boat and otherwise. And if you have a killie keeper, at the days end, just empty your killies back into the keeper, and they're none the worse for their wear. Just keep them well fed in the killie keeper, and they last a long time if they are not overcrowded. They love all the scraps from the fluke you clean, cocktail blue scraps, fillets, etc. They're like pirahnas when you throw most any kind of fish flesh into a killie keeper.
