[Charlie B]

When I built the live well in my boat I went to talk to laurie at Dows about how to treat the water. She uses well water and salt as in kosher salt or water softener salt. In my case I have a 10 gallon round insulated water cooler for my livewell. I change out about 1/4 to 1/3 of the water every day with lake water and add about 1/2 cup of kosher salt and keep an airstone running constantly. I have kept left over herring alive for over a week and a half and I don't know how long they could have lasted if I didn't use them up. And I believe herring are tougher to keep alive than shiners...Charlie