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KHedquist

Posted 7/5/2010 8:22 AM (#92587)
Subject: Crawler storage in the boat

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I have been doing this for awhile and I am sure some of you do to, but I thought I share this those who have not seen this. I like to keep my boat clean, and fishing with crawlers is a mess, either dirt or bedding all over

Well here is what I have come up with, you need a small 6 pack cooler, ice, paper towels or a small towel and a Lindy Leech Tamer.

Ok, first take a handful of crawlers and put them in a bucket of water and rinse them off, take your cooler put the ice on the bottom and cover the ice with a towel or paper towel, take the clean crawlers and put them in the Leach Tamer, lay the Leech Tamer on the towel and as the ice melts it soaks into the towels keeping the crawlers cool, moist and plump, not to wet just right and your boat and hands clean

I also use a small tupperware to store extra crawlers in bedding and clean them off as needed.

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Posted 7/5/2010 9:58 AM (#92588 - in reply to #92587)
Subject: Re: Crawler storage in the boat

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Good tip Mr. Kirt, I never thought of the paper towel trick I changed from ice to ice packs from medical shipping, might switch back for the reasons you stated. Also remove the styrofoam float, then the tote will stay open more easily for onehanded operation during setting the lines.

Ranger

Posted 10/31/2010 10:54 PM (#95036 - in reply to #92587)
Subject: RE: Crawler storage in the boat

Using a tip I read somewhere, I soak my crawlers between wet papaer towles for a few hours (or overnight) before I head out; the critters soak up water and get both lots bigger and much more active. The cralwers then go on a few ice cubes in a small Frabill crawler tote, and the crawler tote (with the lid off) goes into a larger cooler (with more ice and my drinking water) that I can quickly open and close. Easy, fast, clean access and the cooler in the cooler trick means crawlers stay strong all day.

PS, toothpaste works great to wash any gas/oil smell off your hands before you mess with the critters in the boat.

Wet paper

Posted 11/12/2010 9:27 AM (#95184 - in reply to #95036)
Subject: RE: Crawler storage in the boat

I use newspaper, shredded and wetted down, and Brabill bedding when I have more than a dozen.

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