Transporting minnows

[macminn]

OK everyone, going out this weekend on Mille Lacs chasing some walleyes, and on some neighboring lakes for crappies perhaps. Just picked up a few snowmobiles, have used atv's in the past with plenty of storage.

I have my auger and all of my gear in my flip-over shelter, no problem with that. My question is how to transport the minnows? My sleds don't have a "rack" like my atv does. A minnow bucket in the tub wouldn't work, we have a few miles through the woods to get to the lake.

Looking for suggestions.

[forcedtowork]

Buy one of those water thermosases made by igloo with the screw on lid and put them in there. They are samller and can lay on their side then or up right, plus they have a handle.

[TooTallTom]

The thermos idea is a good one. I was going to suggest a small to medium hard-side cooler that you can just tie down and leave in the sled.

[Wanderer]

This question comes up regularly.

The thermos idea is fine and many swear by it but my Plano 722 8 quart insulated minnow bucket can't be beat in my opinion. It's the white insulated pail with the yellow top that has a snap close lid.

For transportation I have finally figured out the best thing to do is just get your minnows in an O2 bag and put that right in the bucket. Just pop the entire top off and set it in there. Then I just stuff that in my porty tub. There's no way for them to spill.

Once fishing, I just take off the rubber band and open the bag. I usually just leave the lid off while fishing and use it as a cutting table for bait. When I'm done fishing, I simply tie the bag back up with the rubber band and snap the top back on. Good to go - wherever.

It's soooper simple. I can keep a couple big scoops of fatheads OR a healthy dozen large shiners alive for days as long as I bring them in at night.

[herefish101]

small cooler with a tight sealing lid, keep the cooler near full to keep the sloshing to a minimum.

[leech~~]

small cooler with a tight sealing lid, keep the cooler near full to keep the sloshing to a minimum.

Plus +2 I just use one of the little white and red coolers and they work great for banging around the porty and help keep the water from freezing up to fast as well.

[fishwater]

plus they have a handle.

The other cool feature is many of them have a spout. I have a short piece of tubing sliced open that I can clasp around the neck of the spout while draining, it keeps it extened slightly. It makes it easy to change out the water when needed. I've thought about extended a drain tube inside so it'll only drain down so far and stop, haven't gotten that far yet.

[Walleye Guy]

An empty plastic mayo jar with a screww top lid works great too.

[Fowlmouth]

Small water tight cooler