Fish carrier w/ air pump - Anyone heard of this?

HawaiianFishy · 06-02-2006, 01:34 PM

Everyone in here seems to be very knowledgeable.

Thanks!

**Osiris** · 06-02-2006, 01:39 PM

Can easily have a battery operated air pump and sponge filter in a container yes. Best to do this if their going to be in there for quite a long time like few days otherwise just bagging the fish is perfectly fine.

HawaiianFishy · 06-02-2006, 01:45 PM

No one that you know of manufactures this sort of equipment?

Sprite42 · 06-02-2006, 01:55 PM

You can buy a small air pump that plugs into the cigarette lighter in a vehicle. I used this when transporting an 11 inch pleco for 3 hours in a rubbermaid tub. I just used a hose from a gravel vac and poked a large enough hole into the lid of the tub accommodate the tubing. It worked really well. But, I have also found that most fish will do just fine in the traveling bags for that 3 hour ride.

**fish_doc** · 06-02-2006, 08:33 PM

There may be somthing avaliable in the fishing trade similar to that. Live wells with airation. But there is no specific brand that I am aware of.

MarineFish · 06-03-2006, 06:07 AM

when i go fish collecting on the coast i use a few 5 gallon buckets with holes in the top for air tubing a small sponge filter and a battery powered air pump i have only lost one fish using this method out of 1000's one baby pipefish

MarineFish · 06-03-2006, 06:08 AM

oh and BTW the fish are in these buckets around 8 days and on a 9 hour car drive

**TheOldSalt** · 06-03-2006, 06:56 AM

There is a commercialy available minnow bucket you can buy that is :

-insulated
-wearable on a carry-strap
-Battery powered.

A couple of weeks ago I went collecting with some guys and some of them had these things. They worked pretty well, and they could wear them on their sides while dragging the nets with their thusly-free hands. I didn't think to ask where they got them, but I guess their main purpose is to hold bait minnows for fishermen, so I would think that a big sporting goods place like Cabela's or Bass Pro Shops would have them.

06-02-2006, 01:34 PM	#1
HawaiianFishy Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Honolulu, HI Age: 27 Posts: 2	Fish carrier w/ air pump - Anyone heard of this? Everyone in here seems to be very knowledgeable. Thanks!

06-02-2006, 01:39 PM	#2
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,692	Can easily have a battery operated air pump and sponge filter in a container yes. Best to do this if their going to be in there for quite a long time like few days otherwise just bagging the fish is perfectly fine. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

06-02-2006, 01:55 PM	#4
Sprite42 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arkansas Age: 46 Posts: 315	You can buy a small air pump that plugs into the cigarette lighter in a vehicle. I used this when transporting an 11 inch pleco for 3 hours in a rubbermaid tub. I just used a hose from a gravel vac and poked a large enough hole into the lid of the tub accommodate the tubing. It worked really well. But, I have also found that most fish will do just fine in the traveling bags for that 3 hour ride. __________________ First, Do No Harm!

06-02-2006, 08:33 PM	#5
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,825	There may be somthing avaliable in the fishing trade similar to that. Live wells with airation. But there is no specific brand that I am aware of. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

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06-02-2006, 01:45 PM	#3
HawaiianFishy Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Honolulu, HI Age: 27 Posts: 2	No one that you know of manufactures this sort of equipment?

06-03-2006, 06:07 AM	#6
MarineFish Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 61	when i go fish collecting on the coast i use a few 5 gallon buckets with holes in the top for air tubing a small sponge filter and a battery powered air pump i have only lost one fish using this method out of 1000's one baby pipefish

06-03-2006, 06:08 AM	#7
MarineFish Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 61	oh and BTW the fish are in these buckets around 8 days and on a 9 hour car drive

06-03-2006, 06:56 AM	#8
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,250	There is a commercialy available minnow bucket you can buy that is : -insulated -wearable on a carry-strap -Battery powered. A couple of weeks ago I went collecting with some guys and some of them had these things. They worked pretty well, and they could wear them on their sides while dragging the nets with their thusly-free hands. I didn't think to ask where they got them, but I guess their main purpose is to hold bait minnows for fishermen, so I would think that a big sporting goods place like Cabela's or Bass Pro Shops would have them.

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