Keeping baitfish alive is one key to catching stripers and hybrids at J. Strom Thurmond Lake. Guide Andrew Tubbs uses a Ron Vest Super Bait Tank with a 50-gallon capacity to keep up to 12 dozen herring alive all day. The tank has a Rule 500 pump with a power bubbler and an oxygen infuser.
The surface of the lake is hot and the dissolved oxygen level is low, so using a simple intake and outflow arrangement will not keep herring alive very long. Tubbs’ live well will keep baitfish stay frisky from before dawn until late afternoon.
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