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Old 09-02-2009, 04:04 PM   #1
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I have had the same problem with dines at the reciever at dana in my hobie tank. Not sure if it's the dines or not.
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Old 09-02-2009, 04:12 PM   #2
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I have used both tanks on my Hobie Revo and I like the Hobie tank much better. You can adjust the water level and you don't have to drag a pump over the side. I have had some problems picking up kelp and eel grass through the intake hose.
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Old 09-02-2009, 06:47 PM   #3
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Yep,
With a thresher tank the dines are on borrowed time...even healthy happy ones ripped fresh out of the ocean, if I can, the dine goes from the sabiki to the hook...

I give dines about an hour in my thresher
tank before they are tits up.
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Old 09-02-2009, 06:55 PM   #4
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i thought the thresher tank was a pretty good product. i was thinking about buying one.your guys reviews are giving me secound thoughts.

the hobie tanks im not much of a fan of, i know some people who have had a couple issues where bait kept diing on them, And they had to modify it or do some sorta change to fix it.

I use an self made tank and i have never had problems with bait dieing. total cost me 60 bucks to make, much more efficient than the $275 hobie tank.
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Old 09-02-2009, 08:33 PM   #5
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Thanks for the replies guys.

I have had good success with the Thresher Tank loaded with a dozen Macs.
Using a 6 volt- 12 amp. battery.
Dines tend to take a beating from the Macs, even if there are only 6 Macs. They are fragile bait.

I use them as soon as I catch them, and carefully hook them with the thinnest hook in the tackle box so they live long.
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Old 09-02-2009, 08:50 PM   #6
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Think about this.. On the thresher tank water from sea is pumped into the tank from the surface,this fresh sea water then exits from top scupper on tank(as to prevent overflow). Therefore this new fresh water with all the oxygen does not reach bottom where it is needed most. That is why dines don't last as long especially in warmer water times. Not as much of a problem in winter months. The hobie tank deposits water from the bottom thus going upward (circulating oxygen before exiting thru scupper). I also use a thresher tank(three years now,same tank) and have never had a problem with it at all;I really like it.

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Old 09-02-2009, 08:54 PM   #7
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Think about this.. On the thresher tank water from sea is pumped into the tank from the surface,this fresh sea water then exits from top scupper on tank(as to prevent overflow). Therefore this new fresh water with all the oxigen does not reach bottom where it is needed most. That is why dines don't last as long especially in warmer water times. Not as much of a problem in winter months. The hobie tank deposits water from the bottom thus going upward (circulating oxigen before exiting thru scupper). I also use a thresher tank(three years now,same tank) and have never had a problem with it at all;I really like it.
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Old 09-03-2009, 06:47 AM   #8
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Think about this.. On the thresher tank water from sea is pumped into the tank from the surface,this fresh sea water then exits from top scupper on tank(as to prevent overflow). Therefore this new fresh water with all the oxygen does not reach bottom where it is needed most. That is why dines don't last as long especially in warmer water times. Not as much of a problem in winter months. The hobie tank deposits water from the bottom thus going upward (circulating oxygen before exiting thru scupper). I also use a thresher tank(three years now,same tank) and have never had a problem with it at all;I really like it.

When making a homemade 5 gallon bucket bait tank can you install the inflow at the bottom of the bucket? Most every homemade tank I've seen with an Attwood type self-priming pump has both the inflow and outflow at the top.

I've lost the majority of my kayak scoop of dines and/or chovys within 30 minutes or so after leaving the point loma bait receiver.
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