Why use additives?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions, and there is a lot of lore as to what the additives do. First and foremost, the additives are used to help counteract the biological and physiological response to being captured and placed in an enclosed space. When fish are caught and placed in a livewell, their instinct takes over and they attempt to flee. The harder they attempt to escape the more severe the physiological changes that cause them to try and escape. The fish expend increasing amounts of energy and secrete increasing amounts of adreniline in order to try and escape. Eventually the fish's blood chemistry is so out of balance and they are so exhausted they expire.

The scaleSAVER additives are formulated to achieve three goals: 1) minimize the physiological and blood chemistry changes so that the fish more quickly relaxes. 2) minimize the amount of energy expended by the fish to maintain their blood chemistry, and 3) improve the water quality in the livewell.

We are currently testing two new additives which treat the fish to decrease delayed mortality rates due to a number of conditions, So come back frequently for updates

 

A Case Study It is July 2 6AM the temperature is 83 degrees with a water temperature of 80 degrees. We are out today to do some striped bass fishing. We move to a small tributary on the lake and cast net for gizzard shad, after a short period we have 129 shad in our 23 gallon RECTANGULAR uninsulated livewell (Dimensions are 13"x40"x10"). We leave the tributary creek to move to our fishing area at 6:30 AM. We begin fishing around 7:00am. By noon the air temperature has reached 95 degrees and the surface water temperature is 82 degrees, At 3pm we break the 100 degree point. Throughout the day we are using 3 shad per hour on our lines. The bite is very slow, as we reach 10:30 pm the bite picks up and we boat 4 fish in a five minute period. Although there are 14 other boats in the vicinity, all fishing with gizzard shad, only ourselves and one guide boat are catching any fish. Having our limit of two each, we head for the boat launch and ultimately we head home. At this point we have used 53 baitfish out of the livewell. As we head back to the boat launch we empty our livewell we release 74 Shad and find 2 floaters.

Current Status

Our Basic Formula is ready for shipment!!! We are offering the Basic Formula livewell additive in the 5 gallon pouch size The Five gallon size comes in a 45 count resealable mylar puncture proof bag.