we use them for stripers , we keep them alive in a rounded corner bait tank with an aerator , and catch them in a throw net.....we put them in a dish pan and sort them first and this keeps the scales out of the bait tank too ( picture above in dish pan)
17 gallon Greyline Baint Tank.....I know everybody doesn't have a bait tank
I freeze the big dead ones for baitheads