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Livewell plumbing help (no holes in boat, please)
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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 434721" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p>Rich: </p><p></p><p>We found, with fragile baits like pogies (menhaden) that a colored interior on the lifewell kept them better, but this may be specific to my saltwater experience.</p><p></p><p>We don't use (and have never seen one used in SW) bubblers or sprayers, but I'm a big believer in big pumps to move as much water as we can. But even then, if/when we noticed baits slowing down or turning on their sides, I'd take a 5-gallon bucket, pull 2 or 3 out, then dump in 2-3 but from a height above the well surface, so the falling water aerated the well pretty good.</p><p></p><p>On many of my small boats I rig portable 20-gal tanks with the pump hooked up like yours, where we just toss it over the side of the boat. But I rig them so the inlet is at the bottom but I ALWAYS use an overflow, mounted high on the well (need it above the rubrail, so it will free drain).</p><p></p><p>When running to another spot, we just pick the pump up and toss it into the well to keep water circulating. Avoid square corners in your well if you can, using that plastic sheeting trick I had mentioned before, as in my experience baits that don't move … die.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 434721, member: 15636"] Rich: We found, with fragile baits like pogies (menhaden) that a colored interior on the lifewell kept them better, but this may be specific to my saltwater experience. We don't use (and have never seen one used in SW) bubblers or sprayers, but I'm a big believer in big pumps to move as much water as we can. But even then, if/when we noticed baits slowing down or turning on their sides, I'd take a 5-gallon bucket, pull 2 or 3 out, then dump in 2-3 but from a height above the well surface, so the falling water aerated the well pretty good. On many of my small boats I rig portable 20-gal tanks with the pump hooked up like yours, where we just toss it over the side of the boat. But I rig them so the inlet is at the bottom but I ALWAYS use an overflow, mounted high on the well (need it above the rubrail, so it will free drain). When running to another spot, we just pick the pump up and toss it into the well to keep water circulating. Avoid square corners in your well if you can, using that plastic sheeting trick I had mentioned before, as in my experience baits that don't move … die. [/QUOTE]
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