Hunting Washington Forum
Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: oldcamper on October 12, 2011, 04:06:07 PM
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Has anybody made a home made live well for a boat? I have an older boat and would like some pictures and tips if there are any out there?
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cooler and an areator? :dunno:
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15 gallon plastic barrel drill o hole in the bottom put a elbow on it so the water swirls when filled drill a hole close to the top for a thru hull and put a drain hose on it. get a pump and pump water continously through it. costs about 30 bucks to build and works pretty good. we keep chovies in mine for our tuna runs without much deadloss.
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Agree with big j above . You can even go as large as a heavy duty rubermaid trash can. The smaller one. Not the giant one. A standard bilge pump hung over the back of boat pumping water into bottom side of can with an overflow at top. I had to make overflow larger hose than inflow or my can would spill over.
Mike
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I made one for my 15 ft. smoker-craft Alaskan. I made it 36in. long 12in. wide and 12in. deep. in the pic the lid is open. I used 1/8 in. aluminum. cut out my sides and top. took some 1/2 x 1/2 in aluminum angle and pop riveted it to the sides. I had some 1 1/2 angle diamond plate that I added to the outside vertical edges. I installed the live well pump kit and drain. I then used silicone to do all the inside corners. That thing works great. I should have taken pics while I built it.
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Very nice!
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cooler and an areator? :dunno:
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Buy a cheap aquarium aerator pump, stone and hose from wally world, get a power inverter and run it from that. Drill a hole through the lid a cheap cooler that doesn't have a drain plug.
You can keep live bait live, but also when you catch a limit of crabs and don't want to eat until the next day, take home and plug into the wall outlet. You get about 24-30 hours before they begin to fade without changing the water.
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Very nice huntergreg. It looks like you worked it in real good.
