Live/Bait Well install

[raidercoop]

Hello All,
I am wanting to put a live/bait well in my jon boat. What would all of you suggest. I have looked at the Cabellas Marine catalog and seen a few items of interest in there. What all would I need to purchase. What kind of pump, insert, tubing, or anything. This will be a first for me but it is something that I must have installed. Thanks for any help.
Raidercoop

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Live/Bait Well install

realisticly if the boat doesn't have one, it's much easier to use a cooler with a areator pump. the problem lies in getting a water tight tank built in to the boat, with the cooler you can even put a divider screen in it bait on one side, fish on the other. take a plastic cutting board and drill 1/8" holes in it so the water circulates, hot glue it into the cooler. simple live and bait well.

 

[Grits]

Re: Live/Bait Well install

What kind of bait fish are you trying to keep? There are several units similar to the Cabela's model.

Keep Alive or something similar is another brand. Below, you will find a link for an eBay listing. Check out the sellers other items. They come in several sizes.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280125378077&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018

Grits

 

[peacekeeper6]

Re: Live/Bait Well install

i just made one out of a cooler, it doubles as my seat. sealed everything from the inside with RTV. Works out so far.

 

[Grits]

Re: Live/Bait Well install

Would yall post some images of the ones you have built from a cooler? I also thought about just adding water with the wash down and letting the excess flow out through the cockpit drain. I have a tendency to over complicate things.

Thanks, Grits

 

[peacekeeper6]

Re: Live/Bait Well install

i will get some pics tomm. ITs basically a raw water thru hull pump that pumps water under the floor into this cooler that i cut a hole in. I screwed it to the floor with 4 SS lag bolts. When i drain it i just unplug the bottom of the cooler.

 

[SgtMaj]

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