The Rooster

Hello all. I'm new to the forum. Got a question though. I'm redoing my 93 Smokercraft V-hull (new carpet and wood) and I need to run a new drain hose to the livewell in front. The one that's there now looks like it's made out of black rubber similar to fuel line in a car, but about 3/4" in diameter or so. Should I go back with the same material hose again, or can I just use some of the clear plastic tubing that Lowe's and Home Depot sell by the foot??

My first post here on this site. Just wanted to say about 10 years ago I had a 14 foot aluminum deep V-hull with a 5 foot beam, had a 15 HP Mercury on it. I had a deck on the front from the bow back to about 5 or 6 inches passed the first bench seat with the underneath section used for storage. It was very stable to stand on, I'm 6'1 and about 275 lbs. and I was back then too. I fished it for about 3 years before I sold it. It had a Minn Kota Autopilot 36 lb. thrust trolling motor on it, foot controlled. I operated it from a standing position. I was comfortable to walk all over that boat from end to end, many times stepping from bench seat to seat to deck, never touching the floor between. And I know this wasn't the best idea but I occasionally had as many as 4 people in it fishing. Mostly just 2 or 3 but even with 4 it was stable. Only thing I ever had a problem with was when I put a seat on an 11" pedestal right in the middle of the deck, I found out to get on the deck I had to step near the sides and it made the boat roll a little more than I liked, so I removed the seat and left the deck wide open instead.