piranha Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Do you guys have any suggestions for a livewell for an 8' basshunter boat? I am guessing a cooler and aerator, but don't know how big is appropriate or what kind of aerator I should get. What are my options? The cheaper and smaller the better. I will have a trolling motor so I have battery power if I need it. What about that "Catch and Release" product I have read about on here. Do I need that too? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddpuppy Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 An ice chest rig might be the cheapest. I believe Bubbles and cabela's makes kits. Cabela's also carries tanks that would fit better on your boat. You could make one with a bilge pump and some tubeing and a piece of pvc pipe. I would use as low of gps as you can find. They make some D battery powered ones but they do not put out enough air (my opinion) with out circulation for long periods of time. I will use one when trailering and durring hot weather. Keep Alive makes an oxygen infusor for about $60.00 and it can just be dropped in the box. If you are fishing for fun or keeping the catch you could use a basket or sock. I think it gets pretty close with 5 bass in a 16x16x24 in. well. There are oxygen tablets, stress enzimes, slime Coat that can be used in the water. I can't recomend a specific brand. Some are offered on Pro sites, I think KeepAlive offers some and several others that carry areators and livewells sell them. I don't use anything very often, I also do not fish tourney's. If you just catch and release you wouldn't need a livewell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinfool Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 My first thought here was to take a stringer and tie it onto the boat somewhere away from the motor, that would save you space in the boat, money in your pocket, and you don't have to worry about the fish running out of oxygen or the battery going dead. Just a thought, this is what i do on my little Bass Hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddpuppy Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 One word (maybe a few more) of caution with useing a stringer off of a boat, #1 stumps and snags can tear off fish and the whole stringer. and #2 turtles they can make a mess out of a nice catch. I have lifted up a stringer and found nothing but heads, and one with a mighty nasty looking turtle attatched, more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinfool Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Thats interesting, i've never had that problem(yet). I'll have to keep my eyes open for that though, thanks for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 I use a 48qt cooler with a 500gph recirculating pump. It moves the alot of water and fast. We will turn it off and on about every 15 min. If I have to use it in the first hour of the day, it will use a good bit of a deep cycle battery. I have the room so it has its own battery. I also use a product called "PLEASE RELEASE ME". I've never lost a fish. 1 capfull of these blue/green crystals will last all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALMOST_A_PRO Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Howdy fellow fisherman. im in love with fishing and i have been for most of my life. me and my dad had a real nice cajun boat but we needed the money so he had to sell it and now im stuck with a 14' aluminom boat that my grandpa passed down to me. ive got all the plans that i want to do with it and one of them is to put a livewell in it. i need some tips or suggestions on how to do all the works for that. was planning on just using cooler or something of the sort but i need some help!!! so if theres anybody that can help me, please do. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddpuppy Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 You can look through here it may have something on makeing a livewell, I haven't read it, so I can't say for sure. It is a three part article that links at the bottom of each page. http://bassresource.com/fishing/bass_boat.html They make kits, Fabrill and Mayfair has an ice chest kit on the Bass Pro Shop site. Cabella's has about any thing you would need includeing a variety of tanks. You can take and mount an air pump out side of an ice chest and run a tube through the drain hole, seal it. Also you can take a areator or bilge pump, mount it in the ice chest and some tubeing and some pvc pipe. drill some small holes in the pvc, cap one end and attach the hose comeing from the pump. Wal Mart had a live well areator kit that I saw this afternoon when I was there, something like that could be used to circulate water from the lake through the well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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