Livewells

[Aaron]

Me and my buddy are thinking about fishing a small toyrnament coming up in our area.  The only we proably is we fish out of a 14' jon boat.  We don't have a live well and all tournaments require them.  Is there anything we can do to get arouund this?

I dont mean using a livewell, but  i need suggestios on maybe installing a livewell or building one.

[bassnleo]

I use a 100 quart cooler and a store bought livewell pump/recirculator. You can buy the pump at walmart for like 22 bucks. It has a spray bar and all. If you use this method, be sure to change the water about once an hour and I recommend using an additive like Rejuvenade.

[Gatorbassman]

I use a 100 quart cooler and a store bought livewell pump/recirculator. You can buy the pump at walmart for like 22 bucks. It has a spray bar and all. If you use this method, be sure to change the water about once an hour and I recommend using an additive like Rejuvenade.

A cooler livewell is great. I baught a second pump with a long hose. I use this pump to empty and refill the cooler. Also by one of the good 5 day coolers. The lid is more secure and it is great when fishing in hot weather.

[cfruel]

You can also look into someting like this or combine it with cooler for nice livewell.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jsp?id=cat21306&navAction=jump&navCount=1&parentId=cat21276&parentType=category&cmCat=MainCatcat21276

Cfruel

[srv1990]

I've also heard that Please Release Me is good for helping to maintain fish in a livewell, but haven't used it myself:

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=1268&hvarSearchValue2=484&hvarSearchValue3=958&hvarSearchValue4=00&hvarTarget=search&AFID=&sourceid=&cmCat=SEARCHRESULTS