Do the older bass boats, from the late 80's to early 90's have a timer for the livewells? I'm looking at a couple of older cajuns, and I know the newer boats have an manual/auto setting.

No experience with the Cajuns, but I have a 1993 stratos I fish tournaments out of that does have the live well on a circulation timer, and a manuel fill.

I'm restoring an 86 Landau alum bass boat and when I got it it had a small panel up at the bow that had an auto/manual switch, and a timer knob.

 

Who knows if that was there from the factory or if it was added on at some point. The boat only has one pump to draw water in at the transom, the supply spits and feeds an aerator pipe (with shut off valve on each) in both the front and rear livewells and stand pipes for overflow protection.  

 

Although, come to think of it, the drain for the rear livewell is under the water level, so there is really no way to drain it unless the boat is out of the water.  The front livewell has a drain that exits the hull out the side, I am not sure if it is above the water line or not since I haven't had the boat in the water yet.  I would think it would have to be or what is the point of running the fill/aerator pump on the timer if what comes in has no where to go?

 

I'll have to look into that, that doesn't make much sense.