Hey Yall ! New to the forum, and I must be honest, I signed up just so I could pick your brains on the adventure I've embarked on. A buddy and I recently purhased an old Fisher Marine, Alum. flat bottom boat. 14 X 5. Needed lots of work. She floats, thats about all. The boat has been completely stripped, scraped, sanded, patched, primed and painted, now I'm ready to start putting her back together. Replaceing front and rear decks, carpet, wiring etc... At some point in its life, the boat had a livewell. All that was left was some pieces of hose and a pump. I want to reinstall a livewell. Even tho I have seen them in action (Im not a complete idiot) I have no clue how to plumb one, or exactly what makes one tick...Any advice, links, diagrams (I do well with pictures ;D) would be a HUGE help. Thanks alot.

This should help you out!

http://www.flow-rite.com/files/flash/systembuilder.html

Hey, Thanks. Like I said, I do pictures.

Another question I would ask would deal with dual LW's. What would the pump requirements be? LW fore and aft, The boat is only 14 feet long, but thinking I would lke a small / medium size LW in the front and back. One pump would fill both tanks? Or would it require a special pump, or a pump for each? Both Tanks could share the same drain and overflow?

Do you really need two? How about using one for storage instead? Your boat is only 14 feet, all this extra weight might not be good.....

No...as a matter of fact, I dont need two. ;D And I need the storage space up front anyway. Problem solved..Good advice.

I have been doing the same thing over the winter with a 1991 Tracker Sportsman 16.  I wracked my brain on the livewell part of my build quite a bit and having no personal experience with livewells myself, I ended up deciding to convert a 100qt Igloo using Flow-Rite controls' System #3.  I went with that one just because I wanted a pump-out feature.

  If you go to to tinboats.net, there's a TON of different builds guys have posted along with pics that can provide a lot of great ideas.  They are a helpful bunch.

Good Luck on the build and Tight Lines!

Well fellas, shes about done. Got a livewell online, should be here thursday, hope to have that in this weekend. Weve held off on launching, determined not to until she was completely done...New paint, carpet, front and rear casting decks, trailer rebuild.....Whats that they say about a boat being a hole in the water...I will post up some pics when I'm done. All in all, its been a fun project, had lots of help, well, buddies standing around with a beer in their hand, putting their two cents in mostly. And since I practically stole the boat, its not been as expensive as I thought going in. I think we did ok, and if and when we trade up, I should get it all back + some. Im off tomorrow. Goin down to the pond and catch a bream or maybe two...

Say hey to yer momer n nem....