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 Homemade Livewell
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02/23/11 02:44 AM
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Anyone every built one that will hold 5 good sized or 10 smaller cats. I need to build one for my boat.
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02/23/11 02:48 AM
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Just get you a cooler and one of those cooler pads from Academy. You'll have a seat and storage/livewell. I have an airator in mine and I can keep any fish alive in it including shad when I'm chasing the stripes
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Re: Homemade Livewell
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02/23/11 02:57 AM
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Built one out of a cooler, like mentioned above, worked great. I did drill a hole in the side to run my wires to my battery and sealed it with marine grade silicon. Also had to drill a few holes in the lid to let fresh air in. Even with the aererator the oxygen runs out if the lid seals tight. Had trouble keeping it cool in the hot months and would add ice. it was cheap effecient and lasted several years.
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Re: Homemade Livewell
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02/23/11 03:53 AM
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large ice chest, bilge pump for pumping water in and out and an aerator. take it out when you dont need it Built one out of a cooler, like mentioned above, worked great. I did drill a hole in the side to run my wires to my battery and sealed it with marine grade silicon. Also had to drill a few holes in the lid to let fresh air in. Even with the aererator the oxygen runs out if the lid seals tight. Had trouble keeping it cool in the hot months and would add ice. it was cheap effecient and lasted several years. Seen something like that on a quick google search I did. I'll look into that!
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Re: Homemade Livewell
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02/23/11 03:55 AM
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I use a 55 gallon drum. Holds 3 fish to 50lbs. Nice! I like that idea. Good and cost effective. Do you ice it all or put in an aerator? Or just a drum and water?
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02/23/11 05:20 AM
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How big is your boat Derek? Unless it's like Salsa's CC Skeeter you might want to keep it lower center of gravity than a drum. I could be wrong.
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Re: Homemade Livewell
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02/23/11 05:43 AM
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18' power cat. Stick steer. Here is a pic to give a basic idea. Lower center of gravity is good thinking.  
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In a boat laid out like that you ought to look into an Oval tank that could go in the middle. You could either go with something homemade or a good used greyline.
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I mounted the seats with 6' between +/- for a cooler. Which I planned on using for throwing fish on/in. I'll look up the names you say. I need to be able to keep these fish alive for tourneys. Other than that, ice will do.
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Re: Homemade Livewell
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02/23/11 12:40 PM
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Re: Homemade Livewell
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I've made several shad livewells out of the big round water jug coolers. Used an airator nozzle attached to a bilge pump and 1.5 inch clear plastic supply line for the drain. Drilled two holes near the top of the cooler, Marine Goop to seal and hold it in place nice and strong. It shouldn't be any harder to do it with a big rectangular cooler than the round water jug types...
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02/23/11 12:51 PM
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I used the larges cooler I could find at Academy. I like the one set of wheels a partimes. I know at Cooper tourny, its get heavy carrying 160+ lbs of fish around.
Parttime, where did you get the little plastic box to mount the control? Thats the only thing I'm missing on mine.
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02/23/11 02:04 PM
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Got it at radio shack, I believe they call them hobby boxes. It works great.
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