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 KoolWell users?
#6447083
07/27/11 04:26 PM
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Mr Bill
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Have any of you used The KoolWell system? Comment please...
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: Mr Bill]
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07/27/11 05:40 PM
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Hotty Toddy
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Installed one this spring, the best investment I have made on my boat. Can fish all day in the summer and never worry about adding ice or the fish being alive.
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: Hotty Toddy]
#6447399
07/27/11 05:41 PM
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Lance_Wallen
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they make one for anglers to sit in? If so.. I'm DOWN.
2011 Fish
Eagle Mountain Lake: Sandbass x33; PB 1.0lb 13inch. LMB x3; dinks.
Benbrook Lake: Hybrid Bass x2; 5.05lb,2.5lb. Sandbass x3; small.
Lake Tahoe: Mackinaw Trout x3; 6lb, 4lb, 3lb.
Truckee River: Rainbow Trout x1; too small to weigh.
San Francisco Bay: Leopard Shark x3; 15lb, 8lb, 7lb.
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: Lance_Wallen]
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07/27/11 05:46 PM
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Mr Bill
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Hotty Toddy...do you have to add ice to start the unit in the morning??
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: Mr Bill]
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07/27/11 06:16 PM
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senko9S
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what is thing supposed to do?
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: senko9S]
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07/27/11 06:24 PM
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Mr Bill
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it is supposed to keep livewell temp at approximately 70-72 degrees
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: Mr Bill]
#6447602
07/27/11 06:32 PM
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fouzman
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it is supposed to keep livewell temp at approximately 70-72 degrees No sir, it will only cool your livewells 7-8 degrees below surface temps. If you took a bass out of 90 degree water and dropped it in a 72 degree livewell, the fish would more than likely die from shock. You've got to cool that water and fish gradually. You also have to gradually warm them back up prior to release if they're kept in a 72 degree livewell in the summer.
Coincidence is His way of remaining anonymous.
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: Mr Bill]
#6447647
07/27/11 06:43 PM
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senko9S
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it is supposed to keep livewell temp at approximately 70-72 degrees add 2-3 seven pound bags of ice? just wondering how this thing works...
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: fouzman]
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07/27/11 06:47 PM
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it is supposed to keep livewell temp at approximately 70-72 degrees No sir, it will only cool your livewells 7-8 degrees below surface temps. If you took a bass out of 90 degree water and dropped it in a 72 degree livewell, the fish would more than likely die from shock. You've got to cool that water and fish gradually. You also have to gradually warm them back up prior to release if they're kept in a 72 degree livewell in the summer. This is a hard lesson I learned this weekend. Had a big fish that was in good shape when I took it straight out of 72 degree water weighed in and released it. It went into shock and just finned on the surface. We finally gave up on it and pulled it out. I felt bad, since I stock a lot of fish and knew it had to be tempered back to the warm water. Won't forget this one again.
Retirement best job ever.
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Re: KoolWell users?
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07/27/11 07:04 PM
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Hotty Toddy
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The unit has a cooling coil, i start off with about 16lbs of ice in the live well and about 21lbs packed on top of the cooling coil, I keep my live wells about 72-74 from the start to the end of the day, have not lost a single fish this year and have had compliments on the health of my fish. I fish 90% in the summer in 20ft+ The cold water will not shock the fish.
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: Hotty Toddy]
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07/27/11 07:11 PM
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fouzman
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The cool water WILL shock them as WILL the hot water when you release the fish. They may not die in your possession, but they're more than likely going to die if not acclimated slowly when going from one temperature extreme to another.
I don't fish tournaments much but I have handled and transported largemouth bass for many, many years. I'm not just blowing hot air at you, sir.
Coincidence is His way of remaining anonymous.
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: fouzman]
#6447854
07/27/11 07:20 PM
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Outdoordude
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Well if they're coming out of deeper water then no, you probably won't lose many in your tank. But, a bunch will die when they get dumped back into the 90-95 degree water at the boat ramp.
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: fouzman]
#6447861
07/27/11 07:21 PM
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Fish AKA Jerry
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I don't fish tournaments much but I have handled and transported largemouth bass for many, many years. I'm not just blowing hot air at you, sir.
Hard to tell when its 104 already... 
FREYED KNOT
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Re: KoolWell users?
[Re: fouzman]
#6447879
07/27/11 07:24 PM
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Mr Bill
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Thanks to all of you guys for your comments....
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