"Please explain and show a photo if possible in the Q&A blog of a bait well? It's another important item to many. I wouldn't mind an aftermarket baitwell that I just sit on the floor and can get rid of if I want, but we still need to know how/where to mount a pump to get that raw water to and then there's where does it exit the boat. Maybe another plate with a rule pump mounted?? Then there's exit water, thru the scupper? Just curious. Here' in Florida, I use daily 12 dozen live shrimp, and in the summer 50-100 Menhaden, a day. They need a lot of water circulation. More questions to come till I'm ready to purchase." Captain Dave - To date we have only done large, complicated livewell systems like the 187 gallon foredeck livewell on the boat we are delivering to Maryland tomorrow and very light duty aftermarket, removeable livewells. Neither of these have really been good standard options as the large complicated systems are rather expensive ($2500) and the small, simple systems probably do not have the quality and water volume necessary for serious fishermen such as you. Just this year we have dedicated ourselves to making a good, integral, effective livewell system for the boats. I have started researching the various options available to us. So far we have determined that we will start with a welded-on aluminum, thru hull water pick-up connected to a 3/4 SS ball valve onto which will be mounted a high quality 1100 gph pump. The water will then be pumped to the region of the leaning post/Back-to-Back seatbox where the livewell will reside. Drainage wll be carried back to the transom and overboard. The last question that remains for us is whether or not we use an aftermarket livewell of fiberglass or poly. With a poly tank we would most likely need to put it within an alloy box so that it doesn't look jury-rigged. With a high quality fiberglass unit it could be free standing. We'd appreciate any input you or other readers of this BLOG might have. What pumps have you found reliable? How many gallons are necessary/needed? Do you like tall, skinny tanks or do you like low, wide tanks. What are the biggest problems you find with currently available tanks? Any input would be valuable to us and we would appreciate it! Email me at jay@blacklabmarine.com . Thank you. |
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