wasilvers
Well-known member
Got a boat/work question for you guys -
A few weeks back, I cut a hole in my livewell to install a recirculation pump. Then I realized that for the pump to work with my setup, I'd have to tie the pump output into the livewell fill with a T and cutoff from the fill side. Feels like a lot of work while fishing to open the cutoff, fill the tank, close cutoff, turn on recirculation pump, - repeat as necessary to get new water.... I'm pretty sure I'll forget something - and takes time away from fishing. I do have all the parts already, including the timer for the pump.
Then I thought why not put an air bubbler in the tank like my minnow bucket has. The work in using it is just to turn it on as I fill the tank. The one I use in my minnow bucket can keep my minnows alive for days - it seems like it would work well for the livewell. All I want to do is keep my fish alive and healthy till I decide if I have enough to eat at the end of the day. Sometimes I catch one early and then no more - I'm not going to clean just one fish. I only have a hole in the livewell now.
Should I patch the hole and install a bubbler in the livewell, or would the work with a recirculating pump be 'better'.
If it helps, my livewell is about 12 x 22 inches.
Thanks!
Will
A few weeks back, I cut a hole in my livewell to install a recirculation pump. Then I realized that for the pump to work with my setup, I'd have to tie the pump output into the livewell fill with a T and cutoff from the fill side. Feels like a lot of work while fishing to open the cutoff, fill the tank, close cutoff, turn on recirculation pump, - repeat as necessary to get new water.... I'm pretty sure I'll forget something - and takes time away from fishing. I do have all the parts already, including the timer for the pump.
Then I thought why not put an air bubbler in the tank like my minnow bucket has. The work in using it is just to turn it on as I fill the tank. The one I use in my minnow bucket can keep my minnows alive for days - it seems like it would work well for the livewell. All I want to do is keep my fish alive and healthy till I decide if I have enough to eat at the end of the day. Sometimes I catch one early and then no more - I'm not going to clean just one fish. I only have a hole in the livewell now.
Should I patch the hole and install a bubbler in the livewell, or would the work with a recirculating pump be 'better'.
If it helps, my livewell is about 12 x 22 inches.
Thanks!
Will