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Old 06-30-2003, 04:21 PM
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Default Re: What to do about a Live Baitwell??

HA ANGELFISH
Did you go out this weekend? I ended up working on my boat and will probably be doing the same over the 4th. As for your question when I re did my 23 CC I removed the old well that fit against the transom and build a 32 gal. & moved it forward from the transom and just behind the gas tank. That is the same place that the newer SeaCrafts have theirs. That could be a major project for you and your boat unless you have a access hatch to that area by a sealed hull plat that you probably don’t have in your boat since it is a 1978. The next best is the store bought tanks by Kodiak http://www.meltontackle.com/shopping...oduct_id=10430
They aren’t cheep but they are the best. You can keep lots of Hearings, pilchards, runners gog’s even some live ballys in it and they will stay good all day long the 27 gal would by my first choice for a 23. will need to mount it above deck and have plumbing coming in and out to work correctly. Remember approx 8.5 lbs per gal so I would not keep it to close to the transom due to the weight. Or you could probably mount the 17 gal under your leaning post seat that one will keep about 60 to 80 bait alive and kicking pretty good. Use a 500 gal pump on it. I owned a 17 gal on another boat and never ran out of live bait on a ¾ day fishing trip the 17 is not big enough to live chum but sometimes you can’t have everything.
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