[FishStretcher]

Blue_Heron-
You have a good point about freezing the corrugated hose, I hadn't thought past the $11 a roll , vs. $3 a foot part.

I am of two minds on the strainers. I hadn't thought a lot about debris, more about the ability to drain away water quickly- hence the 1" diameter. If they do go to a small "settling tank" (and the debris sinks- it might not), then the settling tank has a slightly elevated bilge pump, then that might work without a screen. But a topside screen fixes most of this straight away. Except for leaves. Which both are vulnerable to.

I think I will keep looking. Or buy some schedule 80 PVC and make a deck fitting with a shoulder on it in the lathe.

Strick-

Thanks for documentation on demand! I really should take more pictures. I might also look for the screened drains on line at Jamestown or Hamilton next.