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The livewell is glassed on the bottom to two fiberglass knees that support it. The knees are between the openings that you see in the top picture that warthog5 posted.Support was a concern and the knees seem to be doing a great job so far. The top of the livewell is very heavily glassed to the wooden cap of the transom. I feel that the setup is soild. The livewell is angled for drainage purposes and even has a little recessed drain at the bottom of the angle. I connected a 1 1/2 inch hose to it and ran it out of the side of the boat. I use differnet height pieces of pvc pipe to determine how much water I want in the livewell. The taller the pipe the more water as the water runs out once it flows over the pipe. I put a mesh net on it to stop bait from being sucked out. When I want to empty the livewell I just pull the pipe up and everything is quickly sucked out. It is a strong enough suction to pull shrimp out with ease. I have 4 optima batteries in the boat which allows me to run the 1100gph livewell pump all day long without to much worry. I can adjust the flow and direction with a nozzel. I haven't tried it yet with menhaden but for shrimp and mullet it works great. Thanks for all of the replies and keep them coming.

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