Portable Livewells - Opinions Please

[abl1111]

Gotcha. Thx for the offer on the barrel, but I'm a long way off from you.

I had gotten a clean 55 gallon plastic barrel awhile ago, cut it, found and riveted a perfect sized plastic lid ( the 5200 worked great w/ this! ) and made a 25-30 gallon livewell. I thought it was too heavy to mount on my i/o cover so I gave it to a buddy. It is was a perfect size, but the weight was the issue.

The tough thing about having the livewell on the floor is that the water has to get over the side. And, you really have to have it placed somewhere in the centerline of the boat or it will make the boat lean to one side. You wouldn't want to vent over the side cause the hose would be in the way, so you're stuck with it having to go over the transom ( and it has to be a certain height to get let gravity work for you ).

Your design has re-ignited my interest in making another one.

Now, do you have a really nice design for a pen to hold the bunker when you get back to the dock ? I had built one, but it is not very durable. It floats and is about 3' in diameter x 4' deep. Those fish are wimpy and only seem to live 3-5 days for me... Aaah, the things you do to go fishing !!! The days of doughballs and worms are long gone.