Live Wells

[Rockfish9]

How many gallons? There are some real nice comercial ones out there.....

[beamie]

For a small boat like yours you can easily fit a 32 or 42 gallon rubbermaid roughnech, the gray ones, and get a small rule 12v pump that hangs off the back of the boat. A must have from early May thru June in our area for the macs.

I use the 42 gallon and have the big 1100 gal washdown pump which is nice when your catching boat. After I establish a good bucket of bait it is a bit overkill. Of course I have a big overflow too, 3".

[MrHunters]

Originally Posted by beamie

For a small boat like yours you can easily fit a 32 or 42 gallon rubbermaid roughnech, the gray ones, and get a small rule 12v pump that hangs off the back of the boat. A must have from early May thru June in our area for the macs.

How do you bait a live mac?

[beamie]

Mr Hunters, Not sure what your asking? The macs are for bait for bass, not bait for the macs.

When catching macs when they are spotty sometimes I do chum as I drift with ground macs.

[Van]

I made a nice set up with an 1100 gph pump on my thru well, two overflows and I did all the plumbing to bring the water in.]

Check this out.

http://www.baitwells.com/shopping/br...at=33&SiteID=1

I got the 40 gallon oval, its sweet.

[MarshCappa]

Originally Posted by Van

I made a nice set up with an 1100 gph pump on my thru well, two overflows and I did all the plumbing to bring the water in.]

Check this out.

http://www.baitwells.com/shopping/br...at=33&SiteID=1

I got the 40 gallon oval, its sweet.

Thanks Van. Good link. I just want to find something that can hold 20 or so Macs, Pogs, etc, dosn't break my bank, and dosn't fry my brain tying to install.

[Van]

I shoulda taken a pic of the tank last year, as this topic has come up a few times. I pump in from the bottom, and there is a 90 elbow so the water goes "spinny" that line is 1" and I have a plastic ball valve to isolate it. Then the two overflows easiliy keep up with that flow.
I used a rule pump that has an extra outlet for the washdown and then the line from the pump itself, that way I only have one thru hull.
I will remember to take a pic this season.

MarshC it was not too much $$$, but i did all the plumbing myself no factory installed stuff.

[MrHunters]

Originally Posted by beamie

Mr Hunters, Not sure what your asking? The macs are for bait for bass, not bait for the macs.

When catching macs when they are spotty sometimes I do chum as I drift with ground macs.

right.... my question was when you use the macs for bait how do you hook them..? havent done much live bait fishing but would like to give it a shot this spring. after all i do have a shiny new live well that was pretty much just used for storage last year

sorry bout that.