mrallen007
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2010
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Hey all,
I recently bought a new Tracker Pro 165. There is a single livewell in the bow. It is fitted with a basic pump located at the transom and a spray head inside the tank. It may just be my ignorance as a fisherman, but I'm unable to keep small bait fish alive in this thing. I've heard my system does little to truly aerate the livewell other than to pump in some fresh lake water which has some fresh oxygen in it. There are some aeration kits out there, but I've heard they don't do much good unless you actually have a way of oxygenating the water.
I know that water temperature is also a factor and I've not done much to regulate that. I've read that I should try to keep the water between 65 and 70 degrees to keep fish alive and well, an interesting trick in the Texas Summer. I intend to try and do better to regulate the temperature but that leaves me with questions about how best to manage the water.
Would it suffice to add a system that pumps air into the livewell and top it off with fresh lakewater when need be? Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can best aerate/oxygenate it? I apologize if this is just common knowledge I just don't have. I'm in the process of adding some upgrades to the boat and would like to set up a good quality livewell system while I'm at it.
Thank you for any suggestions you might have!
I recently bought a new Tracker Pro 165. There is a single livewell in the bow. It is fitted with a basic pump located at the transom and a spray head inside the tank. It may just be my ignorance as a fisherman, but I'm unable to keep small bait fish alive in this thing. I've heard my system does little to truly aerate the livewell other than to pump in some fresh lake water which has some fresh oxygen in it. There are some aeration kits out there, but I've heard they don't do much good unless you actually have a way of oxygenating the water.
I know that water temperature is also a factor and I've not done much to regulate that. I've read that I should try to keep the water between 65 and 70 degrees to keep fish alive and well, an interesting trick in the Texas Summer. I intend to try and do better to regulate the temperature but that leaves me with questions about how best to manage the water.
Would it suffice to add a system that pumps air into the livewell and top it off with fresh lakewater when need be? Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can best aerate/oxygenate it? I apologize if this is just common knowledge I just don't have. I'm in the process of adding some upgrades to the boat and would like to set up a good quality livewell system while I'm at it.
Thank you for any suggestions you might have!