adding a livewell?

[Philip_G]

my boat has a little box that opens up, it's about 12"x12"x12" and has a plug in the bottom that goes through the hull, I've looked around for livewell inserts but haven't had any luck and to be honest don't know what I'm looking for anyway, anyone have any links or suggestions? It's an older boat so going back to tracker hasn't been helpful either.

 

[Jeep Man]

Re: adding a livewell?

Probably a bait well or a cooler. Would be too small for a livewell, unless your fishing for goldfish.

 

[mbgaski]

Re: adding a livewell?

Most probably it's a baitwell. Meant to hold small minnows and such to be used as bait for larger fish. In a pinch though it would probably work as a livewell for smaller sunfish. In the past I've used small buckets to keep them in (they even have small battery powered aerator's that you can use to keep the water oxygenated).

What type of Tracker is your boat? If it has a deck of some sort (or if you can build/add one) under which you can hide some hoses and such you can add a livewell pretty painlessly.

Cabelas sells an aeration/pump kit for that part:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t.../en/common/search/search-box.jsp.form1&Go.x=0

You then connect to a well (any plastic container really). This is another at Cabelas, but any thick plastic tub could be made to work.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t.../en/common/search/search-box.jsp.form1&Go.x=0