Fish Box Pump for gut-and-gill debris

[pprussell]

We gut and gill salmon on-board. Have a large seven foot long, 20" wide by 20" deep fishbox mounted in the transom, athwartships. it is at waist height and has a single gravity drain. Want to put a pump on this, but it will have to handle some significant guts and the salmon gills, which are relatively hard. Looked at mascerators, but they are obviously not going to handle that. Then looked at diaphram fish box pumps, but they do not chop anything up before passing it, so those would seem to clog right away. What do folks use for this application?
Thanks for any help.
PPrussell

 

[Jlawsen]

Re: Fish Box Pump for gut-and-gill debris

Try this link: http://www.leisureshopdirect.com/caravan/water/product_40805/Shurflo_Macerator_Pump_12V.aspx

 

[Don S]

Re: Fish Box Pump for gut-and-gill debris

I'm going to move this to the boat topics forum, it's not actually a fishing question.

Why not just toss the parts overboard as you clean them? All those bottom critters eat the stuff.

 

[sccatfish]

Re: Fish Box Pump for gut-and-gill debris

Maybe put a garbage disposal on the drain?

What about a pump for pumping out holding tanks?

 

[Bondo]

Re: Fish Box Pump for gut-and-gill debris

We gut and gill salmon on-board. Have a large seven foot long, 20" wide by 20" deep fishbox mounted in the transom, athwartships. it is at waist height and has a single gravity drain. Want to put a pump on this, but it will have to handle some significant guts and the salmon gills, which are relatively hard. Looked at mascerators, but they are obviously not going to handle that. Then looked at diaphram fish box pumps, but they do not chop anything up before passing it, so those would seem to clog right away. What do folks use for this application?
Thanks for any help.
PPrussell

Ayuh,.... Just pump yer wash water in, 'n let gravity keep doin' it's job,....

So long as the drain is larger that any pieces, it shouldn't be a problem...