It sounds like you are very close with the new Opti. Pictures?
Baitwells are a hot topic. No disrespect to reel or anyone else but I could not agree more with whatknot. It may have something to do with the water temperature or the bait. Greenbacks (threadfin herring) are my live bait of choice. They like swimming in circles with a steady flow of fresh saltwater, look at them wrong or put too many in the livewell and they are dead. My experience with mud minnows is that they require next to nothing for survival, shrimp, porgies, pinfish too just don't let the water get too warm. I ain't saying it can't be done but I never saw a recirculating system that would keep greenies alive.
As for the in deck livewell, hate it. The space there is good for fish on ice. I would say beer but I like easier access to the beer:beer:.

Pictures to follow very soon. Just got back from PDI where all went 100% ok.

Must admit never had greenies in my tank although we used to get 'em at the bouys in my friends catamaran...kept 'em alive w/no problem in his tank, but I would like to try 'em in mine sometime just to see...a C-Note says it'll keep 'em happy!!...

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Come on down to Florida in June or July and you got a bet... One stipulation, if you win you have to take me to dinner and I get to pick where and what we eat.
Down here the flow and the filtration of the water is important but the water temperature is a bait killer.
My mom's boat does not have a livewell. I carry a similar system to yours when I am in her boat. We don't use greenbacks but it keeps shiners alive all day if we add ice to keep the water from boiling. We keep shrimp alive in a six-pack cooler with ice on the bottom and a layer of newspaper on top of that. This leaves the livewell free to put our catch. Two out of three of my livewells will keep speckled trout alive indefinitely.

RR - so you put your live bait in a cooler on ice and your keeper fish in a bait tank? SWEET!

Just messing, really though, do you keep the trout alive in order to cull the smaller ones or is it to keep them fresh without having to have very much ice on board?

I've put flounder in the livewell in order to cull smaller fish before. I'll back up Reel on the c-note bet for the greenies. If you can keep gizzard shad alive you can keep ANYTHING alive.
WTF? :head: :you:
How about if Reel loses you pay for all the gas!! :sun:

Blue, I think culling is against the law in FL. I can't keep up with all the new game laws. I just like to keep the fish fresh in the livewell, some days the fish don't cooperate so if we don't catch a good mess we can release one or two live fish without harm and never bloody the knife.
The shrimp stay alive on ice for 4 or 5 hours, if the fish cooperate, you have your keepers in 30 minutes and the rest of the day is catch and release. We are only allowed 1 snook in the slot, 1 redfish in the slot and 5 specks in the slot per person. Snapper laws are more complicated. My routine changes with whatever species I am targeting.
I know that aquariums works pretty well so I would not be interested in the fuel bill for Reel.LOL Dinner is my way of hedging the bet;) I need to Google gizzard shad, never heard of them..
Come on down to Fl and I will buy dinner and drinks and we can test theory while catching a few.
Let the C-notes fly..

Water temp is why mine's INSULATED...keeps these fragile herring happy in hot summer months, so if I ever get down your way, I'll pack my tank...you anywhere near Franco in Sebastian?...sounds good on the restaurant...locals ALWAYS know best!!...

All right Oz, Joe, Ridge if there is going to be live well testing you are going to need an unbiased observer. let me know. I love Fla.

OK!!...sounds like a tank-testin' comin' comin' up next summer!!...

Lakeland... west coast gulf fishing or east coast?

I don't know about keeping bait alive in my floor tank yet, but I think it'll do good with Ice and Beer!:beer: