Bait Well

[whatknot]

Well, I can't stand the thought of not using the 18 gallon in deck livewell on my 85 CC. (closed transom and bracket) I'm trying the 2 pump method as stated above by jasonc. I found 2 rule flow control valves that will be inside the tank for keeping a correct water level. Jason, when you stated (above) that "We finally stopped using the damn thing because it put too much water in the bottom of the boat." did you mean on the deck?

What size was your tank and where was it? Has anyone else tried to rig the tank I have this way? Determined to make it work...aaarrggghh

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by whatknot

Jason, when you stated (above) that "We finally stopped using the damn thing because it put too much water in the bottom of the boat." did you mean on the deck?

He's refferring to the fact that WELLCRAFT intentionally made the livewell dump into the bilge. They were designed that way. If your bilge pump fails, you can actually sink the boat if your livewell is on. I also seen where a guy replaced his livewell pump, and didn't put a shut-off valve on it when he installed the high speed pick-up on the bottom of the hull. Needless to say his boat sank offshore. Whenever he was running on plane he was filling his bilge with water.

[whatknot]

I've plugged the drain in the livewell and I do have a shut off valve. Thanks for the warning though. Nice titties....

[jasoncooperpcola]

I meant the sob leaked water both under and on the deck! We even put a thick bead of NP1 around the top of it where it meets with the deck and it still leaked. I posted a picture of the pumps we used on our big livewell. I also included a picture of our big livewell and how it is plumbed. Its plumbed so that we can fill it with one pump in the bottom of the boat. The pump mounted on the tank empties and recirclulates water by turning certain valves on and off. And i am also including another picture of the deadwell thats in the bottom of the boat. It is located in front of the gas tank. We cut two holes in it to clear trash out of the water channels in the bottom of the boat.