Yet another question...

[msbhammer]

LOL, I had to yank my batteries out, stick my head as far in as possible, and with a mirror, declog the drain tube. ;)

[C YENSEN]

mine was originally wired for a macerator pump. just no longer there. the pump would spit out next to the bilge thru hull at the stern starboard side ;D

[boatnluvr]

My '88 has a similar fishbox. There is a drain that goes directly to the bilge (which gets plugged), but there is also a bilge pump with a hose that exits near the top rear of the box. The hose then routes above the tank and eventually connects to the same starboard hull drain as my rear floor drain. Works great.

[reelapeelin]

Tuna...suggestion...insure drain-line Hammer mentioned is clear and use 1st season as MJ said above...although my set-up is different, he described the same way I do mine...he says ''rinse''; what I do is more ''flood'' and there's never smell or other nasties to deal with...a cup 'o clorox if needed, then flush again...if it doesn't work out that way, install a macerator in the bilge at the end of that drain-line, then plumb from that to outside...it'll shoot 10' from the hull ;) ...

[macojoe]

Its a dam fishing boat for god sake!! Its supose to smell!! Thats what gives it Mojo!!
Sometimes there are flys and bees all around mine and my wife starts yelling, thats when I know I have to clean it :-[
Sometimes there is just no time to clean!! You get on the fish for 3 or 4 days 8 hours then off to the market to sell, and home you have a 12 to 15 hour day and the next morning it happens all over again, so why clean it?

Once a week when the fih is biteing!! ;D

[boatnluvr]

MJ,

Is it a trade secret where you fish and for what? I assume somewhere on the northside. No fear, I do not go often enough to steal all your catch.
Also, a buddy of mine (Peter Jasin, not sure if you know him) suggested I get a commercial hook/line license and write off all my boat expenses.

[Seacrets]

I also have a 800 gph bilge pump in the box with a switch mounted on the dash. The water is pumped through a thru hull, not into the bilge. I keep the plug in the bottom to keep the mess out of the bilge when I have fish and ice in the box. When back in port, I clean the box and pull the plug for any rain water to escape. Does anybody know if this box is insulated?

[boatnluvr]

Mine ('88) is definitely not factory insulated. Just designed for storage.

[TunaHead]

Great ideas.

Mine is not insulated either.

[randlemanboater]

TH,

I am thinking like you are on that box, but I am leaning towards using it for storage instead of fish and using a cooler for fish, that way you can sit on it and you don't have to unload the fish from the box into the cooler when your done. *Elemenate one thing to clean.

Another thing that is leaning me towards not having liquid in that box is the big hole on the starboard side in the rear (where my pump hose exits the box) that will allow whatever is in the box to spill onto your gastank top when you punch it to get on plane.