How To make a HOMEMADE Live Bait well! DIY Livewell Project
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Date: 2020-08-05
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Eaglecreeker
rubber washers would have worked also and none of the mess or permanent problems if a leak appeared later on, or in case you change something or decide to use these parts in a new tank. you can cut rubber washers out of any rubber mat or buy them. Currently making a Minnow Sell holding tank as Ive noticed all the old local minnow shops have closed down and left a need for a live bait shop, good way to supplement social security in my opinion, guess i will find out. picked up a working small chest freezer for free and i will be adding a coat of gel coat in a blue, light blue color to help assure all areas are well sealed and maintain a better stress free environment. I plan on using a bucket filter although the smaller version made from a large diameter pvc pipe is also a option that looks good too. Haven't decided on a pump yet due to price differences.
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rubber washers would have worked also and none of the mess or permanent problems if a leak appeared later on, or in case you change something or decide to use these parts in a new tank. you can cut rubber washers out of any rubber mat or buy them. Currently making a Minnow Sell holding tank as Ive noticed all the old local minnow shops have closed down and left a need for a live bait shop, good way to supplement social security in my opinion, guess i will find out. picked up a working small chest freezer for free and i will be adding a coat of gel coat in a blue, light blue color to help assure all areas are well sealed and maintain a better stress free environment. I plan on using a bucket filter although the smaller version made from a large diameter pvc pipe is also a option that looks good too. Haven't decided on a pump yet due to price differences.
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Robbie
Have you ever made a tank with a filter? I live a little north of Atlanta GA and the #1 Striper in the world is Lake Sidney Lanier; or as we like to call it, Big Sid. Blue back Herring is the bait of choice and they do no likey dirty water or even lake water. But you HAVE to filter it as their scales come off really easy and they will die on you. The bait tanks at the fishing store I buy bait are north of 500 because they all filters built into them.
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Have you ever made a tank with a filter? I live a little north of Atlanta GA and the #1 Striper in the world is Lake Sidney Lanier; or as we like to call it, Big Sid. Blue back Herring is the bait of choice and they do no likey dirty water or even lake water. But you HAVE to filter it as their scales come off really easy and they will die on you. The bait tanks at the fishing store I buy bait are north of 500 because they all filters built into them.
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Ragnarok
That's just an oversized aerator. Why not just use the bin with a portable airstone/pump and run it on a couple D batteries or a plug-in pump while at home? It would do the same thing. Or better yet use said air pump to run a cycled sponge filter which would eliminate ammonia in the water produced by the bait. Then all you got to do is change out 25%ish of the water once a week, and you can keep it alive indefinitely. Just like an aquarium.
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That's just an oversized aerator. Why not just use the bin with a portable airstone/pump and run it on a couple D batteries or a plug-in pump while at home? It would do the same thing. Or better yet use said air pump to run a cycled sponge filter which would eliminate ammonia in the water produced by the bait. Then all you got to do is change out 25%ish of the water once a week, and you can keep it alive indefinitely. Just like an aquarium.
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Will
It's too bad Attwood doesn't make a version of the pump with slip (glue/cement) connections at the pump. Then you could use a uniseal on the curved surface and wouldn't need a drop of 5200 for a perfect seal. it might even be worth converting from threaded to slip with a Tee and slapping a ball valve into the 3rd port of the Tee. You'd then have a simple way to drain most of the tank.
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It's too bad Attwood doesn't make a version of the pump with slip (glue/cement) connections at the pump. Then you could use a uniseal on the curved surface and wouldn't need a drop of 5200 for a perfect seal. it might even be worth converting from threaded to slip with a Tee and slapping a ball valve into the 3rd port of the Tee. You'd then have a simple way to drain most of the tank.
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Greg
Huge help to the public Victor. Made a few of these over the years. However, could you reply with (or shoot a follow-up video) your recommendations of how to build a transport cart. We see these at larger tackle shops but they want the bank for them. I really like what I've seen on a few glimpses of the one you take from the Juno Pier to the Inlet. Can you tell us about it?
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Huge help to the public Victor. Made a few of these over the years. However, could you reply with (or shoot a follow-up video) your recommendations of how to build a transport cart. We see these at larger tackle shops but they want the bank for them. I really like what I've seen on a few glimpses of the one you take from the Juno Pier to the Inlet. Can you tell us about it?
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Jorge
question I made the exact live well you show, works great but I noticed that after a few hours the top of the water starts becoming foamy and that it feels like the bait do not last very long, am I doing something wrong? I was using live sardines bought bait boat. I did not use the cover and it was a hot South Florida day, I was also moving locations a bit also.
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question I made the exact live well you show, works great but I noticed that after a few hours the top of the water starts becoming foamy and that it feels like the bait do not last very long, am I doing something wrong? I was using live sardines bought bait boat. I did not use the cover and it was a hot South Florida day, I was also moving locations a bit also.
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mike
Only thing Id do differently would be to put a tee in the line and a ball valve on the tee to drain the water. The pump will do the work and have the tee high enough off the floor so you can easily put a 5 gal. bucket under it, or connect a hose to the ball valve so you can drain water in the yard.
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Only thing Id do differently would be to put a tee in the line and a ball valve on the tee to drain the water. The pump will do the work and have the tee high enough off the floor so you can easily put a 5 gal. bucket under it, or connect a hose to the ball valve so you can drain water in the yard.
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Tommy
I had trouble finding the swivel head at Lowe's or home depot but west marine had one for ten bucks, but if you want it to flow in a certain direction I had to position it in the direction I wanted it to be so the water would circulate before I applied the sealant. thanks for the video landshark!
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I had trouble finding the swivel head at Lowe's or home depot but west marine had one for ten bucks, but if you want it to flow in a certain direction I had to position it in the direction I wanted it to be so the water would circulate before I applied the sealant. thanks for the video landshark!
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Ask
Those are no good people, I build one and there is no way to keep it down cant bolt into anything so I tried bungees got 12 miles out turned around and the thing flipped over, it was way top heavy lost all my bait and the fish were going off, this is a fail!
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Those are no good people, I build one and there is no way to keep it down cant bolt into anything so I tried bungees got 12 miles out turned around and the thing flipped over, it was way top heavy lost all my bait and the fish were going off, this is a fail!
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hunt
Awesome video, definitely making one of these. Just wondering, do you bring bait home and store them overnight in one of these or is this something you would only use when buying live bait at the store and then taking that bait to the boat for fishing?
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Awesome video, definitely making one of these. Just wondering, do you bring bait home and store them overnight in one of these or is this something you would only use when buying live bait at the store and then taking that bait to the boat for fishing?
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