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Looking for cheap live well ideas
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:08 pm Posts: 1474 Location: Morgan City, La 
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 Looking for cheap live well ideasGetting ready to the Morgan city oilmens rodeo in May and the only species that has to be alive is bass which is what I want to fish. I really want to use my gator tail boat to fish it looking for a way to keep them alive.
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| Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:56 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:55 pm Posts: 2005
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas _________________ VooDoo--what you get when you leave your Voo outside all night long. |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:58 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:15 pm Posts: 2552
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas Here is what I used when I was a kid
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ 17/54 gator tail extreme with a stage 2 gator tail strapped on the back viewtopic.php?f=5&t=43412 |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:00 pm |
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MMT Moderator  Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas I use a portable oxygen system and a igloo cooler filled with water to keep my fish alive for tournaments.
The igloo helps keep water temps equal. If during summer use bags of ice to cool water down every hour or so. Frozen water bottles etc to help maintain temps. _________________ GTB 1860 w/ 2019 GTR40XD-HO |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:00 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:08 pm Posts: 1474 Location: Morgan City, La
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas If I can't come up with nothing I'll have to use my dad's bass boat. I don't want to because I'm used to being able to go anywheres I want. And in that I'm gonna end up tearing up his lower unit. Lol
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| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:01 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:15 pm Posts: 2552
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas Then put fish in this for run in
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ 17/54 gator tail extreme with a stage 2 gator tail strapped on the back viewtopic.php?f=5&t=43412 |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:01 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:08 pm Posts: 1474 Location: Morgan City, La
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas _________________ 1854 Extreme CC 35 GTR RTR!!! |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:16 pm |
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MMT Moderator Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas _________________ GTB 1860 w/ 2019 GTR40XD-HO |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:21 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:25 pm Posts: 3676 Location: down in da flats, LA
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas _________________ 35 GTR chasin a BBC 1848 |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:25 pm |
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MMT Super Elite Member  Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm Posts: 11166 Location: Cecilia, LA
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas Your lucky day. I have a live bait tank I'll give you. It's about 3 feet oblong and two feet tall with outlet and inlet. Heavy duty plastic 1/2 inch thick. I'm in lafayette, la
_________________ Formerly:1648 Homemade Cypress Crawfish Skiff GTR23 Performance Cam and Heads; 17x46 Gator Tail with 35GTR and Hoyt's cam;s Currently: 17x48 Gator Tail with XD40 EFI. “Wisdom is not just expertise. It is knowing how much of various areas of expertise you need to know in order to make the decisions that the world needs and that you want to do,” Columbia University President Lee Bollinger. |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:35 pm |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:23 pm Posts: 215
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas I didn't like any of the cheap ways. Water sloshing around, water foaming up because of fish poop, etc. I had gator trax put a live well in a dry box with a drain, fresh pump, and recirculating pump. I love it.
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| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:35 pm |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:49 pm Posts: 445 Location: Southern Illinois
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas _________________ [color=#80BF00][b]Excel 1860 swv4f4 with GTR35L with stage 1, cam, exhaust, heads |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:42 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 1:04 pm Posts: 2037 Location: On da Northshore -- Louisiana
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Looking for cheap live well ideas An ice chest with an aerator is what I use and it has kept bass alive for 4-5 hours.
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| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:51 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 1:04 pm Posts: 2037 Location: On da Northshore -- Louisiana
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas _________________ 1860 GTB/35GTR CC w/ Hoyt Stage 1 - bowfishin'/rodnreel/duckhunting |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:54 pm |
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MMT Addict  Joined: Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:33 pm Posts: 645 Location: New Iberia, La
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas Go to Walmart and get a cheap ice chest or use one you already have the sell livewell aerator for around 30$ it's just a bilge pump with a plastic flex hose and a wire with clamps for the battery
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| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:56 pm |
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MMT Addict Joined: Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:33 pm Posts: 645 Location: New Iberia, La
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas ImageUploadedByTapatalk1394679458.586700.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1394679469.451793.jpg
This is the exact one I use cause my boat doesn't have a live well it kept 32 sacalait alive all day while fishing a tournament You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ 1848 Uncle J and 37 EFI GTR |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:58 pm |
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MMT Moderator Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas Those non recirculating systems will work but remember to replace water as nitrate levels will elevate to toxic levels.
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| Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:00 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:58 pm Posts: 2731 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas X2
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| Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:08 pm |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:59 pm Posts: 366 Location: Bridge city, TX
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:20 pm |
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MMT Super Elite Member Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm Posts: 11166 Location: Cecilia, LA
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas image.jpg
It's the one on top You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ Formerly:1648 Homemade Cypress Crawfish Skiff GTR23 Performance Cam and Heads; 17x46 Gator Tail with 35GTR and Hoyt's cam;s Currently: 17x48 Gator Tail with XD40 EFI. “Wisdom is not just expertise. It is knowing how much of various areas of expertise you need to know in order to make the decisions that the world needs and that you want to do,” Columbia University President Lee Bollinger. |
| Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:29 pm |
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MMT Elite Member  Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas Thats a very good one Dean. It'll last a life time if taken care of. They are very well made.
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| Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:33 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:15 pm Posts: 2552
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas _________________ 17/54 gator tail extreme with a stage 2 gator tail strapped on the back viewtopic.php?f=5&t=43412 |
| Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:53 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:08 pm Posts: 1474 Location: Morgan City, La
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas _________________ 1854 Extreme CC 35 GTR RTR!!! |
| Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:27 pm |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:22 pm Posts: 401
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas We use an ice chest with a 500 gph bilge pump. Also get u a bottle of rejuvinate. This setup works better than any livewell .
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| Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:57 pm |
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MMT Elite Member Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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Re: Looking for cheap live well ideas Just as coe said....change water often and use ice every so often to keep water cool. This method with a cheap recirculator is reallt effective.
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| Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:02 pm |
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