Thanks Ian. Your video is the 1st one of this concept that has shown the bottom of the 6 inch PVC. Now I understand how the system works. I wasn't grasping it from other videos I've watched.
I am happy to share it, it works well! I used the crap out of it last year. I am going to do another video of it in the summer, explain the setup more and the problems I ran into when I built it.
Yup. I live in Arizona so we always fish with dead fish!!! Lol!!! It sure would be nice to keep shad alive!!!! Might just be the edge that puts more fish in the boat!!!!
You can use 1 cup of livestalk salt per 10 gallons of water and i forget the amount but a small amount of cheap coffee creamer to kill the foam. Hope that helps yall keep bait longer.
I have never heard of live stock salt.. I have heard of coffee creamer never tried it I’ll have to give it a try one of these times. Thanks for the tip!
“The floor” that the pump rests on is pvc. When I cut the the 6 inch pvc to fit vertical in the cooler, with the left over piece of the 6 inch, I cut it and flattened it out with a heat gun, this is the flat piece that rests on the upper part of the cooler. I cut the hole out of the flattened pvc to fit the “pump housing” I used the circle I cut out and screwed it in to the inside of bottom of the 6inch pipe, and used it as “the floor” I used 3m marine silicone/sealant to seal it up.
So it’s a 1 1/4 “ pipe, the bottom is sealed except where the pipe connects to the bottom. This allows dirty water to come up through the pipe and go over the filter thus cleaning the water allowing shad to live longer. Rewatch the video I have a shot of what the bottom of the 6 “ pipe looks like
Great job i have a couple of questions if you don't mind how does it work for removing scales if you had to build it again would you change anything I'm a fan thanks for sharing
Thank you! Yes it picks up scales and waste very well. If I could change anything and I will it would be that I would secure the 6 inch pipe better, it moves around with heavy waves. Also I would pick a cooler that seals better. When the boat rocks around sometime water comes out between the lid and the cooler. Other than that it works really well.
Thanks how about use some pvc pipe cut in stripes and attach the pieces to your pipe just under your lid and just above the lid sandwiching the lid so it can't move Thanks for sharing if you don't mind can I use your design
Absolutely use that design. That’s why I put a video up of it because It works so well. I like the pvc c idea you got. I have been using a cut a pool noodle to fit on the 6 inch pipe and sandwich it with the lid, works good, I want it to be better than good. It’s nice to be able to take it all apart and clean it, it gets filthy dirty so there is that to think about too. You are going to want to clean it out on the regular.
Is the lid insulated? If not drill holes spaced out and fill it with canned foam. This will help with the water temperature too. It's what I did on my livewell. Thanks for the video and nice work!
Good looking pancake.! Nice build also. Where did you buy your dannco venturi aerator. I couldnt find it. Thanks for your video. I wanna build me something.
might be a dumb question? so the water comes from the bottom and pushes water out of the 1 inch pipe on top then filters through the filter you have set and then pushed back into the tank?
Yes! I had to make the pipe letting the water in a bigger diameter. I started with a 3/4 inch pipe then I had to go bigger to a 1 inch pipe, this fixed the problem you stated of pump pumping faster than water coming in. So if you are using a 1/2 pump you need a 1 inch pipe or maybe 1 1/4 inch. Or the water level is not high enough in cooler. I bet it’s the size of the pipe letting in water.
I cut it so it was just barely above the filter (almost flush with the filter)You want it as short as you can get away with because it is gravity fed system the shorter you can get that 1 inch pipe (or as close as you can get to the ground of the cooler) the less water you can get away with putting in the cooler. Hope that makes sense…
I didn’t buy one. When I cut the 6 inch PVC to fit the cooler, I took the scrap piece, cut it and flattened it out with a heat gun, cut out the Bottom out of the flattened pvc. I used the flattened piece for a upper support in the cooler.
I am looking for about your product place lace me a messages . When I post this, I am looking for more Information on this thing in this Video how it run on have in boats hope can help me come pay lake or ponds
This is DIY not a product of mine. I am thinking of doing another video on it to better explain how I built it and how it works. Look for it in a few weeks. If you have a specific question on what materials used or how I built it I’ll be happy to try and help.
I know it sounds wrong adding salt to fresh water to keep shad alive but a small amount of salt helps harden scales and rejuvenate the baits slime coat and reduces the effects of stress on shad. Shad can be very difficult to keep alive for very long they get stressed very easy.
