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question on live wells and tournament fishing

ok had a question my buddy and me were wanting to get into tournament fishing. i wasnt to sure on the rules his boat dosent have a live well. A guy was telling me that they make areators for coolers i was wondering if anyone has used them and if it wwere legal for tournaments.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Stiles on February 26, 2010 at 12:20pm

Chad
The guys pretty much hit the nail on the head. I recommend looking into the KeepAlive Oxygen Infusor. I keep 4-5 of these units in the Northwest Bass trailer just in case of live well failure during a tournament. They are easy to hook up and I can personally give testimony as to how well they work.
Feel free to call me should you have any questions. My number is on the Northwest Bass web site.
Thanks and good luck
Stilen

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on February 28, 2010 at 8:47pm

Yu gize wun dat turn dinchyu?

T Dot said:

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:
I have an idea, why not just buy a cheap bilge pump from walmart as well, and this way you drop it over the side of the boat, and it will pump freshwater into you makeshift livewell and then if you don't have a drain hole just put the pump in the well to get the water out.

actully there is a pump you can get from walmart that works exactly like this. it doubles as a livewell pump too. we used it for our make-shift livewell. it takes but a few minutes to drain / refill.

to do both wells, it took less than 5mins. we drained [or should i say butta drained] them both to 1/2way down every 1hr. we had about 8fish by 10am including a 5lber. they were quite lively at the end of the day.

Permalink Reply by Daniel on March 2, 2010 at 12:27pm

T Dot said:

Clif Kincaid said:
Good for you,Im very happy that is the path you have taken.I myself can use a 7' to throw SB,sure there not 6-10oz baits but i dont care.I buy the the ones that will work for my gear.And first SB i ever bought 4"castaic"I actually got a 3lb smallie on it to.So bash on oh its to small and that fish is small all you want,personally i dont care,and GREAT job for you winning something.

FOF - all i did was threw everything back you threw at me.

as for the 7ft deal. i keep telling you, just like others have, only for 1 reason. it is for your benefit. 1 day you will either get burned, or 1 day you will be glad you took heed on the advice. trust me, ive seen it happen 1 too many times already and i took the cdn oath never to allow it again.

there was a time i was very hard headed, and didnt listen to advice. as ive always wanted to push the envelope and see for myself, and with my own eyes. trust me, when you do hook into something really big, you want the best shot at it as you can get. am i not correct? you do not want to learn the hardway, as that often leads to heart break. one of the first big feeshes we hooked was on (what i believe to be) a 7ft rod, not to mention on the wrong reel, and the whatever else you could think of. that bitch peeled off so much line, and made the reel scream - til this day i still have nightmares.

Permalink Reply by S Hwang on March 2, 2010 at 12:58pm