DIY Livewell Cooler for Jon Boat

How to turn a cooler into a livewell using the flowrite kit from tinyboatnation

[@pezman381]

Before you cut the excess off, put the nut on, then cut the excess, when you take the nut off it will re thread the tube and be easier to get the strainer on and off.

[@allkindsofoutdooractivities]

Great build! Good job!

[@gmurph4121]

Clean vid! 💪🏼

[@volboater]

You should remove the foam around the holes in your cooler and fill with jB Weld to make a tight seal.

[@markmedley9007]

Yer the man. My next project just got a lot easier bub.

[@kirkoutdoors8806]

Glad the video helped!

[@chiefbiglew]

looks like the glack part with the threads goes through the cooler and then put a nut on it white tube on the inside.

[@joshgriffith2333]

How would you recommend catching fish to stock your live well with?

[@glennbornsen6770]

How do you power it up

[@jeremydecoudres]

Have you tried keeping shad in this?

[@kirkoutdoors8806]

I have not. A circular tank would be best to keep Shad alive. I’ve heard they constantly bump into the walls of rectangular tanks and eventually die.

[@pakde8002]

@@kirkoutdoors8806 I think that's right and some fish tend to bunch up in the corners.

[@codyevans8769]

would this same kit work for converting an old deep freezer into a shad tank?

[@kirkoutdoors8806]

Shad are a bit tricky. They usually require a circular tank to stay alive. They habitually swim in circles and will run into the walls of rectangular tanks. I am not sure that this pump would move enough water to aerate a large deep freezer. I will reach out to my friend Zack Smith to upload a video. He is the shad man.

[@blaccsilverstaff5484]

Been doing a lot of thinking, I’ll just throw my net basket out on the side of my boat ,,,faster and cheaper

[@kirkoutdoors8806]

I installed this for bass tournaments. They are mandatory to have in most tournaments.

[@blaccsilverstaff5484]

@@kirkoutdoors8806 oh okay. Since those dudes cheated a few weeks ago…I’ve learned a lot about tournaments. But I won’t enter, it’s like your donating to the winner….unless you catch a massive MASSIVE fish.

[@kirkoutdoors8806]

@@blaccsilverstaff5484 I usually just fish local club tournaments where everyone knows each other. Not that much money involved. $25 entry fees with 10-20 boats. It’s fun when you can trust the guys you’re fishing against. I have a video on my channel where we won a little tournament on lake Cumberland.

[@blaccsilverstaff5484]

@@kirkoutdoors8806 okay I’m gonna check it out

[@71160000]

If you take a bilge pump and turn it upside down and then take a thick piece of styrofoam and cut out a circular hole the size of the pump intake and then strap the pump to the styrofoam and float it in the chest with the styrofoam on the top it will aerate the water far better than any other method. It will basically push out air foam into the chest. You might have to turn it off to see the bait in the bottom of the chest but I've kept shrimp alive a full day in summer without losing a shrimp in the chest.