Im gonna make a cooler livewell for my first tourney. was thinking of just buying two of those 11 dollar bass pro aerators amd some please release me and running them into my 72 qt cooler. Also keeping some frozen jugs on board. Will that be sufficient ? I dont wanna get shot down the day of the tournament. Also im assuming you are allowed to use a 14 ft jon boat with an 8 hp in the big boat division? I know ill be out gunned but is it allowed? Or i can usr my 21 foot lobster boat haha jk. Thanks
here is one of my livewells. I have since stole a couple of ideas from same and now have the hard wire plug and timer. The only difference between Sam's and mine that I can see is the spray bars are different, oh and mine ALWAYS has bigger fish in it. 
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Get the pump at Walmart like Mr. Awesome suggested or go to BPS and there are a few different ones to choose from. If you do not want to take the time to drill a hole on the side of the cooler so the pump can be mounted outside, buy a bilge pump instead of a livewell pump. The bilge can be mounted inside the cooler on the bottom with either small screws with silicone on them or I have used velcro too in the past. 1 pump is plenty. 500 gallons per minute minimum.
Oh and that little screen thing you see on the water intake at the bottom of the cooler...... A MUST HAVE or your pump will clog everytime out with weeds or crayfish parts
Get the pump at Walmart like Mr. Awesome suggested or go to BPS and there are a few different ones to choose from. If you do not want to take the time to drill a hole on the side of the cooler so the pump can be mounted outside, buy a bilge pump instead of a livewell pump. The bilge can be mounted inside the cooler on the bottom with either small screws with silicone on them or I have used velcro too in the past. 1 pump is plenty. 500 gallons per minute minimum.
Oh and that little screen thing you see on the water intake at the bottom of the cooler...... A MUST HAVE or your pump will clog everytime out with weeds or crayfish parts
Walmart has an aerator for around 20 bucks that clamps to your battery.
I just got that one last week, havent had a chance to set it up yet. Does it just clip to your TM battery? Can the TM and pump be connected at the same time?
yes x2. You have to keep an eye on the spongey screen thing cuz it'll get saturated with slime from most of the ponds around here so you''ll have to clean it a couple of times a day. Also the aerator head gets clogged. Just have to keep an eye on it. I use the pump on my boat now but have modified it with a spray bar
