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On Sep 22, 8:02 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:33:18 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:
Lastly....how do you start up and then shut down a livewell after a day of
fishing?
You turn it on in either recycle, auto or constant circulation, prime
the circulator pump which on my boat means backing up a little to
force a little water into the line, then let it run.

When you are finished, put it in Empty or Drain position and it
empties.

Ask Scott how it works - works pretty good.

With respect to keeping a fish fresh, live wells will keep a fish
alive until you get time to bleed and gut it. Much better than ice.

For those unfamiliar with Bluefish and fishing for them. Folks who eat
Bluefish like to keep them alive till they can can bleed and clean
them. If you are on a pod of Bluefish, you can catch them as fast as
you can catch, then you have to chase the pod. There is often little
time to tend to the cleaning so you keep them in the livewell till you
are ready to clean then and put them on ice.

Tom's well works great. He twsted a switch and it filled with fresh
water and recirculated it keeping one fish I caught alive and well for
hours, eventually decided to not kill him, so we were able to let him
go no worse for the experience. At the end of the day, he twisted the
switch back, and it emptied itself nicely.

Which one of you geniuses reaches into the livewell to grab the blues by
the tail? :}