Hobie Live well?

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Originally Posted by Billy V

The Bad.
Its noisy, you hear the pump, and also hear the water draining out.
My intake tube has clogged every time I have used the tank, in spite of having used a coarse screen inside of the pick-up tube.
(this was due to small slime particles clogging up against the screen, not grass.)
You sometimes have to unhook the tank restraints, lift the tank (filled with water and bait), and remove the Pick-Up Tube to back flush to clear the debris. .

Thanks Billy,

I have heard this complaint from almost everyone who has the Hobie tank. It seems to me that there should be an easy way to fix this problem. Has anyone tried to figure out a way to reverse the direction that the water flows briefly to blow out any debris from the intake side? Sometimes if you reverse the polarity of a motor, it will run backwards. If that is not possible, maybe some sort of a valve system could be used to accomplish this. Adding a "fill and drain" option would probably do the trick.

I have not played with one of these units yet and do not know how the plumbing is set up. Since you have one, take a look and let everyone know what you think about this as a possible solution.

Bob