Bait pump placement

[Bpcode3]

Originally Posted by asystole

Nice set up BPcode3. Are you a Medic in Buena Park?

Am a Medic, private though (BP = my initials), having to put up with being private, until someone starts hiring again, that and teaching EMT, ACLS, Etc. Kayak Fishing hasn't been paying to much latley Thankful I'm even employed (x 2)

[Iceman]

Thru hull rocks! set it up with a 6 volt battery and go all day, super quiet

[Bpcode3]

Originally Posted by Iceman

Thru hull rocks! set it up with a 6 volt battery and go all day, super quiet

Andy, does the Thru hull set up work on tanks like the ones posted? Or is that more for built in tanks like the Stealth? Is there any problems with removing the tank when installed thru hull?

[JrBasser]

The thru hull design will work on any tank as long as the tank allows a place for the fitting to stick out. The only thing you have to be sure of is the pump being completely below the water line so it doesn't have to be primed.The idea is that all you have is a male hose fitting sticking out of your tank. That way all you do is set your tank into the tankwell, slide the hose onto the fitting and go. All the wiring and what not would be set up identical to the kayatank system. so that your battery is in a dry bag (dry box, whatever) inside the hull and you have a switch mounted on your deck. You could go all the way with it and set it up with a kayatank wiring harness and have the timer switch and everything which makes it super easy.

[Bpcode3]

Might have to head to Sunset to get some work done soon. Would be nice to get rid of the drag of the bilge over the side, Thanks

[Grego]

Originally Posted by Iceman

Thru hull rocks! set it up with a 6 volt battery and go all day, super quiet

What he said.... I've tried all those ways over the years, easiest, simplest and cleanest is to buy a thru-hull pump and be done with it, they aren't expensive $25 or so almost anywhere. You should remember to flush out the saltwater when you're rinsing the rest of your gear off also. All you gotta do is put a garden hose to the intake or exit and let the water flush out the opposite end, rinses the tube, pump, and fittings of the bad salt deposits.

One of the great things about this is that it is so easy to remove if you get something jammed in it (which I haven't since I got an awesome screen on the intake). These things are made to come a part to replace or take crap out of it, genius that Attwood mfg is!! The strainer I made is just plastic for a plastic lid or milk carton or something plastic....I can't frik'n remember. Used a 1.5" hole maker thingy and screwed it in with these thin small SS screws.

You might want to put the on/off switch on the box itself or in the bag depending on whether it is accessible to you on the water. You only turn it on once and turn it off once, so it's no big deal. Unless you like to fook around with the bait and want to constantly play with the switch to make them jump. I learned to keep it clean on the deck and less wiring running around in your hull to a switch that could rust or get knocked off.

BpCode3 this was done on an X-13 http://bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/showt...ighlight=grego