Hobie Live well? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Billy V · 09-21-2009, 02:43 PM

You can add one more thing to the Hobie list.

The ON-Off switch is not sealed, and salt water can easily enter the switch.

I have globbed grease on the switch shaft to try to prevent the salt water from entering. We will see how it holds up.

A new switch is $10.
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It does hold much more bait than the Thresher, and it will live happier if the water flow is not diminished too much from the clogging.

The clogging starts as soon as the particles build up on the protective screen.
-I am tempted to run the tank without the screen to test the volume of water flow, verses with the screen.

--and to see if the pump still clogs as easily.
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I'm sure the water Volume is diminished with the screen. The problem I suspect is that if you run the tank without a protective screen, and it clogs, will not be able to see, or clear the actual pump impeller while on the water.
-Even a strong back pressure from blowing water (or some other device) into the pump discharge may not dislodge a piece of debris.
(But I do have an Idea)
If you carry a short length of Clear Plastic tubing with you. You can slip it over the pump discharge and Blow pressure back through the pump. Air pressure, not water, but it still might work to clear a clog without having to remove the intake tube (pain in the as$).
--I will try this the next time I use The Hobie tank. Feel free to test this proposed remedy for yourselves and please report your successes, or failures.

If I had run the tank without the screen yesterday and had a clog it would have been disastrous as I was holding 25+ Greenbacks in a full tank that would have surely suffered from the loss of water flow.

09-21-2009, 02:43 PM	#1
Billy V Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bay Ho Posts: 1,382	You can add one more thing to the Hobie list. The ON-Off switch is not sealed, and salt water can easily enter the switch. I have globbed grease on the switch shaft to try to prevent the salt water from entering. We will see how it holds up. A new switch is $10. ----------------------------- It does hold much more bait than the Thresher, and it will live happier if the water flow is not diminished too much from the clogging. The clogging starts as soon as the particles build up on the protective screen. -I am tempted to run the tank without the screen to test the volume of water flow, verses with the screen. --and to see if the pump still clogs as easily. --------------------------------------- I'm sure the water Volume is diminished with the screen. The problem I suspect is that if you run the tank without a protective screen, and it clogs, will not be able to see, or clear the actual pump impeller while on the water. -Even a strong back pressure from blowing water (or some other device) into the pump discharge may not dislodge a piece of debris. (But I do have an Idea) If you carry a short length of Clear Plastic tubing with you. You can slip it over the pump discharge and Blow pressure back through the pump. Air pressure, not water, but it still might work to clear a clog without having to remove the intake tube (pain in the as$). --I will try this the next time I use The Hobie tank. Feel free to test this proposed remedy for yourselves and please report your successes, or failures. If I had run the tank without the screen yesterday and had a clog it would have been disastrous as I was holding 25+ Greenbacks in a full tank that would have surely suffered from the loss of water flow.