Permanant Bait Well

[StrosLit31]

I have a crank down house and i have been thinking of adding a permanant bait well built into one of my benches that would possible have a small pump to circulate water from one of the ice holes. Just wondering if anyone else has done this or any good material to use.

I have spent too much money in the past on bait with it freezing if you put it outside for the night or just in general.

any ideas?

[dodgeman]

If you have an extra hole get one of those Ice Wells they work great for bait.

[fishinbabe]

What is an ice well? My husband has been wanting to figure out something he can keep in one of the holes to keep the minnows in????? Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks.

[LaZyDayZ]

I think this link should be allowed seeing how they are a sponsor.

http://todaystackle.com/fishwell.html

[harvey lee]

Todays Tacles Ice Well does work very well.I have had one for two years and they are very durable and do keep your fish alive.

If you order one,make sure you get the size for your sized auger hole.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Yep, here is an ice well.. I use them a ton in the winter...

[Sandmannd]

Do you guys use these for bait or for your catch or do you use one for each?

[Deitz Dittrich]

I have used it for both.. but not at the same time.. LOL

[End of the Line]

I didnt want to drill anymore holes so I thought about putting one in. Then I decided to just get one of those insulated buckets with the O2 bubbler and added another 12 Volt outlet for it.

[nytelyter]

here is what i have done but it would work in a permenent location as well [image][/image]

[tdk]

A friend of mine a bunch of years back made a livewell/aquirim for his ice shack. He put both walleyes and bait in it. He would pump water from one hole and have a overflow from the other side of the livewell drain the tank into another hole. It was a lot of fun to watch the walleyes swimming around all the minnows.

[Biggerfish]

Great idea. If you do it post pictures. I may want to add one to mine...

[Biggerfish]

Sorry I just seen the pictures....

[StrosLit31]

Nytelyter,

When you put that pump down the hole can you still fish out of it or does it take up to much room? Do you use that pump to fill up the cooler or do you actually circulate the water through it?

I see that they sell some kits like your setup at the major sporting goods stores.

Thanks for the info.

[nytelyter]

i only run it when the minnows start hitting the top of the water. and yes i can still fish in the hole it is a neat set up and does well in both filling and aereating. i got most of the comp0onents from mff it is a builge pump and a live well kit and i runn it on a switch connected to my shack batteries. i have all sorts of cool toys like it in my shack. fart fan in the biffy drop down live well for the bait if i am not going to be out for a while made out of four inch pvc a thermostat for the circulating fan the turns on when the heater heats it up. golf club handle gaffs at eitherend of the shack nice long ones for easy gaffing when needed. line jiggers for over nighters. yup its amazing what you think of when you are in the solice of the shack. welll when the movie is over on the dvd and you eventually turn off the remote control color tv and put the vidoe games away. heheheh . ... paul