Thread: cooler

Originally Posted by Donald@CrappieLogic

if you had a cooler you wanted to turn into a live well how would you set it up need to keep fish alive all day and in weigh in line THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT

Yikess has a really good one, it's got wheels for easy transport and a battery operated aerator. Maybe he'll post some pice but I would bet he's fishing some where.

Most of the ones I have seen on the CM trail were 100 quart and bigger. They had a hose line from the bottom outlet long enough to be able to drain from the boat. A hole drilled in the upper part of the one of the sides for a O2 line that was sealed. A small O2 bottle with a pediatric regulator. A very large fine grade air stone. I believe the setting was 1/16th on the O2 flow. The coolers were filled in the early AM by a bilge pump and hose from as deep as could be reached for the coldest water. Frozen bottles to maintain water temps after filling. A separate cooler with wheels for weigh-in with a minnow air pump large enough to hold the fish while waiting in line. Keep in mind you have to be able to pick up the cooler to dump them in the check tub.

I checked out a lot of the setups folks used at last years Classic. I will be using a setup like this next time I fish a $$ tournament in hot weather. My partner and I learned a expensive lesson that tournament since we lost our fish the last hour of the tournament due to heat stress. This was in a huge Ranger live well with only 8 fish in it. Some of the teams used them on the front deck and sat on them to fish. Capps/Coleman used Yettis, but a good quality Coleman or Igloo with a heavy insulated lid will work. It does add a lot of weight to a boat so some smaller boats will need to maybe use the back deck. I would test it in my boat to see where and how it worked the best before drilling any holes.

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I have a milk crate inside my cooler with wheels and only lift the crate full of fish for weigh-in. I was surprised last year at the number of wrapped boats at the Crappiemasters - Grenada tournament that didn't have an efficient system of getting their fish on the scales. Many of them were trying manhandle very large coolers full of water. Bwahaha.

What Shine Runner said.

Originally Posted by yikess

I have a milk crate inside my cooler with wheels and only lift the crate full of fish for weigh-in. I was surprised last year at the number of wrapped boats at the Crappiemasters - Grenada tournament that didn't have an efficient system of getting their fish on the scales. Many of them were trying manhandle very large coolers full of water. Bwahaha.

That milk crate is a great idea. Bought me a cooler just for that!!!!!!


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Something like this Donnie, just make sure the crate or basket will fit.

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