hey sean

are you selling those bait buckets with a pump?

CP-I made one at cost for Allen because he's been so great about enduring the retardedly long back order for his boats  That being said several people have since asked for them, so I am going to offer them.  I will figure out a price today and send you a PM.  It will also vary a little with configuration.  I don't guarantee any giant halibut its first day out though, Allen already used that coupon.   I will however promise not to swamp your boat like some other bait tanks in your life.

Just some notes to keep in mind after using the tank exactly 1 time.  Just some tweaks that might make this even more usable than it already is.

I put mine in a large rectangular crate that doubles as rod holders using attached PVC piping.  Sean attached the battery box directly to the bait bucket.  It fit perfectly inside the rectangular crate, but would not fit in a square one.  However, in this scheme I can't remove the battery without removing the whole tank assembly, which sounds easy, but in reality is not.  The reason it is not so easy is because I punched some holes in the side of the crate to run the input and output tubes.  The tank is a 3 gallon bucket which with the tubes (and battery) being low.  To remove the bucket I need to detach the tubes first.  Easy enough, but not the most convenient.

I suppose with a 5 gallon tank the tubes could be high enough to run over the top of the crate and the battery would be high enough for easy access.  But then you'd be carrying more water and it would sit higher and thus be more unstable.

For me, I like the smaller tank for now.  I'll probably detach the battery from the bucket and mount it on the outside of my tank.  And leave the tubes running through the holes I punched in the crate.  I'm sure I'll continue to tweak this stuff going forward.

I'm not in San Jose right now so I can't take pictures to show you, but I will when I get back in town next week.

-Allen

http://www.kayaksportfishing.com/equipment/submissions/ted/bait_tank/livewell.htm

I agree with Allen.  If I had known he was going to be put his in a crate, I would have assembled it differrently.  I also agree that the small size of these 3.5 gallon buckets is better, enough water, but not an achor.  I built one for myself to take to baja, I look forward to leaving my miserable Plano bait bucket at home this year!  

I can also add rod holders right to the bucket making the crate not necessary.  On my own I also omitted an outflow hose since I just let it drain out the tw scuppers, but on Allens triple that was not an option.

i would like mine to fit in a standard milk crate.

Did you get my PM?