Hobie bait tank fix

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by YakDout

1) The problem of your battery dying and the tank draining immediately and the remaining bait dying off.

You could have made it easier on yourself and just installed a check valve

2) When the tank is draining, all the scales and debris get sucked back down into the pump. The last couple times I took my pump apart to clean it was completely filled with scales.

What are you using for bait that would cause the pump to fill with scales? If you bait is losing its scales chances are you're putting way to much bait in your tank and they're literally beating each other up. I try to keep no more than handful in my tank, if I start to run low I'll make additional bait as I fish.


Now to stop the scales and debris from coming back into the pump I tied one of the washing machine lint trap screens onto the end of the flex hose.

This doesn't make a whole lot of sense. You installed the hose to keep the scales from flushing back into the pump and to keep the water from draining out. If you're going to pull the hose out of the tank you shouldn't have to worry about scales getting back into the pump because the hose is no longer in the tank.....right?

Also, whatever debris makes it past the pump will now get caught in the mesh, 1 piece, 2pieces, 6 pieces and before you know it the mesh it cluttered with crap. How are you going to get the debris out? Are you going to flush it back into the pump? Isn't that what you're trying to avoid?

Originally Posted by CheapPelican

Not tryin to be a troll, but what do you if you suck up a bunch of scum, plastic bag bits, eel grass etc?

Maybe he's carry one of these to help him when that happens

[alanw]

Sounds like a fix in search of a problem.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by alanw

Sounds like a fix in search of a problem.

Please tell me all the problems I will have. Mr engineer sir??

[TJones]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

Maybe he's carry one of these to help him when that happens

. Craftsman 210 pcs .

[alanw]

Originally Posted by YakDout

Please tell me all the problems I will have. Mr engineer sir??

I don't know, I'm not an engineer. But it's not too hard to imagine, like Jorge said, crap that makes it past the pump will get stuck in the mesh, killing your bait first, then getting flushed back through the pump when you drain the water. I like the solid pvc solution. Turn it 90 degrees to drain. Keep it simple.

Besides, it seems like your problem is scales, not the drain. Always better to fix the cause than to treat the symptoms. Why are you getting so many scales off your bait? Something is wrong, scales = beat up bait.

Also, to drain the water you could just dump it out. It's just a bucket.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by alanw

I don't know, I'm not an engineer. But it's not too hard to imagine, like Jorge said, crap that makes it past the pump will get stuck in the mesh, killing your bait first, then getting flushed back through the pump when you drain the water. I like the solid pvc solution. Turn it 90 degrees to drain. Keep it simple.

Besides, it seems like your problem is scales, not the drain. Always better to fix the cause than to treat the symptoms. Why are you getting so many scales off your bait? Something is wrong, scales = beat up bait.

Also, to drain the water you could just dump it out. It's just a bucket.

Biggest problem I've had is stuff clogging inside the pump, which is why I did this. I have a screen on my intake as well which minimizes most things coming through. Dumping it, I'm not saying I can't, but with the gopro, rods, 50 lbs of water, etc, it can get heavy.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by alanw

Why are you getting so many scales off your bait? Something is wrong, scales = beat up bait.

Also, to drain the water you could just dump it out. It's just a bucket.

Maybe its because of my 7.5 mph average on the water.

[TJones]

Actually, I think Andy posted this update . Hobie came up with a new screen for intake . It is not so fine as to clog rapidly , but I am hoping it has just enough filtration to prevent the dreaded sea grass from entering pump . I'm sure they did some good testing . Another horrible scenario is spending two or three hours to make 3 pieces , only to release them so you can clear the pump because of grass . . Is it only me ? The updated kit is around 10 bucks ?

[CheapPelican]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

Maybe he's carry one of these to help him when that happens

That's ridiculous, everyone knows Hobie uses SAE hardware. He could leave half of that at home