Livewell options on a 20 footer

[tomfl]

Longtime lurker here, previous seacraft owner as well (23 footer).

Have had my eye on a 20 footer for many years, but the lack of livewell options moved me to getting into a hewes light tackle.

I'm thinking of going back to a hull with more deadrise, aka a 20' seacraft but am hesitant to give up my ~60 gallons of livewells on the hewes.

Anyone out there that does a lot of live chumming and live baiting with their 20' hull that could show me some pics of their livewell setups?

Thanks
-T

[eggsuckindog]

I had the same issue, the SF20 IMHO would have to use a leaning post and baitwell setup. I was lucky enough to find a Master Angler which was designed in '75 because of the popularity of live baiting. I have never had any issues keeping bait even overnight unless the water was really hot and no current, so if you can find one that may be the ticket.

[madangler]

I do a lot of livebaiting out of my 20fter in south florida. I have a simple yet effective setup with a 40 gallon tank behind the leaning post, and a 1100 gph transom mount pump. Easy to put together and it keeps a ton of bait alive. Make sure to add a shut off valve at the tank if you use this method, otherwise the transom mount pump will pick up water when it is off and you are moving

[gofastsandman]

Everyone has their own path.

Cheers,
GFS

[eggsuckindog]

yes sandy and as a great scottish poet once said - I I took the path less traveled by

LOL

actually I think he was the only famous scottish poet, we're not usually known for our prose I guess, I know I'm not

[gofastsandman]

Scottish poets? Have you seen the price of ink lately?

[Hookdude]

Scottish poets? Have you seen the price of ink lately?

"Good one" Sandy!

[gofastsandman]

Thanks.

[2182]

i use a similar setup as madangler, but my livewell is in the bow, right in front of the console. its a big livewell(45 gal) so it wouldnt fit under the leanpost even if i wanted it too. i use the washdown intake and have 12 feet of hose pumped by a rule 750 (i think); i was worried it would not be enough water flow but nothing has died yet. we use my boat as a bait boat a lot to prep for tournaments(lots of big baits) and ive got no complaints about the setup thus far. my favorite part of this setup is that it is fully removable; when not in use, hoses get coiled up and stowed, baitwell goes to workshop and is replaced by cooler. when i first got the boat i built a "custom" livewell out of glassed marine plywood and bendable luan and mounted it under the leanpost. not the brightest idea id ever had. boat ran like garbage and was 80+ lbs dry...

[tomfl]

I had the same issue, the SF20 IMHO would have to use a leaning post and baitwell setup. I was lucky enough to find a Master Angler which was designed in '75 because of the popularity of live baiting. I have never had any issues keeping bait even overnight unless the water was really hot and no current, so if you can find one that may be the ticket.

What's the livewell capacity on the old Master Angler setups?

Also, thanks to everyone who's posted pics. Seems like the under console is a popular setup. Anyone run feed and drain hoses under the deck to keep the floor clean of hoses?

-T