First Blood on the deck

[catalina_mike]

Here is our first catch this season on our 28TE Dive Inn. We had some bait die and get beat up during our 80 mile trip. All and all a great first season trip. The sardines and green backs were not really circling correctly in the tank. My buddy, in the picture, Jeff said the tank looked a bit narrow in his opinion. Water flow is great in the tank because of the scoop I added for the thru hull. Any ideas on what others are doing?

Thanks ahead of time for any input.

[Tree]

Cracking fish! I don't seem to have an issue with my tank, what pump have you got as you may not have enough flow? I can normally keep launce and mackerel alive for half a day quite easily, although we do replenish the tank during the day with fresh bait.

[catalina_mike]

Cracking fish! I don't seem to have an issue with my tank, what pump have you got as you may not have enough flow? I can normally keep launce and mackerel alive for half a day quite easily, although we do replenish the tank during the day with fresh bait.

Rule 1100 plenty of water even put a scoop on it..

[RobS]

Different baits will take differently to live wells with "square corners"... Some do well and some just don't ... Nice catch!

[Mark Deeser]

Great looking fish, congrats.

[sharffj]

We have significantly more mortality of anchovies in our live bait tank on our 31 TE as compared to a round Kodiak tank on our old boat. They seem to get beat up on the corners more

[catalina_mike]

Here at Hogans bait and tackle he suggested I might have too much water flow or it could be pushing the bait to the bottom because of the flow pattern not allowing them the circle.. Lot's to learn..

[socalmike]

I have tested are re tested these transom tanks. They simply don't work. Kodiak fro flow 32 or 43 on the swim step. I ran this last week and the boat handles fine.