Washing machine tub shiner tank

[ArtyB]

Picked up an old washing machine to get the tub for a boat house minnow cooler. Anyone ever built one? I’d like to see some pics. Thanks in advance..


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[whatroads]

like the old wash/ringer tubs? Wife has a single and a double. She uses the single for a patio planter. I put a waterproof lid on the double. Use it for storing gardening tools in the warmer weather and split firewood, for my wood burning stove, in the winter

If I were to take one of these and use it for a minnow tank, I would definitely wrap insulation around it. I would also put in a pump to circulate lake water in and out. I would put the inlet hose 10-12 feet into the lake to try and get cooler water. Try to stay away from the thermocline

[ArtyB]

No, this one has the agitator in the middle so I’m not sure if it will work.


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[GoTennTitans]

My parents and uncles & aunts all went in together and bought a cabin on White Oak Lake near Camden, Arkansas. My uncle Bill worked for Sears and he had several washing machine tubs throughout the years they owned the cabin. They kept minnows in one and they kept pretty good except in the hot summer. They also kept a second one that they used for a live well for fish if they came off the lake in the late afternoon and knew they were spending the night and gonna wait to clean the fish the next day. I remember many many times pulling that tub out of the water and bluegills & crappie flipping and splashing water all over me. They had a heavy gauge wire or something affixed to it so it could be suspended. They always kept a piece of plywood cut just bigger than the round hole on top with a cinder block on top of that. One morning when they took the lid off, a snake had gotten in the tub with the minnows.........I'm sure he ate his fill that night!