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Can you post pictures or sketches of your setup?

I have a small woodshop, so I think cutting some PVC is within my capabilities. I might can duplicate your system.

Yeah, thats exactly like the pvc holders I see a lot of here.

Anyone know if a manufacturer makes them?

I would like to get some of those, but with some kind of clamp system, so I don't have...

I thought I might go out and try some minnows for a change instead of the constant jigging method.

Around here, folks use some large rod holders, looks like they are made from pvc pipe. The ones...

Unfortunatly, If you live in Florida, and if i read this right:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/community/fishconsumptionadvisories/index.html

your fish meal consumption should be only one...

Lake Okeechobee Florida = Black Crappie.

Down here they call em Speckled Perch.

makes me wanna go fishing after quittin time tomorrow


awsome photography! ... my favorite time of day.

not as fast as I'd hoped. transom drags in the water at top speed which I think slows me down quite a bit. I seem to be at 55 rpms at top speed. not sure if that is normal or not. No speedometer,...

Yeah,

My friends at church say I should name it "LAZARUS" cause it rose from the dead!

I was thinking more like 'pheonix' but o well heh heh!

Yeah, I'll try that stuff on the pontoons. Kinda looks weird to have new stuff on the boat and those toons being all stained and all.
This thing sat in a canal for over 15 years.

Here's a few...

Well about a year ago I was given a little 12 foot pontoon boat by an older gentleman who was moving out of the Lake Okeechobee area.

Sounds good right? Well it was, ...
'cept that the 1982...

Nice!

I'd have that mounted and over the mantle for sure!

We decided to go with this:
http://www.awards2you.com/product.php?productid=91&cat=15&page=1

and we sent in our own crappie clip-art

many thanks for the help all.

Thats really the million dollar question right now.

Minnows, try Harney Pond Canal
Jigging, try the clearer water at the mouth of Fish Eating Creek.

Hope this helps

Water is still very muddy here (at least on the north side). Many of the 'experts' here are going out and only catching a few.
However,
We are attributing the bad fishing more to the drastic...

So whats the news on these condos? DO the bare branch ones work just as well?

Well, specifically, I am looking for a trophy with a crappie instead of the typical bass.

Our church is having a small fishing tournament in a few weeks. It's my job to secure the prizes. I was hoping to get a Bass and Crappie Trophy for the "Big Winners" but I am not having much luck...

Sorry it took so long, but here's the promised pics:

we decided to use pvc instead of garden hose to avoid kinks


http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/Bantaras/aer1.jpg

here you can see...

The welds holding the box are actually quite good, great considering the bottom ones were made upside down (a sign of a good welder - 'specially when its aluminum)

the picture makes it look...

How much time will you have?

it's only about a 2 hour drive down here to Lake Okeechobee and you can fish the Kissimmee river or even better Harney Pond Canal in Lakeport.

Specs (what we call...

Well, I decided to go with Mopar Matt's idea.

but instead of a bracket welded to the end of the log I went with a 7" long peice of 4" square tubing.
It cost me some $$$ but I went to the machine...

Actually, before I weld a bracket on the log or make a long "S" bracket as suggested, we might have another solution.

A vertical hose that drops down from the transom (about 6 inches) will have a...

actually, this would be great, but it only produces at 240 gallons per hour. It won't produce much spray into the livewell, and the oxygen content will be minimal. The small aerator pumps produce...

ahhh...
a bracket welded on like in your drawing? very cool.
That might be the answer.

I thought of that, but putting holes in my pontoons makes me shudder.

btw, is that shurflo pump powerful enough to be dry mounted in my steering console, with the intake hose going back about 6...

yikes $124.99.

ok, does it have a pick up hose connection? I don't wanna submerge the entire pump like say a bilge type pump.

many thanks

Yeah, I put on a small plastic elbow with a bit of garden hose dropping down.

...btw the Crappie are starting to bite again (after the hurricane mucked up the water for many following months) in...

I have a small home built pontoon boat (not made by me) that I am installing a livewell on.
My problem is that the transom is above the water line a bit. The aerator pumps that I have bought...