Tuna Tube setup ~ FYI
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Topic: Tuna Tube setup ~ FYI
Posted By: otdrmn
Subject: Tuna Tube setup ~ FYI
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 2:25pm
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Thought I'd post up another setup thing that Ive done on my boat to help others out that will be going through their setups in the next few months.
As per previous 'Outrigger setup post' this is just one mans way of doing things, you may or maynot agree but it's what works for me and my boat.
DISCLAIMER ~  this is the theroy, please note that marlin virginity is still intact.
The metal box thingy you see houses the 2000gph pump (from memory it's a RULE pump)
There is a cheese grater arrangement cut into the bottom that acts as a pickup
This then feeds in to the two tubes which i can either run both or one via the valves you can see below
A recent modification (read today) has been the addition of an airator pump that will circulate the water within one of the tubes.
I found that last year the water flow was two much for mackeral and they all end tits up in the tube.
So now we'll have the option of
- Running 1 or 2 tubes
- Running 1 tube for tuna and one for mackeral and smaller bait fish
- Running just the airator.
The chesse grater pickup (top pic) will self fill the tubes at anything on the plane, when trolling the pump needs to be going.
Cheers
'G'
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 2:44pm
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good one mate, for the mackrel you could of just opened the value a little to dictate how much flow it got, but still a sweet set up,
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 2:48pm
Yeah tried that one Sam but the pressure of the water coming in on a reduced flow was still too much, was like blasting the little blighters with a high pressure hose.
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 3:06pm
dont want to steal your thread otdrmn, but thought id show this.
This is how we set ours up, its thru hull, and we got the bracket made up, these can be removed when not in use, have the 2 rod holders there with baits in the tube ready to be hiffed over works bloody well,
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 3:25pm
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Nice.
What's the two clear tubes at the top for? Overflow?
You can tell from the photos we're both on farms and using farm water pipe connectors 
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Posted By: phantomdeviant
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 3:35pm
Nice looking set up G
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 3:37pm
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yer mate, just have them as over flows
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Posted By: Tumeke299
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 3:55pm
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Very nice
What pump have you got on your setup agian Saltiga? Those through hull fittings are certainly prety tidy.
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 3:58pm
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one from lusty and blundel, pumps 4800gph
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Posted By: Tumeke299
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 4:12pm
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Was that a Rule or another brand?
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Posted By: Rotowarriors
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 4:18pm
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heaps of choice,
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 4:36pm
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we have a rule in ours, what sort are you running OTDRMN??
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 5:24pm
a RULE as well from memory, cant actually see it now as it is encased in the assembly. It was from Lusty.
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 8:03pm
hey Sam where are all the jack mack tubes you told us all you were running?
G man I have an option for you for the smaller baits mate works awesome and no pump required.
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2009 at 8:27pm
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got inserts in the tubes bro holds 5 or i just stuff them in
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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2009 at 11:17am
Does your surtees not have a livebait tank OTDRMN? surely that would be easier to keep jack macs alive?
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Posted By: billpears
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2009 at 12:55pm
Sam, can you email with more pixs mate.
Love the set-up
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2009 at 4:21pm
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yer bill will do il take some more tomorrow for you and flick them throu
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2009 at 7:06pm
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Mozz
When I got the boat built I didnt get the livebait tank option, I should have. Hindsight eh!
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Posted By: FarmerBrowne
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2009 at 9:07pm
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on a similar vein but one of the tubes feeds the livebait tank (courtesy of payless plastics)
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Posted By: BenH
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 9:33am
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Rule Tournament Series Bronze Base 1600GPH - Does anyone use one of these pumps for a tuna tube set up? Are they submersible ? I have a tinny and would like to keep the hull intact . any advise would be great
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Posted By: [email protected]
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 10:52am
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Yep, but I went with the Plastic base twin outlet version which now feeds the two tuna tubes perfectly and also allows me to run another feed as necessary. I screwed mine straight on top of my Seacock which obviously assists with the priming side of things
More than enough volume for my set up
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Posted By: BenH
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 10:57am
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Wetspot, does that mean you have a through hull pick up ,seacock and the pump then on the inside of the hull ?? Is there enough flow for 2 skippies ?
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Posted By: [email protected]
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 11:13am
Yep thats correct and heaps of volume :)
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Posted By: BenH
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 11:54am
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Do you know if you can use them like farmer brown's set up ??
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Posted By: wanabe
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 2:00pm
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nice looking set up lance
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Posted By: [email protected]
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 2:22pm
Immmm it has been but now is for sale ! !
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Posted By: phantomdeviant
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 6:27pm
 BenH wrote:
Rule Tournament Series Bronze Base 1600GPH - Does anyone use one of these pumps for a tuna tube set up? Are they submersible ? I have a tinny and would like to keep the hull intact . any advise would be great |
Those pumps are designed specifically for livewells and tubes. No probs with water as they are fully submersible. They are the best pump for a trailer boat if you dont want to go thru hull
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Posted By: phantomdeviant
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 6:35pm
BenH wrote:
Wetspot, does that mean you have a through hull pick up ,seacock and the pump then on the inside of the hull ?? Is there enough flow for 2 skippies ? |
Don't mean to throw a spanner in the works here, but I've always been told by the pros as a general rule you should have 1000gph per tube. The pump I have is 1600gph and I run one tube. Its the same pump as Wetspot uses and it will feed two tubes no worries but not sure if the flow would be quite enough to keep 2 skippies alive. You will lose flow depending on where the pump is mounted and how much of a head it has to push to get the water to tubes. Something to bear in mind before purchasing.
Burnt out 3 pumps last season. All 2000gph jobbies, TMC, Attwood and another I forget the name of. They were all around the $100 mark but the rules are the only ones designed for contiuous use. One was even advertised on TM as ideal for tube applications and had a guarantee! That one lasted 2 days LOL. Spend the extra and get a rule
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Posted By: BenH
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 8:29am
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Thanks Phantom,
Does it matter how big the skippies are ? What is an ideal size - 2 - 3 kg ?? Are Kahawai any more tollerant of a lower flow rate ? I think the Rule pumps are what we will aim for.
Any comments on this pump
http://www.lusty-blundell.co.nz/afawcs0130944/CATID=58/SUBID=310/ID=50170/SID=478461115/productdetails.html - http://www.lusty-blundell.co.nz/afawcs0130944/CATID=58/SUBID=310/ID=50170/SID=478461115/productdetails.html
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 9:41am
BenH......kahawai are ok as a live bait but dont like to be towed too fast, skippies are no worries, about 2-3knots all day, if they get tired and look sick, put them back in the tubes for a breather(it works)lol
That pump could run Ultimate Lady's tubes (2000gph is heaps for 2 tubes)you could even get away with a 1600gph if you had too.
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Posted By: [email protected]
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 11:24am
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I priginally purchased that pump , but, when it came time to fit it, well, it was just tooooo darn big and also the size of the inlet and outlet pipes are HUGE ! ! !! ! and once again totally inpracticle for a trailer boat in my opinion. As such I went back to the smaller unit and it works fine.
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Posted By: Mark Edwards
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 11:34am
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Lance, wetspot for sale? its a nice looking boat, can you PM details?
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Posted By: Mark Edwards
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 11:36am
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ignore me mate, just found your other posting
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Posted By: phantomdeviant
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 6:36pm
BenH wrote:
Thanks Phantom,
Does it matter how big the skippies are ? What is an ideal size - 2 - 3 kg ?? Are Kahawai any more tollerant of a lower flow rate ? I think the Rule pumps are what we will aim for.
Any comments on this pump
http://www.lusty-blundell.co.nz/afawcs0130944/CATID=58/SUBID=310/ID=50170/SID=478461115/productdetails.html -
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 7:28pm
I have a massive pump thought it was smaller but its 4800gph it runs two tubes, yip keeps a skippy alive all day and infact let them go when back on the marina, I find Kahawai are very good and are much more hearty than a skippy, skippies are very delicate and dont like being dropped or knocked etc, neither do Kahawai but I find they last longer in the tubes, now to throw a spanner in the works your livie dont have to be big as jack macs are awesome, easy to come by and they truely are a hearty fish, easy as to rig and are marlin lolly pops, others will say koheies are the go, well they are but dam hard to catch alot of the time.
bridle rig them with a bit of dacron or a cable tie, plenty of options there and jacks can be towed quite fast, they also make the best dead skip baits and by far the bets swimmers possibly a close 2nd would be a mullett.
with tuna tubes its not pressure you want but a few months back you could'nt tell anyone they new better, you want volume and large amounts of it, dont use a bildge pump, they are not designed to run at long intervals and sure as hell dont like being run dry.
a through hull fitting for these big pumps is a better option in my opinion, your then put a scollop scoup on the hull and bobs your aunty.
another problem with these big pumps is the current draw ffs dont leave them going when the motors off,
with these pumps do it right first time, the more volume you have the longer your baits will live, if you get airation in the tubes this is not good, the baits will die very fast. you will need to look at the plumbing, I have gone out and plumbed mine with swimming pool hose, its flexable bends with out kinking and is cheap as chips.
do it right 1st time, you will enjoy it more one last thing, get a bloody good switch, you will find out why when the pumps been on a while trust me.
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 7:38pm
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positioning of your throu hull is important as if not in the right place it might stop picking it up, sometimes stops the flow and runs but doesnt flow,good way the burn your pump. so keep that in mind, to be honest not to sure how to prevent this???
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Posted By: BenH
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 8:25am
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Thanks for all the advise. Fantastic
BA - what is a scollop scoup
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 6:36pm
its a scope, looks like a scollop, it has vents in it so water presure wont rip it off, it fits over your through hull pick up to direct water into the pickup tube. if you dont use one you are relying on water flow over the bum just because there is a fitting under water it wont pick up, unless you have one fitted you will get airation air locks and water loss, been there done it, if anyone on here says its b/s then you have to ask why boats with inboards have them fitted for forced water pick up.
yes your through hull will work when stationary no worries but try it at speed you will soon get the picture, the way I do it is from experience not guess work, and when you have buggered a few pumps you will get the drift
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Posted By: Yorky
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 8:48pm
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Hi,
I think these are the type of scoop that BA is talking about, they come in bronze or plastic.
http://www.fostersshipchandlery.co.nz/PumpsPlumbing/PipeHoseFittings/SkinFittingsValves/tabid/13672/Default.aspx - http://www.fostersshipchandlery.co.nz/PumpsPlumbing/PipeHoseFittings/SkinFittingsValves/tabid/13672/Default.aspx
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 8:54pm
Yorky wrote:
Hi,
I think these are the type of scoop that BA is talking about, they come in bronze or plastic.
http://www.fostersshipchandlery.co.nz/PumpsPlumbing/PipeHoseFittings/SkinFittingsValves/tabid/13672/Default.aspx - http://www.fostersshipchandlery.co.nz/PumpsPlumbing/PipeHoseFittings/SkinFittingsValves/tabid/13672/Default.aspx |
 yeah mate that right there is the one I have and the bronze are on all my other skin fittings for water pick ups
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 10:32pm
for got to mention, they also stop crap getting into the veins of pump and stuffing it, one thing I have read there in the other posts, no one has mentioned having a tap between the hull fitting and the pump, just so you know if you dont do this your insurance wont cover a sinking.
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 10:42pm
we have this on our through hull,what is that one above steve looks the goods??
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 10:46pm
yeah mate you asked in the previous post about stopping water loss, well thats the trick right there mate, they are about $5, 3 screws hold it in place, you wont be disapointed you fitted one.
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Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 10:55pm
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can you get ones the slot into the hole and screw from the inside and sealed off. We just noticed that in the light tackle comp with the tubes full with kohies and rough in close to the slop that the pick up would stop if the fitting got air in it from the back of the boat lifting out of that water on a good bit of slop, does this fitting also prevent this?
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2009 at 11:13pm
hell mate I dunno mmmmm you can get a type that slot in they have a squarish shape, i know from time to time I will loose water but it has to be rough enough to lift the bum right out of the water, mine is about 2m up from the stern. hope that helps but look at the idea it does work well
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Posted By: BenH
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2009 at 9:12am
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Many thanks - most helpfull. I presume you wire the pump to the battery that starts the motor ??
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2009 at 3:46pm
my one mate is done to the house batteries, the starter one has nothing other than the moter to power up.
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:45pm
well I fitted my new tubes to day, these for my small live baits, small kahawai, jack macks and the like.
75mm diameter and 450mm long
no pumps just 2 tubes and 2 screws to locate them, will they work, well who knows, dont see why not, they work on the same principle as tuna tubes but without water being forced through them.
will give them a try out when i can
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:47pm
Got any pic's Steve?
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 7:38pm
no mate none. will get some when i am next at the boat.
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 6:20pm
well went out on Saturday got the set up working then attempted to catch a live bait well still trying to catch the bait and test the idea, it will happen sooner rather than later
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Posted By: JBoffshore
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 6:49pm
this is how I have set my tubes up on my 4.5m Quintrex. I am only running small tubes as I only intend to use koheru, jack mack, slimies, and english mackeral.
With the small ball valve I am able to alter the flow rate dependant on the bait size, seeing as I have the valve located quite far from the tubes and before a 90 degree bend, i suffer no high pressure spray problems. Rigged bait's happily kick into the altered flow all day long.
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 7:17pm
thats the one mate, simple as, I have both tuna tubes and the smaller ones, trouble is one of the places we stay in over the night there are just no jacks or anything but heaps of skippies.
but yeah nice and simple mate, good on ya.
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Posted By: Tumeke299
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 8:21pm
My uncle is machining the bases for ours at the moment from a solid piece of industrial perspex.
Gona get him to put a groove in the base half way down the funnel so a smaller tube can slip straight in there reducing the diameter of the tubes, should work ok i reckon. And new pump is making its way from the US at the moment courtesy of cuzie mail cheap if ya dont have to pay for shipping
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Posted By: dustin
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2009 at 11:13am
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Hey guys, are you using those tubes for anything other than marlin/tuna fishing eg kingfish, big snapper etc? Those of you who have got them, how many marlin do you reckon they would be responsible for each season (or % of your total catch)? Interested to know...
thanks - dustin
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2009 at 4:43pm
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Dustin, They are responsible for 0% of my catch mind you thats cause I'm yet to catch a Marlin.
What they do is give you another option other than just lures.
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Posted By: Andy St.Moritz
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2009 at 6:47pm
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Whats the best size tude?, diameter, and and whats the best volume of the pump?, gph
I have a bait tank in my back board and what I was hoping to do was have a set up were I clip the tuna tube on to the rail beside the bait tank and simply place the pump in the bait tank if you get what im saying so im pumping the water for the tube from the bait tank and then i can just unclip it a store it at the end of the day
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2010 at 4:30pm
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Well it's mid winter and I'm thinking about next years game fishing already, one of the things that bugged me last year was not being able to keep Jack Mackies alive for any length of time in the tuna tubes.
So after a few posts and emails IU've updated my live bait system....Thanks to FarmerBrowne for his pics that he sent through to me.
First things first remove one of the tuna tubes and change the plumbing around
I wanted the option of being able to remove the LB tank if required and to also be able to use the pump for a wash down hose
The tank is a 60L wheelie bin from Supercheap auto
Water is directed to come out of the holes drilled on the sections heading to the bottom of the bin
Disconnectable connection
Tank in place
Yet to be tested but I'm sure it will work better than the tuna tubes......
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Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2010 at 6:21pm
You'll need a little net to extract them.
Some way of pinning the lid down also.
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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 1:26am
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and maybe another hole for water to escape otherwise its going to be coming out of the top when you are motoring
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Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 8:22am
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And something on the outlet to stop them getting trapped in the hole(s) and blocking them. Pay to have it so piper wont fit too they're good at jamming their beaks in mesh. Maybe two outlets joined together with a pipe that has a 5cm slice out along it's length and this slice is on the bin side so critters cant jam.
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 10:00am
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All excellent ideas, thanks fella's.
Any improvements keep em coming
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Posted By: Reelinauti
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2010 at 3:45pm
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Hi there Guys, I'm after some small plastic valves for my tuna tube setup, 1/2 full flow. Any idea's where I could get some would be helpful.
Thanks
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Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2010 at 3:55pm
Posted By: Reelinauti
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2010 at 4:43pm
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Cool Cheers for that. Just one more question, if you are talking flow for 2 tuna tubes, how many lpm is required?
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Posted By: skidoggg
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 9:23am
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found this rather tidy and accessable transom whilst surfin thru trade me ...
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Posted By: Busted!
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 9:40am
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Luhrs 35'. Only downside is the water out of the tubes gets everywhere so there aren't any tea towels in there come gamefishing time!
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Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 2:30pm
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This is the setup I'm putting on the goodboat Predator...
The tubes just unscrew and leave you with a livebait tank....
I can take it on/off the boat as I please, comes all plumbed up all I have to do is attach the pump (3000GPH)...
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 3:43pm
skidoggg wrote:
found this rather tidy and accessable transom whilst surfin thru trade me ...
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yes its a nice setup, looked at this long and hard, this is what I have now on my boat, however the stern wall goes to the floor not 3/4 like you see there, made it all up out of fibreglass and feed it will 40mm hoses, the difference between that and mine is the lid/door there lifts aft, mine lifts to the bow, this to direct water flow aft and not into the boat, did away with the transom bait tank like you see there, I did have a similar sort last season although very good you had to maintain water flow and being above floor meant a power source needed, this time this was not an option so have 2 in hull tanks, well 1 the other is in the swim step with the tank being 600x600 and 200 below the water the inhull is alot bigger, opposite side of the door on the transom is the wash down stuff, coil hose etc, everything in its place, have a riiging table but will need to have an area for bait rigging as I dont like blood and crap all over the place.
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Posted By: Busted!
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 3:55pm
Blue Asparagus wrote:
I dont like blood and crap all over the place.
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Really? With all those tuna tubes and bait tanks anyone would be forgiven for thinking you had a blood and guts fetish!  |
Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 4:28pm
I mam told that the tuna tubes on the Ultimate Lady have been enlarged to handle 20kg YFT as livebaits.
Skipper went Obalds and brought 20 only 14/0 hayes hooks.Starting to think a few trips to the gym some months ago may have been a bloody good Idea
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 4:38pm
Busted! wrote:
Blue Asparagus wrote:
I dont like blood and crap all over the place.
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hell no mate the bloody stuff gets into cracks and crevacise I never knew existed, we used to just rig baits up on the floor, the rigging table forward of the chair is mainly for lures and drinking from, there is a 2m long bench seat infront of that just So Raging Bull has a place for his smoke and beer.
the bait station is a very large bait board I had made about 1m long by 500 wide it has a skippy bed on it and a nice area to stand and rig dead baits with an over flow going back over the side.
20k yellow fin for baits Grahame mmm I would just be happy to catch one that big.
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Posted By: Bubs
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2010 at 4:03pm
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where'd you get that unit and how much Predator?
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 8:24pm
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Question guys:
With your live bait tanks - how many just aerate the water (circulate the same water within the tank) does this keep the bait (Jack Macs, Kahawai) live for long periods
Thanks
G
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Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 8:56pm
My kayak version I took onboard what was in this thread not so long back and built this. Its proving to be worth its weight in gold on the kings for me. Otdrmn we had that problem on the yaks do we just circulate the water or pump in fresh. We decided to add in fresh water and my pump pushes fresh water in and old water out the overflow. I also drain it now and then using the ball valve and have kept up to 15 macks in there although a dozen is more realistic for me but sometimes have to carry more for mates.
The other guys have built some brilliant closed cell foam ones too.
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 9:05pm
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muppet what a great idea mate, very impressed, just an idea and i guess it is possible and that would be to have a foot mounted leaver. but hey yours aint broken and works well done.
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Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 9:11pm
Muppet wrote:
My kayak version I took onboard what was in this thread not so long back and built this. Its proving to be worth its weight in gold on the kings for me. Otdrmn we had that problem on the yaks do we just circulate the water or pump in fresh. We decided to add in fresh water and my pump pushes fresh water in and old water out the overflow. I also drain it now and then using the ball valve and have kept up to 15 macks in there although a dozen is more realistic for me but sometimes have to carry more for mates.
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Awesome Muppet, looks fantastic...
In the words of the immortal Billy T... Kiwi inge kiwi inga ah kiwi smarts bro...
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70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot
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Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2012 at 6:33am
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Cheers guys, BA I looked into the foot mounted pump/leaver thing but I would have not been comfortable with my legs which is the hard part of the kayak fishing you just need to switch off the fact you got legs for a few hours. Also having to step up my line weight to after getting dusted by big kings on my last couple of trips so much fun having them tow you about. I would love to try taking livies out on the Northland coast and trying for a Marlin but nah I would'nt stand a chance.
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