Crisis or opportunity..?

Well it looks as though this coming season the mighty 5.5 Ramco will again be braving the high seas.
Will keep on taking lotto tickets in the meantime ...

Think I will try to fit a couple of tuna tubes - with typical kiwi understatement & scottish frugality it doesn't look that hard ...
& if you know what you are doing I'm sure its not...

My "special" $$$$ are going to buy a depth sounder/chart plotter , so the tin will be empty for anything else...

So would love some feed back ...
what do I use? 150mm PVC pipe?,
500 -700- 1100 gall/hour pump ? - assume I will run 2 tubes?

What are the obvious traps for "young" players...

Look forward to your feedback

cheers
 
 

this brings back memories, am fitting 4 next week so looking forward to it if you cant afford to buy any mate then make them, 200mm pipe a good size, dont run a bilge pump it will burn out, try and get a dedicated either wash down or live bait pump, they are not expensive if you buy right 1st time, you want a pump that supplies volume not pressure, you can easily put in a skin fitting to supply water, this will mean the pump really needs to be below the water line, if not it wont work.
have a look at trade me, for the money those stow away tubes and pumps at about $275 would be the way to go, what you want to think about is simple, how many times are you going to use them,  live baiting is nothing like towing gear and you may find that dead baits work better, just a thought.

brand and size of pump BA?

Andy St.Moritz wrote: brand and size of pump BA?

its a rule wash down/bait tank pump, cant remember 100% but think its 4800gph, works well skippies alive from dawn till dusk.
volume not presure is the key, now heres the thing, volume is great but its sht when there are bubbles in the stream this will kill your baits, the lower the pump to the keel the better off it will be if you have a skin fitting or run a pick up pipe over the stern.

 so is that, 4800gph running just the one tube?

That looks like a good set up Aaron.

Will mackeral and ky stay in good shape in a tuna tube or is a livie tank alot better for this?

Been looking at pumps today, 3800gpm live bait pump is $539. Anyone know of any cheaper ones? 

Thats the pump you want, its the same as tumekes 299, Its about as cheap as they get as well, not a bad price.

Raging Bull,the same pump with the bilge pump type(strainer?) base on it is $200 cheaper