Marine Metal Super Bubble or Super Saver Aerator

[rmaxwel]

[ All questions are in regard to a 2010 170 MONTAUK and require the respondent to own the products mentioned, to own a c.2010 170 MONTAUK, to have the stern bait tank option, and to have installed and wired the products mention in the method suggested or in any other method, and to have used the bait tank as a cooler.]

Q1: can the wiring for Marine Metal Super Bubble or the Super Saver aerator kits just be run via the air bubble tube into the bait tank on a 2010 170 MONTAUK by lifting the lid?

Q2: what other ways can the wiring for Marine Metal Super Bubble or the Super Saver Aerator kits be run?

Q3: can the bait tank 2010 170 MONTAUK be used as cooler?

Q4: how long will ice last in the bait tank of a 2010 170 MONTAUK?


ASIDE: I own a 2010 Montauk 170 with a stern bait tank. I will be angling with live shrimp and would like to aerate the bait tank.

[Jefecinco]

Aerating the tank to maintain live shrimp is not necessary. Running replacement sea water into the well is a better way.

[rmaxwel]

I agree. However where I fish in East Bay around Galveston and Sabine Lake we have to buy shrimp and Croaker at times and then drive to the boat launch. I will need to aerate to shrimp/croaker during the drive. I can place the tube under the tank lid but then it will be flopping around during the drive. I may need to cut or drill they lid but looking for suggestions.

Thanks

[Jefecinco]

I sometimes add a coolpack to the baitwell to put the shrimp to "sleep". One could use a ziplock bag filled with ice vs a coolpack. A second option is to use one of the inexpensive plastic buckets with a battery powered bubbler attached for the shrimp when enroute to the ramp and pour the contents into the baitwell at the ramp.

For pogies we use a cast net near the ramp. That makes them both cheap and fresh.

Our Croakers are too large for our targeted Specks, Reds, and Flounder unless we cut them up. We put the largest into the cooler for eating.