Livewell

I have a 96 Sprint Bass Boat my question is on the livewell. There is a strainer looking thing in the bottom of the tank, the hose that is connected to it is pluged off. Is this for some type of aerator. I do have a pro aerator switch. Was there some kind of air pump connected to the hose that is pluged off.

Thanks Rich

In there same livewell, is there a drain? I'm wondering if it has the strainer so bait won't get out when water is drained off from the bottom, by just unplugging the hose. Have seen livewells with 2 drains, one with a strainer to keep bait in the tank when dropping water level, and a seperate one that might plumb out of the boat for the purpose of draining when there is no bait in the tank.

Yep, it could be an aerator, could have been a regular water pump lower in the boat that **** water in from the outside. That pump would have had an air tube on it right at the output of the pump so as water passed by it sucked in air that was mixed with the water as it was pumped into the live well.

And it might have been a recirculator, the strainer side would have been the intake to the pump, as water was sucked out it keep the fish from getting stuck, and then the water went thru a pump and got blown back into the life well at the other side somehwere, or at the top fo the tank.

I was told by someone it was connected to a air pump like a pro air pump. With this hot weather we have been havin i think i will look for another one.

Thanks for the reply.