Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

I'm thinking about insulation my livewell and adding a lid so the water doesn't slosh out. I mostly fish with artificials so I don't utilize it for bait often. I would like to use it for keeping the fish iced. It one of those seats with a livewell under it. Anyone else done this conversion?

Hey Brett! Where you been?

How about a pic of how it is now? If it is like my old one it had a oval shaped black plastic insert inside of the seat. I would assume you could put some styrofoam around the outside and a cut a groove in a piece of styrofoam to set on the insert for a lid.

I which I had a pic of mine to show you what I mean but that baby is just a parts bin now.

When I built my live well I put the blue insulation on the sides and bottom just so I could also toss in a bag or two of ice and use it as a cooler, its worked out fine. Mine isnt used as a seat though.

It's like this one. The seat flips up and the livewell is under it.

curtiscapk wrote:Hey Brett! Where you been?

How about a pic of how it is now? If it is like my old one it had a oval shaped black plastic insert inside of the seat. I would assume you could put some styrofoam around the outside and a cut a groove in a piece of styrofoam to set on the insert for a lid.

I which I had a pic of mine to show you what I mean but that baby is just a parts bin now.

Wassup Curtis, i've been checking in once in a while just not much going on lately.

Your setup sounds like what I want to do. I'm trying to find some aerosol spray foam insulation to coat the bait well and them fabricate some type of insulated lid to go under the seat. I just want to be able to keep ice on the boat for a few hours without lugging around a big cooler.

I was thinking gluing styrofoam on the bottom and sides and then under the seat base. I would think it would be farely easy. You might have to cover the styrofoam with FRP or something similar so the fish stink doesn't soak into the foam. It would also keep the foam from getting dinged and falling apart.

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I'd try using a couple layers of cork sheeting for the insulation instead of the styrofoam.

I would think the expandable foam insulation would do a good job at insulating the live well.

Ron, not about your livewell, but I do have a question about your pontoon use in salt water (if used in salt water).

I have noticed in your posts (cool pics BTW!) that you fish in Florida. Do you fish in salt or fresh water? If salt, how does your boat and trailer hold up as far as corrosion? I know salt wreaks havoc on boats, motors, and trailers. I'd love to take mine out to the salt water here in So Cal (San Diego Bay, LA Harbor, Long Beach Harbor) but am very concerned about corrosion in my engine, boat, toons, trailer, etc....

Thoughts?
Thanks!

SoCalAngler wrote:Ron, not about your livewell, but I do have a question about your pontoon use in salt water (if used in salt water).

I have noticed in your posts (cool pics BTW!) that you fish in Florida. Do you fish in salt or fresh water? If salt, how does your boat and trailer hold up as far as corrosion? I know salt wreaks havoc on boats, motors, and trailers. I'd love to take mine out to the salt water here in So Cal (San Diego Bay, LA Harbor, Long Beach Harbor) but am very concerned about corrosion in my engine, boat, toons, trailer, etc....

Thoughts?
Thanks!

Thanks. I fish and boat exclusively in saltwater along with thousands of other boaters. Saltwater is really not the kiss of death some would lead you to believe. A good washdown after every trip and you'll be fine. Also you need to flush the motor with freshwater after every salt water trip. Lots of good sandbass just south of the Coronado bridge. Used to kill it drifting over the channel.

Does your trailer have carpeted bunks with pt wood?