[Chris Burkard]

On my friends 35, we mounted a portable live well in the cockpit on the starboard side I believe. It was something like a 24 gallon tall. We installed a baitwell pump and intake inside the lazarette near the Air-Conditioning pump and ran the line up to a fitting near the live well tank. We installed a quick disconnect fitting much like the freshwater and raw water washdown pumps. We then ran the live well overflow to the aft corner deck drain. We fashioned a custom fitting so the end of the overflow line plugged into the drain. It worked beautifully. We did consider installing it on the platform, but it would have made getting bait out of it much more difficult (due to the curved transom). We also did not want the fill hose going over the transom. The overflow would have been easier however. We did not want to install fasteners, so that when it was removed, there was no evidence. We simply set the tank ontop of shelf liner and filled it. It never moved once filled on the shelf liner.

PS - You cannot use the salt water washdown to operate the live well. That pump is desiged for high pressure and not continuous duty. If you do use it, it will burn out in a matter of days. Live well pumps use a mag drive system that is designed for continuous operation (same pump motor/drive as a bilge pump).

I looked for pictures of how we had that boat set up, but I can't find any.

Good Luck and let us know what you end up doing.

Sincerely,