Your thoughts on onboard wash-down

[fishbait]

Best money I have spent. Would not own a power fishing boat without one..........

[ANDYCOHO]

5-Cents and TV hit it right. I have 1 on each of my boats and they work great!

They work great if you do a lot of fishing where you beach your boat on sand and have people get on and off, washing the sand into the bilge is a lot nicer than having it blasted into your eyes as you try to navagate a tricky stretch of water!

It is definately worth the money!

Good luck,
Andy

[2RODS]

I agree with everyone, I added one to my Northriver. It was one of the best additions and investments that I've done to it so far.

[Dr Strangelove]

How do you guys clean your onboard washdown innards? I think I have so much sediment builup inside that I get very poor pressure. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Doc.

[fishing is life]

what is the approximate costs of this setup? thanks for any info.

[suckerfish]

Originally posted by fishing is life:
what is the approximate costs of this setup? thanks for any info. <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Where is the best place to buy a complete kit?

2Rods, How is your NR set up. I would like to add one to my boat, but prefer to see how the pro's install the unit.

Thanks
suckerfish

[crabbait]

I am also interested in adding a wahdown system to the Sculpin (when she is built). Scuppers and a washdown, what could be better?

What's the best deal?

[Rocky]

I just bought a brand new washdown system for our boat, its a bilge pump with a extra long hose and a 12 volt adapter plug. add some line so you can hang it from a cleat, toss it over and plug it in.

Ron

[Red]

Good Post,

I had a washdown pump installed on my T-Jet. I'm with the other dorktor :shrug: , I can't seem to get much pressure out of the thing. Do they sell viagra for pumps? graemlins/dork.gif I wonder, do you guys have enough pressure to blast dried blood or slime off of your floorboards? What size diameter and length hose do you use? Do you use a standard hose nozzle? Thanks in advance. I think the pump is a shurflo.

[Crashin' Bait]

Hey suckerfish, here's a link to Boater's World. (http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&categoryId=343411&topCategory=249085&cat1=300838) Hopefully this is what you're looking for. I use an old fish towel but, my boat's a dinghy. :grin:

[metalhead madness]

DITTO got one both front and back. I bought the heavest duty I could find and it pushes both the back and front outlets just fine. Had it installed when I bought the boat. :cheers:

[Nanook]

Love mine.

[Wright Angle]

I love mine also. It's a flo-jet.Very good pressure, but it was spendy, $515.00 to have it installed at the factory when I had my boat built.
They put the water pick-up on the bottom of the boat so it works when I'm on plane. Some manufatures don't do that and the pump won't work when the boats moving on step.

[ 03-10-2003, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: Wright Angle ]

[Jet Drifter]

My internal Washdown Pump and Coil Hose was $375 installed last year. My intake is near the bottom of the transom.
Now I'm looking for more fishy slime :grin:

[ 03-10-2003, 09:38 PM: Message edited by: Jet Drifter ]

[Wood N' Fish]

Hey---I prefer an old towel, and a five gallon bucket. Forget the pump unless you have a self-bailing deck. The stuff that's get's in the boat, is good JU-JU.

[Jet Drifter]

Yeah the deck drains to the bilge, (just like rain water) and there ya go-go.

[Hanapa'a Time]

Ditto on the previous thumbs ups!!
Have had one on my last and present boats. Installed the first one myself, very easy.
1. Sure Flow Blaster Pro pump.
2. Some sort of thru-hull intake fitting, mounted
low on the transom, w/ screen over opening
(live well type).
3. An inline filter that is see through and
cleanable.
4. Hose, 3/4", to run from intake to filter to
pump.
5. Switch for pump, fused of course.
6. Depending on the distance from pump to use
area, a coil hose or small RV type hose.
My second boat for $200, I had them install it, they welded the mounting bracket for the pump and ran the plumbing and wiring, easier to do when they are building the boat. Once you have had one you'll never go back!!
Just my experiences and opinions, others may have some helpful input also.

Kurt

[1pump]

Don't some inboard jet pumps have a fitting for a wash-down hose? If that doesn't give ya enough pressure, nothing will.

[Lepper]

Very simple to install, I put one on my alumaweld a couple months ago.. The hardest part is drilling the hole in your boat.. :depressed:

[suckerfish]

I am thinking of adding a wash-down to my boat. The only reason I want one is to spray the deck clean if I am fortunate enough to land a keeper salmom. Are they worth the expense, or should I just spend the money on a new reel/rod.


Thanks
suckerfish

[5-Cents]

I have one on my boat and almost everyone I take out that owns a baot at the end of the day says "I wish I had a was down" They are great especially if you have a lot of friends with hairlips that cant keep food in their mouth like mine! :laugh: :laugh:

I also have a hot water sink that heats off the kicker, everybody loves that feature too.

I would say go for it. Another great thing about the wash down is when things are slow you can start spraying the people in the hog line next to you :shocked: :shocked: Or that barking dog that is driving you crazy graemlins/idea.gif

[Taylor's viewpoint]

I have one in my boat and wouldn't be without one. They are really handy when you get fish slime and blood all over the boat. You can spray it off and keep people from slipping and falling during the next fire drill.
TV

[Spoiled Daddy]

I too want to install a wash down kit. What is the minimum pump or GPM that you guys would install? The link to Boaters World that Crashin' Bait posted shows most of them at 3 to 3.5 GPM. Is that enough pressure?

Thanks SD graemlins/1zhelp.gif

[Herring Impaired]

My original wash down pump was a "Water Cannon", one of those water toys that holds about a quart or two of water, and blasts about a 1/4" stream of water. Worked great...

I have since Installed a washdown pump. Very handy, I'd recommend the longer hose, that way you can beach the boat and use the hose on the beach to clean fish.

On my Northriver, I just installed the pump on the back of the bracket that holds the fuel/seperator. The hose lays in the tray on the back of the boat, with a switch and circuit breaker right there also. Came in real handy during the Silver Slaughter of 2001 at B-10 :grin: