Stinky livewell update

[Jim B]

Just anupdate for everyone who gave me suggestions on curing my funky smelling livewell. So far i have tried bleach/water, baking soda and scrubbing them with vinegar/water and doing a vinegae/water soak overnight. Im happy to say the vinegar worked pretty darn good. I went to Bj's and bought a ton of vinegar fopr the job. They had 1 1/2 gallon bottles for about 3 dollars so i got a case of four and went to work. Thanks David M for the suggestion it really seemed to work. I dint put teh baking soda in with the vinegar because it would have foamed like crazy. First i scrubbed them with a brush and a 50/50 mix of vinegar and water and rinced. then i filled the wells up as full as i could and poured in 3 gallons of the stuff. I drained it a little while ago and rinced the wells out. There is a faint fishy smell in there but very faint. I put more baking soda in there to try to kill whats left of the smell. The vinegar/water even removed the stench from the the foam and carpet on the lids and area around the livewell.



Tanks everyoen for the suggestions. Im glad i almost have it cleaned up....

 

[Steve Rizza]

Now it's as fresh as a summer's eve.......





Sorry,I just had to say it..:wacko:

 

[Kenneth Brown]

I'm sure somebody told you.... but i would never put anything but baking soda in your livewells... PLEASE make sure you clean the bleach and any other TOXIC chemicals you may have used before you throw a few fish in there!!!!



The dead fish smell will disipate over time!!!!

KB

 

[Jim in VA]

Good deal Jim B! Vinegar, nature's best natural deodorizer!! Kenny also makes some good suggestions to rinse out the livewell as much as possible for the health and well-being of future fish.



JC

 

[Jim B]

Yep i will be making sure th wells are super clean before i use them again.





KB i have actually been using bleach for years to clean my wells out. i mix a teaspoon of bleach with about a quart of water in a spray bottle and use that to disenfect the wells. II always flush them out good and i have never had a fish die from it. The only reason i have the smell in there if you missed my propr post is i missed one in my well, drained it and the fish sat there for two days. It stunk so bad i didnt think it would ever come out.

 

[Bill McElroy]

LMAO @ Steve,...:lol: