Depending on the boat we have made them out of a cooler with a battery operated air pump.
For our belly boat or 12' aluminum we take a small tire tube, one of those laundry bags that you throw your laundry into then into the wash machine (one with a draw cord) and a 3 foot peice of firm pipe. We take the pip and make a circle and tiptie it so it cant come undone. That goes into the bottom of the bag to hold it open. The innertube is then put in the top to keep it open and floating. We then strap the tub and the pipe into the bag with tip ties and put a clip on the end of the draw string to clip it to the boat. You can easily open and close the live well and it goes right into the lake so it takes up no room. It also has very little drag when empty so its great with the belly boat.
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