Dear Michiana, Sorry to hear about the motor . The main word here is "ELOPE". Saves all those rainy day funds. As far as the fish not doing well in the live well, here is a tip: Freeze a few 1/2 gallon milk jugs, put one in the live well when you launch and keep the others in your cooler. chill your water before you ever put a fish in it. Then when you start catching fish put some "Rejuvinade" in your live well. You can get this stuff at Wal Mart and its like magic. We haven't lost a fish all year since we have been doing this and we don't even have to run the live well that much. Just make sure that you keep a fresh milk jug in the well....Jim