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    looking to buy my first bass boat

    im looking to buy my first bass boat. i figure it will need to be aluminum since i will be towing it with a chevy s-10 4x4. will this be enough truck? how much do these boats weight? are there any particular brands to stay away from? years to avoid? motors to avoid? i will be buying used and...
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    my jackplate project

    on an unknown quest for speed. boat hit 18mph with me and the wife and 21mph by myself without the jackplate. trying to get below 9% prop slip. motor is an 85' 8hp johnson. boat is a 65' 12' sea nymph. i just need to seal the wood, fill some hole and add the brace across the top of the inside of...
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    motor suggestion please

    i have a 1965 12' sea nymph semi-v(12s, 75 pounds dry). i currently run an 84' johnson 4hp outboard and the boat will go 14mph(gps'ed) with just me and no gear. the boat is rated for a 7.5 outboard and i was looking at 6hp johnson/evinrudes until i ran across an 80's evinrude 7.5. i am looking...
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    foot control

    i just put a foot controlled trolling motor on my boat. i was wondering if there is a way to keep the foot controller from flopping around in the bottom of the boat. any ideas? thanks in advance.--tom
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    lightest foot controlled trolling motor

    im looking for the lightest foot controlled trolling motor to but on my 12' sea nymph semi-v. i looked at a used minn kotta maxum but it was almost as heavy as my boat. are the older ones lighter? im looking for something used and dont have alot of money. the reason it needs to be light is...
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    bored and thinking

    a freind of mine is giving me a horazontal shaft 7hp briggs and straton motor so i thought i would try and build myself a long tail mud motor. my main concern is that it be light and be able to run through thick vegitation. researching other homemade mud motors i found that if i run the motor...
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    need more room

    i recently replaced my 12 foot jon with a 10 foot jon.(condo acc. was going to fine me for keeping it in my back yard so i needed something i can hide in my shed) the 10 footer i aquired has really wide benches compared to the ones in my 12 footer wich had more than enough room for 2 people...
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    trolling motor mount

    hello. im new. this is my first post. anyways, ide like to mount a transom mount trolling motor on the front of my 10 jon boat. is there a comercialy available mount that wont look like a cobled up peice of junk? im pretty mechanicly inclined but havent liked any of the homemade ones ive seen...
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