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Was thinking about putting some lights on my boat the meet the regulations for fishing at night in case I ever wanted to do some catfishing. I also happen to have some extra car lights lying around and was pondering the thought of using them. Anyone thoughts, concerns, or experience would be...

I am getting ready to get a 50# minn kota powerdrive that has the long shaft, it came off a pontoon boat. I plan on cutting the shaft and wanted to see the length you guys thought would be a good length. I have looked and the most common length seems to be 48". It will be mounted on the front of...

Anyone know of a website where you can upload your own custom made boat name and have them make it for you? I have found a bunch where you can make it online, but I want to add some stuff that they do not have and was wondering if there was anywhere where you could just upload something that you...

Getting ready to do some trading for a 6-7 yr old minn kota powerdrive trolling motor. It is 50lb thrust, foot controlled, and hardly ever been used. It is a pontoon style with longshaft but i will just unbolt the top and cut it and rebolt it. Anybody ever use one or have any advice? Also what...

So today I was attempting to strip the paint off my boat to get it down bare aluminum. It has 3 coats of paint, one possibly being the original because it is a bear to get off. Any suggestions on a paint stripper that will rip through the paint with relative ease?

Just throwing the idea out there for adding some sort of chat window to the site. I am fairly new to the site and love it I was just pondering the idea and wondered what you guys thought. Maybe something such as on the site below. https://www.vaguntrader.com/forums/ubbthreads.php Thanks

I have been doing some reading on livewells and considering the possibility of one. Couple of questions that I have come up with: 1) How big of a container do I need? 2) Is pumping water in from the outside essential? I was thinking about using a rubber tub that I have and pumping water in from...

Any idea on how many lbs of thrust a 1hp trolling motor would be equal to?

Any thoughts on how a 28lb foot controlled trolling motor would push my 14 aluminum jon?

Anyone have any experience with the Kirkland brand batteries from Costco? I already have one deep cell but was thinking of getting a secondary one. They only run like 65 or 70 bucks there which I figured was pretty inexpensive.

14 ft aluminum jon that I picked up last week. Got a pretty good deal, gave $250 for the boat motor and trailer. Motor is a 7.5 hp sears gamefisher that probably need a car rebuild (40 bucks). The boat did need a little work. I ripped out the old nasty carpet and fixed a couple holes on the...

Just picked up a 14ft jon boat, trailer, and a 7.5 hp sears gamefisher. Paid 200 for boat and trailer and 50 for the motor. Motor made in 1981 by eska, has had all rings and gaskets replaced in the past year and all it needs is a carb rebuild kit. I was wondering if anyone had used one of these...