Recent content by adyszel

In case anyone's interested, here's what I spent on the project: $1700 - 2005 Lowe 1236 with 2005 Mercury 15 hp 4 Stroke and 2005 Venture galvanized trailer, 2 Fish Finders, Nav Lights, Bilge pump, 28 lbs trolling motor + battery, etc. $245 - New MotorGuide 12 V 46 lbs trolling motor $120 -...

Who Pooted? (nice): I used 1 1/4" angle. I recommend that width, as it gives you a little fudge room when anchoring the deck. The actual gauge of the angle is 1/8". That is about as heavy duty as you can get at the standard home improvement stores, though if you have another place to buy you'd...

Update: After work today, I ran my boat down to the local creek (Pennsauken for those who know the Philadelphia area). Took the boat out, and (after floating into a tree-- dang incoming tide!) I fired up the outboard. Once I hit the throttle, the difference was incredible! With the deck...

Happy Thanksgiving! Check it these pictures, after I installed the trolling motor mount for the boat. Almost finished! Just a little clean up and repair of some damage I did along the way! Thanks to Tackle Warehouse.com for being the only store I could find that sold those Motor Guide...

Thanks Russ, but they didn't seem to have the right receptacle there. Those seemed to be generic ones that I *think* I would have to cut the plug I already have off. (They did have a 50 A manual breaker which isn't easy to come by either.) The MotorGuide plug must be designed for multiple...

Anybody know where you get the MotorGuide trolling motor power receptacles? I just got my motor out of the box last night and noticed they had the plug coming from the foot control, but no plug harness. Didn't see them at BPS or Cabelas...

My plate says 10 hp. My old 1432 was rated at 7 hp also. The one thing of note is that there is extra floatation compartments in the back that not all boats seem to have, I wonder if yours has these?

Here are some pictures. I apologize for the quality, it was tough taking pics at night. What do you think? Any tips for the trolling motor install? Does it need to be centered on a flat bottom? Thanks, Anthony

Hi Everyone! This is my first post to this site, as many of you may already be, I'm addicted to fishing and when not fishing, I'm working on my boat. Last year I bought a Smoker Craft Fish Master 1432 jon boat. It had a very good Evinrude 6 hp (both were 1996) that would run the boat between...