Recent content by Douglasdzaster

I’m fortunate enough to be able to go on weekdays. My favorite lake is about 1 1/2 hours so I don’t always make the sunrise on the water but I have the two smaller lakes I’m midway between both about 25 minutes and usually very few others on the water early during the weekdays and they’re...

X2 sir. Nothing like what we are all blessed with in this life. I have always gave thanks for the piece on the water along with natural you don’t get to see anywhere else. I never saltwater fished my whole life. The first time my wife and I went to Matagorda a few days to surf fish. My wife has...

No change inside. Just under the control head it a single bolt. Remove the bolt and then rotate the control head 90 degrees then be careful of the wires inside and reinstall the bolt. Now you have reversed the head so the prop faces the boat and will pull instead of push. My last two Minn Kota...

X2 on the Total Boat penetrating epoxy. I used untreated plywood for the floor in my rebuild. Used TB on both sides edges every where. Fist coat after mixing the two parts I added acetone to 50/50 the mixture. It really soaked in. My plywood is on top of 2” foam board insulation and I used snaps...

Here’s a few pictures I took. When I first started having trouble with the trailer a while back I think even before the rebuild. I posted about it and got a lot of great advice but a lot of things wasn’t going to work on this trailer or I wasn’t able to do so. And I was told then I’d be better...

Thanks for the thoughts I appreciate it . The cross bunk is just a support that mounts to the tongue for the bow to rest on. It’s a kit that comes with a 24” 2x4 that fits in the bracket on its edge. The boat having a wide bottom would rock side to side on it some. Plus I think I should have put...

I just measured and the two bunks on the outside are only 6 feet long. Any longer would rest on the frame where it starts to angle in towards the tongue. How far from the bolster bracket can I go with a bunk and it still support. The transom is right at the edge of the bunks but it’s not far...

That’s close to what I had in mind when I’m able to redo it completely. The trailer isn’t the original and I think it’s a little small. With the bunks flat will I only need two with the boat being 52” wide on the bottom? In order to make the bunks reach far enough I’m going to have to add a...

I drove the truck and it’s fine. Looked at the trailer in the daylight and yeah my cross bunk has everything out of sorts. The boat is off the front of the aft bunks. Cross bunk also needs to be moved towards the bow and there it will be mounted just to the tongue and can be lowered. I’ll have...

When I gutted my boat before starting the rebuild I had to do corrosion abatement inside the bottom because of the soaking wet 3/4” treated plywood the old floor was made of. I almost abandoned it after seeing it. I spent many days cleaning out every pit then waited three months to make sure I...

Thill,thanks for all the information. Mine is a flat bottom and it’s not the original trailer. If the ramp has a decent slope and gets deep enough it’s a lot easier. Otherwise it’s to high with this trailer. 2x6 bunks edge ways. Can’t lower the boat much because it won’t fit between the fenders...

Thanks for sharing. I’ll check out your post. On mine it rest on the bunks in the rear and the front wide roller in the middle. But that roller isn’t far enough towards the bow it seems. So I added the cross bunk. The boat doesn’t rest on the wide keel roller in the edge of the back of the...

I’ve been fighting the trailer since I got the boat. It’s not the original trailer and I think it’s too small. I added the cross bunk which I’m about to replace with a wider one on different brackets so it’ll be an 2X8 that pivots and will be flat across all the chins. I also added the roller in...

I’m new to drift fishing for big catfish. Going back to Somerville Wednesday. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to catch some fresh bait. This time I’ll be ready for hybrid stripers schooling as well. I have caught my share of channel cat. I try to keep a bucket of chum brewing that I use. It’s...