Recent content by Jake2250

Some fish will leave an odor in the smoker and can leave a taste on what ever you smoke next. Allot of folks see it as an unwritten rule. Buy a different smoker for fish only! I use my weber kettle to cook salmon and striper, but I always throw an additional pile of coals on afterwards to burn...

Agree with the cold,, I have found a "Water Heater wrap" works wonders in the cold.

Have gone thru allot of smokers in my life. From large off set stick burners to the Weber Smokey Mountain charcoal smoker. If you are just looking to do a few fish once in a while you can't go wrong with the "Little Chief Electric" smoker. They work great for fish. If you are going to do a bunch...

The beginning of February my wife came down with the "Flue", Sudden onset, she went to a church group function early one morning and was home within the hour complaining of sever light headiness and a fever. I took her temp,,sure enough she was at 101 degrees. she was feeling really bad for...

So, I will throw some numbers of what I am doing! First off, this is my back up fishing rig, Its an 8 foot pontoon boat, 30lb trolling motor and a depth/fish finder. I bought a 35 Amp Hour AGM deep cell battery solely for the TM. I also run a 5 Amp Hour AGM battery to power fish finder! I can...

Seven years ago I rebuilt my bunk board,, water proofed the redwood and put these strips on top! I launch by my self all the time. Boat slides on and off effortlessly...

Had a run in with a long Phillips screw driver a dozen years ago,, bathroom fan at work,, I was talking and taking the fan assembly apart,, Boss walks in and looks at me,, I look up and smile (he didn't know I was taking it apart), I looked down just as the Phillips slipped and went clean thru...

Oh man,, been there done that!! Have a boat recycle yard 20 miles from me. I bought another for $40. Found out my daughters boyfriend knows some body that knows somebody that has a buddy that works there!! Got a spare for $10.

State Farm auto insurance, When any of my trailers are hooked up to my truck, they fall under the same coverage as the truck. If a breakdown of trailer or truck, I pay out of pocket and SF will reimburse me. I also have AAA Platinum, in Northern Cal they provide Trailer coverage, be it my Boat...

Well, Congrats!! Nothing more satisfying that a completed job!! Video is great!! I hope to be there in the spring of next year!! Great looking boat!!

Ok,, thanks for the info. I wasn't sure what metals would react adversely with the aluminum. I won't be running in salt water so SS should be a good deck screw, The boat does sit out in the weather all year so I might look into getting some aluminum rivets. Will post pictures when I get to that...

Just a quick question. What type of screw or rivet is ok to use when securing plywood decking to an aluminum frame work?

The plan for the rebuild will include a complete re wire and design. I used to run one Group 31 Everstart from WM. Has been a good battery four years old now. I keep it in a Minkota trolling motor power center box, it has two 12v plug ins and trolling motor studs. I can run the out board...

I'm in!! This will give me the drive to get my boat finished in time for top water action this spring! Keep us posted on how and what we need to do! Will there be large cash prizes awarded to the winners? What and how big of a new boat will we win? Is it just the size of the fish? Or will it...

Again another useless waste of our money! On the list of Ca's priorities this one should be very low! I would be more concerned with the trash and debris from the homeless encampments along our water ways. I read that the Bay area environmentalists are now concerned about the garbage from the...