Recent content by reelrusty

:D Hello all! Slowly making my 1442 jon a bit more fishable and am looking at hatches to provide access into the tops of the flotation pods that this model has between the stern seat and the transom. I have room for a 8in x 14 1/2IN overall size lid and frame. I found a few I like but the price...

:D Hmmm...I think with that great trailer I'd see about getting a drain plug fabbed in. Would allow a lot more options.

:D Nice project! If you're gonna do all the electrical work to make it night fishing ready I'd keep that 40lb troller and mount it on the front on a small deck. Keep the depth of this narrow boat and put in an easily removable plywood floor over some pink hard foam for sound deadening(both for...

Hey drsource :D Your questions address what I've been running for years and years. 16' v hull with 20hp Suzuki and 14' Alumacraft jon with 15 hp Mariner. Minnkota Powerdrive V-2 with I-pilot on the bow of both. You'll want to run two batteries for the interference reasons already mentioned. I...

:) Can't speak to the 1232 but in the past I had a 12 ft Montgomery Wards v hull rated for 10 hp and ran a 7.5 on it for several years. Circumstances landed me a new '87 15 hp Mariner in '90 and I promptly saddled up the twelve ft boat with that. Amazing! Run time to some favorite spots were cut...

Hey Slick! :) I don't know how windy Iowa is on the waters you fish but here in windy Wyoming on large reservoirs you will use all the shaft you've got at times. If fishing shallow waters the depth adjustment is easy to change. Install the motor so the shaft is parallel to the angle of the bow...

:) Many thanks guys! I guess I'll be keeping it in the freezer once opened. I will certainly be getting the smaller tubes for future projects. :D

:?: Hello all. I've seen a lot of uses for 5200 adhesive sealant around here so I felt it would be some handy stuff to have around while I'm getting my new 1442 fishing ready. Order gets here today and I'm looking at this tube and tryin to figure out what kinda dispensing device I need to run a...

:?: Hey Johnny!? What was originally in that tank? I've seen em up in this country for liquid agriculture chemicals and I worry about that. Secondary to that I haven't seen any for sale but haven't really looked. I sure will now though. I currently use a Rubbermaid 150 gal stock tank with a...

Hey all! Confused on rivets says it all for me. I've never played with this stuff before and I am just getting ready to start on a 2013 Alumacraft 1442. Could some one explain blind rivets vs closed end rivets vs open end rivets and where they would be used? Right now I just need to fabricate a...

Out here in windy Wyo. I've found I simply cannot fish without my i-pilot!! I have the P/D and have no trouble with manual deploy and stow as it is mounted on my Tracker 175 W/T. I'm just starting to build a 2013 1442 Alumnacraft and forsee problems getting over the middle seat if I mount a...

I've got four years on a pair of Walker Lakemasters trolling for Kokanee at 30 to 60 feet using 8 lb wts. Not one bit of trouble. 1:1retrieve ratio gets a little tiresome on a hot bite but certainly workable for this old guy. When I hit the powerball I'll get my DigiTroll 10!

Hopefully, it's not going to take a degree in computers or endless hours on the lake trying to figure out how to use it. 8-[ Take your time and spend a lot of time with the unit. Don't take anybody with you the first couple of times on the water with it they will just get impatient. This unit...