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I could have swore I posted this earlier this week but came back to look at some replies and I don't see it at all. Nosing around in my garage and I ran upon a Johnny Morris casting rod with a red Pflueger casting reel with no markings on it as to what model it is. I've never seen it before but...

It's been awhile since I've posted although I've lurked around out here from time to time. Took my boat out last weekend for the 1st time in a couple of years. I had just installed my new Helix 5 and a new MK Edge 45 Trolling Motor so I was really stoked and excited to try it all out. The last...

Got my boat ready for the recent Labor Day weekend by installing a brand new MK trolling motor and then I checked out the 1980 25 hp Mercury and although hard to start to begin with, once I got it started it ran fine for about 45 minutes. I stopped and started it several times and it started on...

I'm in the middle of installing my TM mount (https://s240.photobucket.com/user/MikeA57/library/TM%20Mount?sort=3&page=1) and I had the mounting plate drilled to install the power plug for the TM and also for a 12v outlet. I'm wondering though about cabling for the outlet. I plan on running a...

My wife works for a specialty metal fabricator and I drew up some plans for a trolling motor mount and had them build it for me. It's made out of aluminum, but I'm wondering how to fasten it through the front deck of my 1448 Lowe Big John. My idea was to use carriage bolts through the new mount...

I've been wanting to do this for years and just never got around to it. I finally got a new MK Edge 45 tiller steer trolling motor and needed to get it mounted. The deck on my Lowe Big Jon 1448 sits 2 1/2" below the lip of the bow. I had a piece of aluminum that I thought I could make work but...

I have a 1448 Lowe Big Jon and I recently bought a hand operated Minn Kota Edge 45 lb thrust TM. I will be attaching it on the front deck on the left side almost straight off the bow or it may follow the curve of the rub rail, I haven't decided just yet. I'm going to have to get a platform...

A story I recently wrote down of childhood memories... --- Al's Bait Shop --- To a 5 year old boy it was a place of wonder. I didn't get to go there often, but when my Dad or Uncle Charlie would say, "Let's ride out to Uncle Dave's!", I knew exactly what that meant and I'd get so excited I...

Last weekend the family and I spent some time outside of Ripley, TN right at the edge of the Chickasaw NWR. I got up Sunday morning and took a drive all by myself. A little "ME" time. Thoroughly enjoyed it and even ended up picking up a hitchhiker!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRJWeJI8EnU Mike

I've got an 81 Lowe 1448 Big Jon and after years of sitting outside the transom is starting to soften up at the outside edges. Not so much in the middle yet but I know it's coming so I'm trying to figure out how to go about it. I'll post some pix of it in a couple of days but what I'm really...

I see a lot of the aluminum boat manufacturers talk about their boats being constructed from "Marine Grade Aluminum". How is Marine Grade different from regular old aluminum? Is it a minimum thickness, some treatment done to it, or what?

Was looking for some aluminum channel on Craigslist this morning and came across this ad: 18/60 Aluminum Boats, new $4600 Intrigued, I clicked on the link and found out about Long Beach MS Custom Aluminum Boats. WOW!! Some nice looking stuff. So if you are interested in a custom built aluminum...

First time to post in awhile. I replaced the impeller in my '81 merc 25hp electric start motor last week and put the muffs on and still had no pee. BUT, I did notice a strong stream coming out from around where one of the bolts that connect the LU to the UU are. The bolt is tight so I don't...

I have an old 1981 Lowe Big Jon 14x48 with a 25 hp Mercury on it. The boat is rated for a 25 hp motor but while browsing around on Craigslist I found the same boat as mine but about 7 years newer that is being sold with a 40 hp motor on it. I've often felt that for its width, my boat was not...

Check out the post in the Buy, Sell, Swap forum. Mike

I haven't been around here now for several months but I found this product today and it looks very interesting. It looks very comfortable and would add some really good sound dampening in a tin boat. The price looks right too! $4.25 for a 39" X 77" sheet?!?! Way less than carpet. They say it...

I took Colby, my 5 yr.old to a lake that I've got access to this past Saturday to fish for bream. We were only there about 4 hours - once he started pestering me relentlessly about being tired and wanting to go home I knew he'd had enough. He was unsure of the boat and how it bobbled around at...

Well, that's one way of doing it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYCLGVPzUc&feature=rec-HM-rn Mike

This pertains to the post I started about a new project I may be starting (View Thread at: https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9604 My question is, the people that have the boat haven't been able to find the key to it. I'm wondering how big of a deal it is to replace the ignition...

Pretty cool tip... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDI5kwR5zjc I will be trying this the next time I use one of my baitcasters! Mike