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    Lowrance 3 in 1 transducer on the bow

    I just bought an Elite FS9. It has the long 3 in one transducer. I would like to mount it somewhere upfront so I can jig fish off the bow and eventually i want to upgrade to live target sonar. I have a Minn Kota powerdrive 70 that doesnt have room to attach a trolling motor because of the...
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    Minn Kota rant

    Ive always liked Minn Kota and used their motors. I think that time is over for me now. I bought a brand new powerdrive 70 with ipilot March 10th. I took it out on the water 3 times. On the third time the steering stopped working. The motor prop would drive forward and reverse with no...
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    Screeching noise from fish finder

    I was out fishing yesterday and I believe my fish finder was causing a loud high frequency noise. It would come and go. It sounded like nails on a chaulkboard. I cant pinpoint what it was but it stopped when i turned off my fish finder. I have a Lowrance Hook 7 tripleshot. Im not very good...
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    Loading boat onto trailer with bow mount trolling motor

    I just switched to a bow mount trolling motor from a transom mount. I didnt figure how difficult it would be to load the boat on the trailer with a cross wind. Does anyone have any tips to make it easier to load? I do have an outboard but i mostly fish electric only lakes. Right now i've...
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    Adding batteries in series

    I just upgraded from a 12v 55lb thrust Endura Transom Mount to a 70lb 24v MinnKota Powerdrive w/ Ipilot. I bought a 12v Marine deep cycle Diehard from Autozone last year to run the 55lb 90ah if i remember correctly. Would it be okay to buy the same exact battery and add it in series with the...
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    Fish ruler mounted in boat

    Looking for example of anyone who has a fish ruler or “golden rule” mounted in your boat permanently.
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    Lowrance Elite 4 HDI no gps signal

    Im trying to set up my old unit for the GPS screen. It always worked fine but now I cant get a GPS signal. Everything else seems to work on it. I tried researching this but havent found a fix for this particular unit. Anyone have any ideas?
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    Glue carpet to aluminum deck or install plywood?

    Need advice: I have a Lowe Roughneck that has a flat aluminum deck with no middle seat. If i am installing carpet should i put plywood on top of the aluminum deck before installing or glue the carpet right to the aluminum deck? Thanks
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    Source for cheap vinyl flooring

    Anyone have a link for vinyl boat flooring? I see prices all over the map. I dont need the best but dont want junk either? Suggestions welcome thanks guys.
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    Lowrance Hook7 shot w gps plotter- GPS blank

    I just bought this and its great but the GPS map is blank. Theres no map. I understand it doesnt have charts but it doesnt even show that theres water on large sized lakes Is that normal? How do i fix?
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    Suggestions for decking

    I bought this Lowe 1652 a few years ago and mostly hunted out of it. It came bare bones so i haven’t really done much to it. I want to add some kind of decking. Carpet or vinyl. I also want to add some storage. I mostly fish out of it now. I dont know much about boats and I have no friends...
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    merc 20 hp 4 stroke carb issue

    I am working on my 2011 Mercury 20 HP 4 stroke w/ carb. I took the carb off and cleaned it good but did not replace the gaskets, everything looked good. I put it all together and now the carb is flooding and gas is coming out of the overflow while im trying to start it. I took it apart again...
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