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Just finished building it for catfishing on the river. Don't worry I love tin boats too and I still have a few!

This site will help those in Texas keep up with all of the massive flooding occurring in the Texas rivers and lakes lately.Real-time data. Stay safe out there and use good judgement! https://www.texasriverdata.com

I have added a post to my blog about restoring a small Sea King V-bottom boat. As a kid, I spent many good times in one just like it with my Dad. I found one identical to it on Craigslist, so I totally rebuilt it to use for trotlines on the rivers. Several members have asked me about it so...

I bought an old 1967 Montgomery Wards Sea King a few months ago. It had several bullet holes and was in sorry shape. I wanted it because this was the same year model boat that my Dad and I fished in when I was a kid. I also bought a 1968 Evinrude 18hp Fastwin to match the motor that we used back...

I am currently working on a rebuilt Evinrude 18 hp Fastwin and its a 1967 model. It runs like a dream at high speed but spurts and misses terribly at low speed idle in gear and in neutral. I have preset the low speed needle to 3/4 turn per the service manual. It still misses badly no matter what...

I bought a new Optima Blue Top marine battery to use just for my trolling motor. (Minkota 45lb) I have a good AGM charger and I get the battery full and I only get maybe 1 hr combined runtime with the trolling motor. I was jug fishing this weekend and so it sees intermittent use going between...

I have a freshly rebuilt Evinrude 18 HP Fastwin with a new fuel pump. I need to put the fuel tank about 8 ft away from the motor and I'm wondering if this is too far for the fuel pump to suck? An thoughts on this? Thanks!