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I’m going over the boat today after last weekend excursion and taking it down jeep trails. I knew I needed to adjust the bunks but when I looked under the bow I noticed what looks like a seam going across a row of rivets. Where the slope is. It may have been this way and I never noticed it. Or...

Question for the gurus. I bought a little Garmin Striker plus 4 and installed with the transducer on the transom. For the small screen I’ve been surprised at everything it can do. Love the gps functions. I’m still learning how to set things for certain conditions. Gain , frequency etc. I have...

Hey y’all, I took the new Traxxis55 on its 3rd outing this weekend. This time with the power prop they sent me. The motor did great with the power prop. Even took out a little vibration it had before. We stayed in open water out of the grass and mud. The lake had a lot of floating debris from...

Hello everyone, I’m planning the first of three trips to take grandkids to stay at Lake Somerville a few days and fish. This first trip is taking the most planning. After it I’m all set for the others. I’m doing my best to put them on some fish. I’m planning on using chum I have brewing and...

Just received a new anode trim tab. It doesn’t give me any information about what alloy it is and I’m not sure I can tell. My boat goes to freshwater only so I wanted magnesium or at least aluminum. I’m afraid they sent me zinc. Could y’all look at the pictures and see if you can tell? I sure...

I just replaced my old Minn Kota endura max with a Traxxis 55. I was wondering can I use a ceramic wax on the motor it’s self also I have a product called Cerakote that’s for plastic trim on vehicles that’s good for protection and keeps a lot of dust etc from sticking? Can I use it on the...

Hello everyone, Been having trouble on line so this may be a double post. My wonderful wife ask me to put together a complete list for finishing my boat in order of importance such as bunk etc. I’m listing and shopping so I have cost of everything. I’m at the bottom of the hull now. I’ve found...

I have a post about fuel ratio but this deserves it’s own because it’s proof being active with preventative maintenance pays off. I’m big on taking care of things. Especially if it has an engine. This one almost got pass me. When I started my rebuild the first thing I did was install a fuel...

Hello again everyone, I’m sitting in the house waiting for the rain to let up. Word is we got 14” in a big part of our area in the past week. I called the marina today and was tol That sandy point I beached my boat on coming in late one night is back under water. Its going to be nice seeing the...

When I launch my boat there’s only one ramp that I use where getting the boat off the trailer is easy as pie. The rest I have to do a little pushing and a couple I have the truck backed in the water. And there’s one lake I have yet to go back to since first step put me upside down. It’s covered...

A couple weeks ago I put my truck up on stands and upgraded all four brakes. During the process I noticed the second day sap was falling out of the big oak tree I was under. Never seen anything like it. Sap fell like snow for three days. By the time I finished my truck the bed was full of Acorns...

Hello again everyone,here’s what I got. In August I changed the gear oil in the lower unit. I noticed a little water in it and freaked out of course. I remember I didn’t install new washers (like Yamaha says to)the last time I did it. So I used the boat a few trips then opened the drain to se...

Thought I would share my embarrassing fishing trip. Decided to go night fishing for the first time on a lake I thought I had gotten to know a little. 1st. & 2nd. I planned the trip with a map and gps coordinates to fish so I could launch from a ramp and not get to far away from it since I only...

I’m trying to put a discussion with my oldest son to bed. He says I should be putting my outboard in forward gear while trailering to prevent the prop from spinning and damaging my lower unit. I have a 1992 Yamaha 2 stroke 40hp. pull start. I tilt it up slightly and use a transom saver attached...

Can someone please tell me how I can attach a picture in the message part of the site?I’m talking with a potential fishing partner and want to show him my boat. I don’t see an attach file button like on the forums.

Hi everyone, I took my boat out for the first time after I’ve been rebuilding it for a year. The trolling motor was stored in my shop. I thought I’d checked everything before leaving the house. I wiped the dust off the trolling motor and used a water base vinyl rubber and plastic treatment on...

Hello everyone. I’m finally going to take the boat I’ve been working on so long on a night fishing trip with my so this week. Since it hasn’t been started in quite awhile. I went through the outboard today (1982 40hp 2 stroke Yamaha) trying to do any preventative maintenance I can. We’re on...

Hello everyone, Does anyone happen to have any experience with an outboard 40 hp 2 stroke around a 1992 model? I was cleaning up the motor and servicing when I noticed it’s time for a new anode/trim tab. Then I wondered about the power head it’s self. I know other models have them. A parts...

I have a 16/52 that I just rebuilt and had posted the trailer problems I had before starting the rebuild a year ago. The boat sits to high because the 2x6 bunkers are on edge. It I use flat bunkers to lower the boat then it won’t fit between the fenders being a extra wide. It can be trying at...