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Someone took the liberty of taking a can of black spraypaint to my registration numbers and decals on the side of my boat/motor last week. Any leads on what I can use to get it off without stripping the decals and factory paint too?

School has kept me busy once again, but I still make time to get out on the water. Not much fishing, but I've hunted a little. I had seen a few teal before the season opened, but everyone and their brother was out opening weekend. We scouted every other day and finally found a group of 200 +-...

I don't want to mess around with screwing 2X4's together, so I'm going to get a bracket/platform made from aluminum. This is what I'm working with. I'm thinking about getting the fab shop to make a platform along the left side of the front deck flush with the top, just wide enough (4" or...

And picked up a new pistola. Springfield XDM in .45.

Towed the boat down for the weekend to fish with my buddy from school. Day one, we caught 2 redfish, 3 sheepshead, and one trout. Day 2, we hit the big water for some big fish. I hadn't planned on that, so I was under-gunned with a 7' medium action rod with a 2500 sized Stradic with 20lb...

Spent two weeks down at the SC coast and caught a couple fish. Bonnethead shark on a mullet head. Redfish on cut mullet. Barely hooked. High tide coming into the grass flat First tailing redfish landed. 1000 sized Shimano Sahara, 7' medium action rod, 10lb braid, all in 8 inches...

Captain Ahab threw these in with some seat bases he sent me. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted something flush mount. I will probably go with the Shark Eye nav lights you flush mount on the side of your boat since I smashed the light on my old boat on a tree that fell across the...

Who was wearing the black Tinboats.net shirt today at Meetze landing on the Saluda River in Lexington, SC today? I was hurrying to get my boat in because of the rain, and I didn't even process that it was a Tinboats shirt until I was on the water. I was in the jon boat with a Merc on the back.

I have a 1542 SeaArk with a 25 Mercury 4 stroke on a 5.5" setback jackplate on the transom. When I got the motor mounted and was sitting on the back bench, the boat (trailer and all) started to tip back. I ran to the front of the boat and kept the motor from meeting concrete. I had a battery...

Mounting my motor/jackplate on the transom. I thought SeaArks had all aluminum transoms, but I discovered wood when I drilled holes. But I digress. Are Grade 8 bolts from Tractor Supply acceptable for securing my jackplate to transom? Will they react with the aluminum or the wood in the transom?

Picked up this SeaArk the other day when I happened to see it on Craigslist. I had been looking for one for a while, but none were ever for sale used, and I wasn't too thrilled at the prices of a new one. I wanted either a 1542 or a 1548, so this was perfect. I have a brand new, never seen the...

Thinking about cutting access into the pod thing on the back of my boat for battery storage. The current opening in the back is just enough room for a 6 gallon gas tank, so there's no spot for a battery. I remember seeing it in several builds, but I don't know what it's called or where to get...

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Got on this bird Monday morning, but when we tried to cut the distance, we came over the ridge/hill/mountain the same time the turkey did. We made eye contact at 15 yards before he flew off without a shot. Got back to the same area this morning and heard him gobble around 7:00. I was trying to...

I finally connected on my 4th hunt of the year. Single digit number of gobbles while birds are in the tree, and even less on the ground at my main hunting grounds. The birds 20 miles up the road are a lot more vocal, especially in the afternoon, but property lines kept me from sealing the deal...

But when I replace this gasket, should I add some kind of sealant? If so, what kind? RTV? Part Number 59 https://www.boats.net/parts/search/BRP/EVINRUDE/1988/E30ECCE/GEARCASE/parts.html

Title says it all. The shift lever is extremely difficult to shift from forward to neutral. It's easier the other way around. Visually, I can't see anything wrong. Any ideas?

Got to replacing my transom wood today, and I see that, like everything on my boat, it has been over-stressed. Two of the four bolts connecting the brace to the transom were over-tightened into the old transom, and the ends of the brace snapped off (2/4 bolts are actually doing something). Is...

Back when I got this motor, I saw one of the bolts holding the lower unit on was missing. When I got a replacement, I realized the head was broken off the other bolt (not missing). I didn't think too much about it since the lower unit was still solid on there. Fast forward to today. I had...

As the title says, the lever on my Evinrude that locks the motor down (for reverse and transport) or allows it to kick up if I hit a stump is stuck down. It was working fine yesterday when I got on the water. Over the course of a couple hours of me moving the trim pin around, it decided to quit...