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    Building a fishing boat.

    From the canoe, I've seen numerous boats in that area with headlights and spot lights when out at night. Also seen numerous canoes and kayaks with no lights at all (also illegal) If illegal, we won't run them when moving.
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    Building a fishing boat.

    Have Navigation lights installed at the front inside the top weatherstripping rail. And a removable, extendable anchor light installed. Inside lights installed as well when we need. Agreed. The original setup when we started only had Nav lights on the hood and anchor light. To navigate...
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    Building a fishing boat.

    Yes, It did get us back. Was thankful to get to the truck. The boat is solid. It rides smooth And is great to fish from. Fishing platform worked out great. We caught 5 decent smallies in the morning and 4 striper in the afternoon. Overjoyed to have it in the water. It was a great day out...
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    Building a fishing boat.

    Had it out on the lake once last month. Having issues with the force 50 running right after 3/4 of a day running it.
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    Picked up a 1990 Force 50HP yesterday.

    Had our first trip to the lake after 8 months of weekends rebuilding the boat to what we wanted Motor ran great the first half of the day. Then fouled out, got it running again, ran out of gas and then would barely run, and limped it off the lake. Rebuilt the carb again, changed jets to...
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    For me, the point was I'm a little jealous that my rod/reel collection isn't anyhere close to 1/16th of his. 😁😁
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    Building a fishing boat.

    Dash bezel with guages. For install this weekend when I have time to deal with the wiring and zeroing them out.
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    Building a fishing boat.

    The The Two holes left to drill for the dash are the lanyard kill switch and the ignition switch. Good point on adding a step to the back of the boat to get back in. Will add it to the list of things before finished.
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    Building a fishing boat.

    Shooting for the first Saturday in April.
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    Building a fishing boat.

    An update. Still moving along. Dash, wiring, fuel lines are all that's left. Fully painted, after flipping it. Floors cut, treated with PU and carpeted. Engine and sterring mounted. Seats mounted, and console added. Getting closer. Still working on the dash, a couple more holes.
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    I would. She knows what I fish for and would ask for help and buy something way nicer and probably more expensive than I would buy. As a gift, would be great!
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    Our leach field is 40 years old. Been 20 years since I added new topsoil and re-leveled. Looks like a project to add some this year under the grass, to fill in the low spots. Our tanks, once every 10 years. Much higher capacity than my neighbors. The septic company can empty the second tank...
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    Those can be nice, the morning after taco night. Don't have to keep praying, come on ice cream. 🔥
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