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    Hot Dog Bass

    We are in the south and there is a huge retention pond across the road. It is all catch and release and you can catch bass, bluegills and tilapia on hotdogs so easily that it isn't even a challenge. A few guys have tried artificials with limited luck-poppers-spinners- and plastics in the...
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    Lowrance or Humminbird

    I nearly bought the Lowrance Elite 5 when it was on sale but there were some things in the reviews that made me wait. Although with the Lowrance you can change the colors that you see on the screen somebody said that all you will see at one time is two colors. In my book that is no better than...
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    Black Friday deals?

    I haven't upgraded my fishfinder in years but I see that some of them have some real nice features on them now. Anybody know who has the best deal on one right now and which ones have the most useful features on them? Forget the side scan that is out of my league. I think what would be the most...
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    How not to move the boat?

    I talked to a long time friend the other day and I told him we were getting into boating again. He told me he bought an old boat and trailer and motor, cheap, awhile back but that it has cost him $1200 already. He was pushing it back into his garage by hand and just as it got to the door of the...
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    Weight?

    Is there any reason I need to know the weight of the my old pontoon boat -motor and trailer? I see in a lot of posts where people are giving a lot of advice and they estimate the weight of the boats-motors-and trailers-fuel-and gear. I tow with an old F350 diesel truck and a very heavy duty...
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    Nearly run over

    I had to back the 16' boat and trailer into the side yard without driving the truck over the septic tank. After I backed past the driveway and into the grass I unhooked it from the truck. The trailer didn't want to roll in the grass so I hooked a chain up to the back of the trailer and pulled it...
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    Leaky decking?

    We had what looked like a leaky seam where water came up through the carpet for a distance of about two to three feet. I sat some heavy things on it and decided to look at it when we got home. When I looked under the boat all I could see was that the seam must be right where the cross member...
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    1st time winterize?

    While running the 25 horse 2 cycle to get the Stabil through the fuel system the motor would lope. That is it would idle faster for a little while and then idle slower for a while. It kept doing this back and forth until I shut it off. Is this normal or is there something I should be doing to...
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    Warning toxic antifreeze

    I am trying to post this about boating safety. I bought some RV and Marine antifreeze last night from Walmart. The kind used in the water lines inside an RV or boat for the fresh water systems. The bottle says "do not ingest. If ingested call poison control." This stuff is poison. I will take...
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    Starter controls for 1991 Bass Buggy?

    We bought a 1991 18' Bass Buggy this year and it has an electric start 50 horse Mercury 2 stroke motor on it. I had some problems starting it this past week and wonder if I am doing it right. It has the push key to choke. The problem is it floods very easily when I go to start it. How much...
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    Which Carburetor?

    I have a 50 horse Mercury outboard that was identified as an 1985 1050525 50 by the serial number that I posted. Crowley's has a tillotson and a Walbro both listed as carburetors for this model and I can't get outside to look at it right now. Does it tell on the carburetors which type they are...
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    It's the green wire.

    I found out that the right brake and turn signal weren't working on the trailer so I checked the green wire and found out I had to jumper past the problem area somewhere between the front and back on the old pontoon trailer. I ran a new wire along the outside of the frame but I would rather run...
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    2 stroke 50 horse floods easily?

    The 50 H.P. 2 stroke 4 cylinder flooded easily at the lake this week. Some times I had to disconnect the fuel line and crank for a while until it ran low on fuel before it would start. It seems like it will start right away if it is warmed up for awhile and started every half hour or so but if...
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    Marina Fuel?

    This is the first boat I have owned that has needed mixed gas and has a tank that is too big to just lift off of the boat. What I was wondering is when you fuel up at a marina do they mix the gas for you or do you have to add your own 2 stroke oil? With the inboards I have had all they had to do...
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    Umbrella holder

    I thought I would show how I managed to make an umbrella holder for the front of the pontoon boat. I drilled through the deck and bolted one floor flange on the deck and the other one under the deck as a bolting flange to give the stand some strength. I used long enough pipe nipple to hold the...
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    Bloody Shad

    I watched KVD catching bass on his bleeding shad spinnerbait on You Tube. He says he believes in the red hooks so much that he won't throw a lure that doesn't have a red hook anymore. I ordered 3 bleeding shad spinners and when they got here they didn't have the red hooks like the picture in the...
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    First winter for the pontoon boat.

    We have been towing a fifth wheel trailer to Florida for the winter for the last five years. We would like to tow the pontoon boat down with us this year but we only have one big diesel truck. I wouldn't even consider towing in tandem. I figure the boat wouldn't be a problem once we get it down...
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    Attracting fish

    My wife and I were fishing in a lake that had about eight foot of clarity. She tossed her line out with a bobber and split shot and a small hook to fish for bluegills, I was casting a double fluke rig for bass. She wasn't getting any bites until the bluegill started following the flukes in...
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    How many rods are legal?

    I looked up spider rigs for crappie because in-fisherman has a show coming up. When I looked at the you-tube videos there were two guys in a boat who had 4 rods each in rod holders in the front and a rod each out the back and another laying off the captains seat. Don't all of the states have...
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    Used motors?

    If you buy a used motor and it works okay all season should you take it to a dealers to be checked out during the winter-off season here? If so what all would you have checked and done to it? I am handy enough but no expert on outboards.
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