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    What happened over the winter?

    Last year I had problems with the old 50 hp Merc. starting because it was flooding so I took the carbs off and had them rebuilt. I installed them and adjusted the carbs until it started and ran good on the muffs and seemed to throttle up smoothly and powerfully. Yesterday we took it to the lake...
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    Super garlic scent.

    I ordered a couple of bottles of garlic scent last year, the kind that you can dunk your plastic worms in and tint them different colors. So today I hooked a super salty wacky worm on my hook and dunked the end of it in the garlic. Now I know this garlic is highly concentrated and you don't want...
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    Finally found a bow mount.

    I needed a scissor mount for an old Minn Kota that I have kept for a long time. I ran into a guy who was selling his bow mount and so I bought trolling motor, mount and all, he traded up to the remote control type and was happy to get this one out of his garage. I have it bolted down to the bow...
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    Can you catch them again?

    I was fishing a heavily stained power plant lake that had been a strip mine many years before. I had heard that they were catching big stripers from shore but by the time I got there a week later the bite was off so I tried casting lures for bass. I didn't have much luck in the cooler water the...
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    New record Striper from Alabama

    I saw the headlines about the guy who caught a huge striped bass in Alabama. I think it will be interesting to hear what kind of bait he used and how heavy his line was etc. I went to school with a guy who was jug fishing with his dad and they caught a 60 pound catfish. He said it was so big...
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    Sure missing the boats right now.

    We had to do a lot of traveling this winter so we had to take the rv and leave the boats at home. Now that we have most of our business taken care of we are in Florida and in an area where we would love to have a boat and be out fishing. The rv park that we are staying at used to rent canoes but...
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    Storing Batteries

    I have left a couple of cars in the garage all winter before and never had any problems with them starting and running in the spring. This year I removed the batteries from the boats, two starting batteries and three deep cycles and stored them in the garage. Now is there any reason why they...
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    Under skinning between the pontoons.

    I want to under skin the area under the deck and between the pontoons to help keep water from splashing against the cross members and coming up between the cracks in the decking. Does anybody know where to get some decent sized sheets of aluminum? It would be for under skinning an 18' Bass Buggy...
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    Easily changed transducer?

    If I want to use the same fishfinder on two different boats do I have to buy a second transducer or do they make one for the transom that can be easily and quickly changed? Still don't know if I will be buying a Lowrance or a Humminbird but it will have the down scanning on it. I figure that I...
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    Caught one big one and a small one today.

    The gator lay over on the bank and watched us fishing off of the dock until I caught this one and then it was a matter of getting it up onto the dock before the gator got there. The fish doesn't look as big as he really was, because I was holding him to the side and watching the gator swim...
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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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