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    show us your fish

    Re: show us your fish 32 # Cobia Couple grouper Nurse shark, 7' Just a few in the past few months...off Bayport, Florida
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    Zip saw or plunge saw

    I have an 18v Dewalt zip saw for cutting out boxes in drywall that I have used for a number of other things and was wondering if this might be appropriate to use to flush mount my vhf and stereo radios? Anyone try it and had any success in fiberglass? Thanks, Rick
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    Cobia follow whale shark..

    No pics of the whale shark, but a few of the cobia we nabbged following it. We were off the Pinellas reef, West of Clearwater, Fl fishing with an assortment of dead/live baits when a huge 40' whaleshark passed by with a gaggle of cobia all over it. My buddies pinfish was inhaled and he landed a...
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    Thanks Iboats..free shipping

    Just upgraded the props on my new to us KeyWest 2300 with twins. After some debate and a lot of reading I have come up with a size and type to replace the props currently on the boat. I decided to use aluminum 4 blade props made by Volvo Penta. We decided upon aluminum due to the many oyster...
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    Heellllpppp!! I'm gonna sing in the boys choir..

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    Three batteries, two motors, two switches

    OK, I want to add a house battery to our boat. Have two Interstate Marine starting batteries, two motors and two Perko off/1/2/all switches. What would be the best way to add the third battery. I have an idea, but my search did not show this configuration...thanks, Rick
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    Nurse Shark!

    We had the new to us boat on it's inaugural fishing trip today on a grouper hole off Bayport and this beast came up. About 8' and really gave me a good fight. I have lost two other sharks off this reef before, so there is always lots of action. Here's a couple of pics...
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    Yamaha F115's Needed Maintenance

    We have had this boat a week, and while we tested it I noticed the waterpump was a little weak, not a strong tell tale. Also wanted to spend some time getting used to these motors, so thought an oil change, filters, lower unit oil, waterpump kit and a general clean up and remove some corrosion...
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    Scallop Season starts tomorrow!!

    And both the lower units are sitting on workbenches ready for the newly arrived waterpump kits! Oh well, just a few hours in the morning and we should be able to head out of Bayport, in between the rain showers, and get our whole 1 pint each!
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    New Boat

    Well, we started about a year and a half ago buying our first boat in several years. I had made a few geographical moves and with a busy job and approaching retirement we figured we would wait untill the time was right and get back on the water again. The first boat was a Renken CC, about 18.5'...
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    Lookin for a Walkaround

    Yeah, I know this isn't the right place for this, but so what! Most of the guys I know here hang out in the saltwater forum...or elsewhere! Just sold my Key West tonight. Only had it listed for two weeks. A friends neighbor bought it. Good ol word of mouth. The KW was in great shape with only...
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    Sold my boat!

    About two weeks ago I put my 2002 Key West up for sale. Used craigslist and other forums. A friend actually sent me the buyer. We closed the deal tonight. Great timing! The boat was awesome..very clean and only 117 hrs. Everything was intact and several new items. Fresh detail. So...we are...
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    Florida Keys Rental

    Wife and I are planning a trip to the keys, Sept 16th to 20th. Would like to stay around the middle keys. If any forum member has a rental or would like to recommend a place, we are interested. Thanks, Rick & Barb.
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    Florida Love Bugs

    Well, after coming back from our get together May 17th, I found myself with a truck, a van, aboat, and a camper that had all been splattered and covered with love bugs. You know..leave em on long enough and no paint... Well, I had heard of a trick using fabric softener sheets to clean with. Just...
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    Big Shark

    Well, we dodged some weather and finally got back out yesterday and headed to a spot a few miles out from Bayport. The last time there we limited out on grouper, so our hopes were up. I ran into a fishing buddy at the mouth to our channel as he was rounding up some bait and invited him and his...
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    New Avatar

    Well, the jig is up. Just sent some pics the other day on the post about "showing your box"... I not only showed my box, but my other box and then where I kept my box's... In the background in my garage is my TR-3. Stripped and naked, no doors, fenders, hood, motor...nothing but the body shell...
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    Who likes their walkaround??

    Well, we are ready to move up a bit. I have been looking and we have decided on a walkaround, 22' - 24' preferably with an outboard. If you own one of these and have had good experiences with it, I sure wish you would share that with me and whomever else here may be interested. Lots of them for...
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    5 1/2 lb tripletail..plus a few grouper..

    Tripletail...5 1/2 lbs!!! On the way out to the honeyhole, my wife, buddy Dave and I came across a deck brush floating along. As we approached I could see a fish hugging it. Yep, big tripletail. Snuck up and NETTED him! He wasnt sick, just unaware. Almost flipped off the deck. The rest of the...
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    Here we go again...different result

    Two boaters from Land O Lakes Florida were boating in the Bahamas when their 25' boat capsized. This pair of boaters had an EPIRB and it was activated. A Coast Guard plane was sent from Miami but didn't locate them. A rescue helo was sent from Clearwater, Florida and tracked the boaters to a...
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    Tractor scam???

    OK, Fellas..I need (want!) a tractor to help keep after the couple of acres I own. I haul and move around a bunch of mulch, etc and loading the dump trailer is getting a little old (So am I!) Found this ad on craigslist '04 New Holland loader and bucket. Listed twice, two different prices...
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