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A good source of wire for the trolling motor is a good set of jumper cables. When I re-wired the TM on my old boat, I priced the wire at a hardware store, I can't remember the price but a set of jumper cables was half the amount. Same gauge hardest part was finding a set long enough, you can get them up to twenty feet long. I just cut the clamps off was super easy, plus the rubber insulation was thicker so I didn't worry about chaffing.

Thanks, just signed the paperwork, now I wait. Using a out of state lender and we are overnighting paperwork back and forth. From my research the 225Optimax is much more fuel efficient than its competition and especially older motors. I know its still a beast, but I'm not a speed freak and think the way I run it I'll be fine.

Decided to go with a newer boat, with an Optimax motor. I'll post details after I pick up the boat.

92. Ken Stabler sucked, Bradshaw rules. 93. Franco Harris did catch that ball.

Add the treatment of your choice, add some fuel to mix it up and run it.

Yeah seems like everyone likes the Opti, maybe I should go with my original plan and get a new or at least newer engine. The.911CDC had tons of room and storage, that's the downside of a new hull can't afford a.21 footer

He's a runner and gunner, so allot more than I do on a normal day.

Just talked with him again, cruising around 50 and staying out of it, he said a tank will last 5-6 trips. Its got a 50 gallon tank though.

Maddie, my springer loved going out on the boat. Only problem you couldn't fish top water with her in the boat, she lived to try to retrieve a buzzbait!

That's one great looking springer! I lost my last one two years ago. She was such an awesome dog, of course I'm a bit biased, she only lost one cripple in 10 years, and only because there was a non dog hunter and rushed in stomping around allowing the rooster to escape

You are correct sir, just i've never considered am engine that big before, have no frame of reference.

Brother, I don't think the book has been written yet, besides first you have to do the crew member quals. If after that you still have all your fingers.... sure np. PS I heard crew qualifications include changing and sharpening the blade while underway

Not worried about reliability of the Merc at all, just don't want to burn $100 bucks in gas every trip.

Sorry its a 2000 efi

OK, found a great deal on a nitro 911cdc, it's in great shape. Problem is the huge 225 Merc, just how thirsty will this beast be? The last bigger engine I had was a Johnson 140 with carbs, that thing was awful on gas

Any boat made from plywood will be much heavier than aluminum.

What Exactly Is P-Line Cx It's a Yo-Zuri hybrid wanna be!

One of my favorite was Gen Stormin Norman Swartzkopff, a reporter had asked "General, how many tomahawk missiles were fired from submarines." "What's a submarine?" Was the response.

Its better, so good I just bought a 3lb spool in pink! That's 14 THOUSAND yards

Lol, I had O/U's too, but there is just something special about a double or sxs.

Awesome thanks for the update

That's just awful, prayers sent

Surprised u don't have one! What was that a saw blade?

Before I started bass fishing seriously I bird hunted, now bird to me is partridge (ruffed grouse). I kept setters and pointers, think I've had at least one of each gun dog breed, German shorthairs, wirehairs, my favorite were Ellhew pointers and Ryman setters, I miss the smell of wet leaves, burnt powder, the eager whine of a good dog and the feel of tiredness after chasing that majestic game bird.

Let me start by stating that a double barrel gun has its barrels aligned horizontally NOT an O/U alignment. A double is truly my favorite firearm and many are works of art. I can appreciate just about any double from a Stevens 311 up to a Purdey best. Huge price difference though. Acquiring a Purdey is far beyond my meager budget with prices starting at $100,000.00 , a minimum of two trips to London and it takes about a year from the start to finish. But the end result is a work of at, and a gun that is made exactly to your dimensions. Anyway like most people I started with a single shot, graduated to a pump and thought I had arrived when I bought my first semi auto (Remington 1100). I used to shoot sporting clays allot, it was like crack to me. I was ok but never scored a perfect round. Then came the fateful day when browsing a gun show that I picked up an old original A. H. Fox and my addiction started. That gun felt alive, pointed perfectly weighed around six pounds, even the double triggers felt natural. I knew immediately I was in trouble, cost was somewhere around a thousand bucks, 2 and a half times what I paid for my 1100. I couldn't swing that much back then, but was determined to find a gun that fit me, that had two triggers and was a natural extension of me. A few years later and I scored an AYA model four boxlock, one barrel was Skeet and the other modified, I went.50 for 50 first round I shot with the gun. Are their any other double fans on the board?