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I have been stating that forever.

Room for grandpa to sit "in"/stand "in" a boat is safer than standing "on" a boat. This was one of the reasons I bought a Lund rather than a bass boat.

Are the Indiana registration #'s visible. If so, you can try and backtrack thru the Indiana DNR to get the hull ID#

I landed a snot rocket yesterday that was dead in less than a minute out of water. He engulfed a jerkbait and 2 of the 3 hooks had passed thru the gills. I think it half bled out before I landed it and bled the rest all over my carpet. It was dead before I could even cut the hooks with the sidecutters.

If you take care of a 2 stroke it could last forever. I've got a late 60's Evinrude that runs like a champ. As far as what to look for, just because a motor runs on muffs, doesn't mean it will perform properly under a load. Your best bet is an on the water test putting the motor under a load. I was interested in a motor many years ago. I talked to the guy and he agreed to split the cost of having my mechanic look at it. The motor had a bad cylinder. I was out $60 instead of $600.

There is no substitute for cubic inches.

Fished Powers Lake this morning, from 5:30 to 11:30, in Burlington WI. Was 3 hours of nothing before we got a bite. Then it was game on. Find the weeds, find the fish. Our last 3 hours of fishing before heading home we boated 10 bass, 2 walleye and 15 pike. Bass and pike were small, walleyes were 16" and 17" and too small to keep with the new walleye regs.

Just got back from Sturgeon Bay

You 100% sure it's not the connector on the truck? I know my issue is with the connection between the truck and trailer. A couple weeks ago I bought a new 7 to 5 pin adapter thinking that would resolve my issues. Still having some issues so yesterday I ordered a new 7 pin connector for the truck.

Aluminum bay boat should fit your needs

Timed it right this year. Last year I was too early and the 2 years prior to that I was too late. Ice just left the bay 3 weeks ago and I believe this is the first round of fish to spawn

Pitot tube for the speedo.

I would say our best 5 went 25lbs. Nice thing about the small males is they were all 14-15" and upwards of 2 lbs. Those are size 12 and that's a buck bass. I sent that to my son because he said the pics I was texting him were of 12" fish LOL. 2 of the females were a solid 5 and one a solid 6. I had a break off at the boat of one I guess would have been over 7

Brief story. Pics are the best I could do seeing as I'm no @A-Jay I took some crappy long arm shots and selfies because dad's arthritis and lack of tech savyness gives him issues with taking phone pics. Day 1 Got up to Sister Bay around 3:00 Sunday afternoon. Took care of a few things at my folks summer home and then dumped the boat in the water. Water was 48*. Fished for 3 hours without a bite. Did see some fish cruising the bottom in 17fow, had 1 follow. Day2 Launched in Sturgeon Bay. Fished an area that is normally productive for an hour without a bite. Headed to Little Sturgeon and got my first bit an hour later. Dad got one as well about 45 minutes later. We're now 3 hours in with 2 fish. Head to another area for a short bit and then headed to where we would spend the rest of the day. Day 3 Was a bit foggy at the beginning of our trek. Visibility about 20ft. Without the graphs, I would not have been able to launch until 10am when the fog cleared. Be they fish or humans, the female of the species can be completely turned on one day, and completely shut down the next. Caught 1 female today and a bunch of males.

Very nice Dwight.

Howd you do? A friend was there Saturday and Sunday and texted me pics. Got a handful of average smallies, what looked to be a 4lb largemouth and a 47 inch musky. Said it was slow overall.

Forgive me for being blunt but, jacket or no jacket, a kid that young has no business being on the front deck of a bass boat.

Northern IL? Whereabouts?

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Can you have too much output force (what Attwood is calling boost) My current rod locker lid springs are rated at 40lbs but can be ordered anywhere between 20lbs and 120lbs. The 40's are barely enough to keep the lid open and if it rains, with the added weight on the carpet, the springs won't hold the lid open. I'm wondering if I should order 60lbs, 80lbs, or even more. Thoughts? http://www.attwoodmarine.com/store/p...em-gas-springs

I assume so, said it was caught from a pond

Great advice Hope you didn't damage the nail. Those are antiques and in high demand.

Where exactly did you make the connection of the 18ga to the Helix neg. ?