Jig Man

I'd coat it with a good strong epoxy or some fiberglass resin like Bondo.

I bought some and used them for Trigging. They were terrible of hetting hookups and keeping fish on. If I still have them around, I'd send them to you so you can see what I mean.

Keep a penny under your tounge and you will have all the spit you would ever need.

Put the fish in your dip net and hang the scale on it. You will get the weight of both and can subtract the weight of the scale.

The main thing that I would want to know and would probably have to have a mechanic check out, has that motor been blown and rebuilt. Many of the OMC engines of that vintage blew. If it never has then it was one of the good ones. As for value, go to the NADA guides and look up the boat motor and trailer and get an average retail value.

I have used the wind in the fall for many years. I rarely go unless the wind is blowing. If it comes from a different direction every day as it sometimes does in the fall in is not necessarily a good thing as the food chain moves around too much. The absolute best fishing for me has been when has come from the same direction for at least 3 consecutive days. That definitely has the food chain moved to windy banks. That is the main reason I have a long heavy boat with a strong trolling motor and extra shaft length on it. I have seen the wind switch to the north and stop the bite dead dog dead. But it usually is accompanied by a cold front.

X2 This is the only knot that I use for any line and any bait except drop shot.

It looks to me like you are in the middle of the project so you should be able to figure out a way to put in a pvc pipe under the deck work and use it to run the various wires and cables through. If you need it put one on each side. You may also want to plan on an additional battery because hooking electronics to a trolling motor battery is usually not a good thing.

I have State Farm and from a Tbone fiasco year before last I could not recommend them to anyone, ever.

I'd take the seat to an upholstry shop. The carpet isn't bad to do. You can get the old up with lacquer thinner.

I have a 3.8:1 cranking reel. You don't have the hard crank as with other reels. When I'm not using it for cranks, I change out the gears and make it a 6.3:1 best of both worlds.

use big baits

Your buddy knows best. Put in some more air.

I like the spinnerbait. I too am bored. I made up 60 baby bass stingers and 40 blue and white. Have you gotten your baits from the contest yet?

Having none in my bag and getting a good butt waxing on it will send me to the store.

I was using digitals until one day mine showed me 3 different readings on the same fish. They were over a # and 1/2 apart. So I started buying digitals. I found every one of them to be erratic. (Thank you Bass Pro for your generous return policy.) I did some research and found Boga to be highly recommended. I bought one and decided I wanted to keep it so I have it tied to the boat with an 8' nylon cord. It is way too expensive to drop overboard. Mine did not have a warranty card in the box so I called Boga and asked about it. The guy on the phone said, "If you have any problem, give us a call. We have only had 30 out of the 1000s that have been sent back and most of them just needed to be cleaned." It is also very good for landing toothy fish and bass with a couple of trebles in their mouths. I'd buy another one in a heart beat.

I have both. My Nav shows contours better but my LEI is way superior up creeks because it show channels a long ways after the nav cuts off.

Sometimes the pedestal will jam and you have to use a pipe wrench.

If you want it done well and done right for a very reasonable price then send them to the Reel Mechanic. John does a very good job.

There is no bad trailer. I have used most every type out there. I prefer a twin tail grub for most applications but I'll use a beaver, brush hog, craw, even pork. They all work.

I make all of my own plastics so I have an infinite amount of colors and color combinations. However, I mostly use green pumpkin, pumpkin seed, smoke/red flakes and black. All the rest is eye candy except for bubble gum during the prespawn.

I've not seen the lawn mower conversion but I did see a jon with an IO made from a jet ski motor.

12.7v is fully charged. You are close to that right now. I leave it alone and check it again in a few weeks. Or top it off for a short charge then check it in a few weeks.

I like the 90° best.

You can use a torch like Jig Man does. I know several guys that use it. It's all personal preferance on what you like and what you are comfortable with. If you use a torch though, watch very carefully so you don't burn the paint on subsequent colors or melt the lead head. I only use the torch for the initial heat. For subsequent colors I heat in the toaster oven and apply paint with a makeup brush by tapping.