Jig Man

Around here people with money either have their boats in docks in marinas or in storage close to the marinas. They just call ahead and say, "Put my boat in the water. I will be there at such and such a time to take it out".

Yes that looks like the don't blow your house up kind that I used last time.

I know of 2 kinds of contact cement that I have used for carpet. One is BLOWS YOUR HOUSE UP and the other doesn't have flamable fumes. I get them at a local carpet shop. If you are removing old carpet, lacquer thinner is the best stuff I have found.

I saw a new one at BPS in Spfld. MO for $936.

Eventhough the boat has seen little use, the depreciation clock has always been ticking. The asking price is at the top of what a dealership would use as a starter. You may want to look it up in the nada guides before you make the plunge.

Mine is word usage, people who don't know how to use your/you're and then/than just to name a couple.

It depends on how involved you get, where you start, how many you make, and how long you stick to it. Like stated the start up can be expensive. I started with one mold, 2 colors of plastic dye and 1 qt of plastisol. I had very little invested made some good baits and had a ball. When I dedided to try jigs, I borrowed a mold and a burner to melt the lead, bought 100 hooks and some living rubber and made up a bunch. When I dedided that was ok I bought my own stuff.

Which 2 stroke, carb, EFI, or DI? There is a world of difference right there.

Anyone own one? I just got one and it isn't exactly what I thought it would be so I have a question or two.

42" is pretty standard for bow mounts on mid sized glass boats.

I have 2 of them in the IMX and they get used a lot more than my 844c ever though about it.

Sounds like a winner to me. I hope she is everything you want.

Unless my brain skipped a beat, I think the 510 is sonar only. It won't show any wpts ever. You need to be looking at a 520 then you can network and get wpts to show on either unit.

Motorguide TE 82 is a very good unit. I have over 7000 hours on one of them. I can dial it to hold in the wind or pull through it. I wouldn't have a 5 speed for love nor money.

A 12' boat won't take much to push. 50-65# should be plenty.

You can get good quality batteries from auto parts stores which carry deep cycle marine batteries. If you will look at the Wally World batteries they are usually 105-140 reserve amps. Check the auto parts store's and you will probably find 180-200 reserve amps. I won't spend money on anything less than 180s.

Your best battery should be on the trolling motor. It is the one that does all of the work. You will get less interference with the sonar on the cranking battery.

If you don't have boat experience, find some who has a lot before you make the plunge. Have that person go with you if possible to look at any boat you may want. Otherwise you stand a good chance of buying something that will cost you a lot of time and money to keep it afloat.

The first thing I'd be concerned about would be the brakes. Make sure they are top notch before you tow. My guess it that the 4 cylinder engine will have a load pulling that boat. A friend of mine bought a 4 cylinder pickup and pulled a 17' Tracker. I rode with him once and it was down shifting all of the time.

My original unit was put on at the factory. I have kept successive ones in the same place to keep from making more holes.

I fish all 4 seasons with a lot of different techniques so I only have what is working at the time for favorites. Right now it is a Shimano bc on a Gloomis 6'10" MLF rod and a Shimano spinning on a Gloomis 5'10" rod because we are fishing very clear stuff with mostly 6# mono.

We have been catching bass all winter long in less than 15 fow. The last time we went the surface temp was 36° and the fish were about 10' deep. Eggs take several months to develop so a females are very eggy this time of year.

I fish into the wind so I fish off either side. My tmotor is on the port and my sonar is on the starboard. I don't need to watch it all the time unless I am fishing in the cone then I am fishing off the bow.

Used boats like that are priced to be able to accept a trade-in and still make a good profit. There are 2 or 3 commissions to be paid plus what ever work the dealership had to do after they traded for the unit so the asking price is 30-40% more than they have in it.

What would you like to know? It is a very good 480X480 b/w unit.