jimski2

I replaced 268 rivets in my Starcraft 21 foot mariner. New floor installed. Then the transom brace cracked and I gave up.

Move your battery to the other side to balance your boat. A portable gas tank moved over will help.

The plankton bloom happens in 55 to 65 degree water. The forage base feeds on the plankton and the dissolved oxygen level is sufficient on the surface. So this situation calls for you to target your fishing in this area. The use of side planets and jets work well in this water column. Your boat spooks the fish away your graph picture is devoid of large fish that are nearby. If your graph indicates no fish deeper, believe it.

The direct to the battery bilge pump is a Coast Guard rule. For safety since a bilge pump is independent of all other accessories.

17 Lake Erie perch cleaned last Friday were full of gobies. No emeralds, crayfish or anything else.

The weather liars on TV just try to scare you so you continue to tune in for more scaring and panic. If you see white caps it is not good to go.

Why risk your life, other's life, your investment in a boat and gear to show you can be very uncomfortable out there? Stay home and cut your grass or something so as soon as conditions are better you can get on the water.

I cleaned a tank by siphoning the tank through the drain plug into containers after removing the level float assembly. Then we used old tee shirts on coat hangers to wipe the bottom of the tank clean. 1. Make sure your life and boat insurance are in effect. 2. Make sure you are far away from buildings and your neighbors home. 3. You may have to pay to dispose the old gasoline. Just pull the old tank and put in a new tank with new clamps and hoses.

Electric pumps are dangerous on a boat.

Flood waters overflow into trout streams and it could make you very unpopular with your foreign invader species. Check with your local fishery biologists for approval.

I looked at aluminum boats with huge outboard engines mounted and they use triple layers of three eighths inch aluminum plate to hold the engines. You might be able to reinforce your transom by adding the plates bolted through the knee braces.

There is your answer!

Sun causes the Walleyes to move deeper and 24 foot of water is good lately but the fish are more scattered. Night fishermen unload their fish at midnight and take another limit for the next day. This makes travel gasoline expenses more efficient.

Ten days of east winds have ended. Warm water is returning to the east end now. Dunkirk and Barcelona areas were hot at night in ten to twelve foot of water. One boat had thirty five. Eighteen before midnight and seventeen the next day.

The bracket adds leverage to the transom causing some of your problem. Anyway you have an unsafe condition and your boat will swamp under on heavy weather.

West Marine on Niagara Street in Buffalo sold them but I believe they are not printed anymore.

The steering Rams have seals at the end that were damaged. This allowed air to be sucked into the system and then the oil overflowed onto the dash. That dealer fixed them with no charge being made.

After ten years I have had no problems . I do have a 3 stage battery charger hooked up 24:7 all year also. I can start my Honda kicker with a pull cord as a backup to charge the battery if needed.