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    Any body fish Wood Creek lake in London Ky Or Laurel lake & River in Corbin Ky

    I am new at trying to Bass fish but have done some, I just got my 1st bass boat together an trying to find out what I should use to catch some big bass,, or at least some keepers, I like to use the top water popper but only catch small bass or bluegills with it, Can anybody tell me some names of...
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    Shine the top hull ??

    Hey all, I just got me a good solid Bass boat, It's a 1988 17ft Laser fiberglass hull, The paint is dull on the top hull of the boat which don't have any shine to it, I put a lil 3 in 1 oil in one spot an it shined up good,lol, I was wondering if anybody can tell me if I could get anything that...
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    Moven Transom up 1 beam or 2???

    Hey guy's, I have a 1970 Riv Crus 27ft an was thinking about moven my transom up a beam or 2, The reason to do this is to have a lil deck on the back of my toon for fishing, I was wondering if it would hurt anything if I did this, I was thinking the only prob would be is turning the toon while...
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    1984 75hp Merc Trigger & Stator

    Hey, I was wanting to see if anybody can help me with trying to replace the trigger on my motor,, I already have the Stator off now an wondering how to do the rest of it,, I don't have the big nut off yet that is in the middle,, The plate like that the flywheel bolts to is what I need to get...
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    i/o Pontoon motor base

    I hope I am posting this in the right place, I have been trying to get pic of a i/o motor base an the pic of how the frame is made up, I just have no luck at all on seeing anything with a frame at all, I have even tryed to find how the i/o pontoons are made an no luck, If anyone can help with...
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    470 Heat Exchanger

    Hope somebody can help answer this,, The 470 motor I have is a 1980 an still in the Bass boat I have, When I got the boat I found out that the heat exchanger was takeing off an all hose'es are hook straight up to bypass the heat exchanger,, So the lake water was running all thru the motor an...
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    Bass Pro Missle

    Just wondering if anybody has a bass boat like this, It is a i/o 470/170hp 18ft long,, It is a 1980, I have never seen a bass boat with i/o an not seen one at all like I have so thats why I am asking,, I got the boat for the motor an outdrive
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    Pontoon Flooring

    I going to be putting a new flooring down on my 27ft pontoon an just wondering if I could just go to Lowes an get 4X8 sheets of 3/4 pressure treated plywood an seal the top an all edges good with a sealer,, An use all stainless screws an bolts & nuts,, This should give me a good flooring...
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    470/170hp in 27ft Pontoon ????

    I been doing a lot of thinking about putting a 470 Merc 170hp in a 1970 27ft Rivera Cruiser Pontoon,, An wondering if a person can order the big base that goes under the pontoon to hold the inboard outboard motor an outdrive in place or would have to try to make one for it?? My toon is only made...
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    50hp & 35hp

    I was wondering if anybody could tell me about the 85 50hp Mercury an a 86 35hp Mercury,,,, I have a 50hp an wanting to put on a 35hp,,, An not sure if I have to change the shifter box an wires or if they will work with each other,,, Thanks,,,:confused:
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    1965 Mercury 65hp

    I have a 1965 Mercury 65hp motor,, The wires are good inside the cover,, But are dead at both inside plug an outside plug,, So I just wanting to see if anyone can tell me how I can run the wires to a new key switch straight from the color wires inside the motor,, I have the...
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    80hp Mercury

    I have a 1980 80hp long shaft that I got on my 24ft pontoon,,An I just check the oil in the lower unit an it is a lite brownest color,, I think it means that the water is getting in there an going to have to tear off the lower unit an put new seals in it,, Can anyone help me with this,, I am...
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