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    Nurse Shark!

    We had the new to us boat on it's inaugural fishing trip today on a grouper hole off Bayport and this beast came up. About 8' and really gave me a good fight. I have lost two other sharks off this reef before, so there is always lots of action. Here's a couple of pics...
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    Yamaha F115's Needed Maintenance

    We have had this boat a week, and while we tested it I noticed the waterpump was a little weak, not a strong tell tale. Also wanted to spend some time getting used to these motors, so thought an oil change, filters, lower unit oil, waterpump kit and a general clean up and remove some corrosion...
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    Scallop Season starts tomorrow!!

    And both the lower units are sitting on workbenches ready for the newly arrived waterpump kits! Oh well, just a few hours in the morning and we should be able to head out of Bayport, in between the rain showers, and get our whole 1 pint each!
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    New Boat

    Well, we started about a year and a half ago buying our first boat in several years. I had made a few geographical moves and with a busy job and approaching retirement we figured we would wait untill the time was right and get back on the water again. The first boat was a Renken CC, about 18.5'...
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    Lookin for a Walkaround

    Yeah, I know this isn't the right place for this, but so what! Most of the guys I know here hang out in the saltwater forum...or elsewhere! Just sold my Key West tonight. Only had it listed for two weeks. A friends neighbor bought it. Good ol word of mouth. The KW was in great shape with only...
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    Sold my boat!

    About two weeks ago I put my 2002 Key West up for sale. Used craigslist and other forums. A friend actually sent me the buyer. We closed the deal tonight. Great timing! The boat was awesome..very clean and only 117 hrs. Everything was intact and several new items. Fresh detail. So...we are...
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    Florida Keys Rental

    Wife and I are planning a trip to the keys, Sept 16th to 20th. Would like to stay around the middle keys. If any forum member has a rental or would like to recommend a place, we are interested. Thanks, Rick & Barb.
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    Florida Love Bugs

    Well, after coming back from our get together May 17th, I found myself with a truck, a van, aboat, and a camper that had all been splattered and covered with love bugs. You know..leave em on long enough and no paint... Well, I had heard of a trick using fabric softener sheets to clean with. Just...
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    Big Shark

    Well, we dodged some weather and finally got back out yesterday and headed to a spot a few miles out from Bayport. The last time there we limited out on grouper, so our hopes were up. I ran into a fishing buddy at the mouth to our channel as he was rounding up some bait and invited him and his...
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    New Avatar

    Well, the jig is up. Just sent some pics the other day on the post about "showing your box"... I not only showed my box, but my other box and then where I kept my box's... In the background in my garage is my TR-3. Stripped and naked, no doors, fenders, hood, motor...nothing but the body shell...
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    Who likes their walkaround??

    Well, we are ready to move up a bit. I have been looking and we have decided on a walkaround, 22' - 24' preferably with an outboard. If you own one of these and have had good experiences with it, I sure wish you would share that with me and whomever else here may be interested. Lots of them for...
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    5 1/2 lb tripletail..plus a few grouper..

    Tripletail...5 1/2 lbs!!! On the way out to the honeyhole, my wife, buddy Dave and I came across a deck brush floating along. As we approached I could see a fish hugging it. Yep, big tripletail. Snuck up and NETTED him! He wasnt sick, just unaware. Almost flipped off the deck. The rest of the...
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    Here we go again...different result

    Two boaters from Land O Lakes Florida were boating in the Bahamas when their 25' boat capsized. This pair of boaters had an EPIRB and it was activated. A Coast Guard plane was sent from Miami but didn't locate them. A rescue helo was sent from Clearwater, Florida and tracked the boaters to a...
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    Tractor scam???

    OK, Fellas..I need (want!) a tractor to help keep after the couple of acres I own. I haul and move around a bunch of mulch, etc and loading the dump trailer is getting a little old (So am I!) Found this ad on craigslist '04 New Holland loader and bucket. Listed twice, two different prices...
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    2003 150 merc washout port

    OK, a buddy of mine and I went around for a couple of months trying to find him a boat. We looked at several Pro Lines, all had 150 Merc's. He bought one. On one we sea trialed the owner had an adapter on the back of his motor for fresh water wash down. The one my buddy bought has a plastic plug...
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    -Grover 26' diesel

    Any of our iboaters know anything about this boat or this style of diesel boat. A family acquaintance has asked me to help him navigate some local channels that I am familiar with. I don't know the whole story, but he hasn't used this boat yet. I saw the registration letters are from NY. He has...
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    1986 'Rude 50 VRO

    This motor was on the boat I just snagged. Sweet looking motor with about 200 hrs. Any more and I would be surprised. It was used summers only by an elderly gentleman in Michigan. Towed down here this winter after he passed away and sold by his BIL. We started the motor and it ran fine. Towed...
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    Affordable gps locator

    Seems like three lives could have been saved with one of these. Check out the price as well. Has anyone bought or used one? Sure looks to be something to add to our ditch bag.... http://www.landfallnavigation.com/fastfind.html
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    My New Blue Fin

    Here we are, a 1986 16'2" Blue Fin HIN BFFSP741E686 1986 Evinrude 50 VRO, 1986 EZ Loader roller trailer. She is sweet. Just brought her home last night from a craigslist ad. I bought from the original owner, lived in Michigan untill last year. He kept is stored during the winters and only made a...
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    New Boat...bought a tinny!!

    Here's some pics..we all love pics! This is a 1986 Blue Fin 16'2" Walk thru. Has a 1986 50 'Rude with VRO. EZ Loader painted trailer. Found this on craigslist. Didn't have aclue what it was worth, but finagled it down to $2600. Bought from the original owner who boated summers only in Michigan...
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