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    used boat

    Does anyone besides me see this as a good buy. Not been able to contact the owner as yet but a lot less than what I have been finding. Also, how are the engine hours monitored? Kind of a newbee question, but none of my motors has had a feature to track hours. As always, thanks guys...
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    fuel line connector

    I just bought a Nissan N S 8 B.as a back up kicker for my boat. It has a single connector quick disconnect fuel line fitting that I want to adapt to connect to the standard connector from my boats fuel tank. This is the connector with the latch pin on the side. Is this doable, or will I need to...
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    Father's sick

    Got back from the hospital after seeing my Dad this afternoon. He's 86 and pretty sick right now. They have put in a pacemaker and he is struggling to get out of bed to do therapy. I read mainexile fishing story and it bought back a lot of childhood memories. Many of them were good, however not...
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    chummin greenbacks

    I have been fishing some new areas around the Hernando County area on the Florida West coast and the last time out I ran out of greenbacks and pinfish. Man, it was hard to leave as good of a bite as we had going. I have been using sabiki rigs and my wife and I were able to put about 20-30 baits...
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    Bayport Florida

    Still learning some areas off the Left Coast of Florida. Since moving to this area from Tampa about three years ago and not having another boat untill a year ago, we are still on a learning curve. The guy at the bait house directed us into 12'-14' of water west of the Bayport Rocks tower. We...
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    Calling coffee drinkers

    There was a post earlier today about getting some iboat decals. Tashasdaddy directed us to a site that was known to some of ya'll. Someone mentioned their iboats coffee cup and how important it was to have that really good cup of joe. In my early teens I learned how to drink coffee so I could...
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    Dolly's coming

    Well it appears the big bend area of Texas is right in the path of now Hurrican Dolly. Wind speed has increased to 75 mph officially making the storm a hurricane. The projected path is to come ashore at the Texas Mexican border and to proceed on more of a Westerly direction. Good luck all.
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    Undercoating

    This post is for somone who lives in an area where salt is used during the winters for ice control. Yeah, I have salt here in Florida, but it sure doesn't eat up the cars the way it does up north. Well, that is as long as you don't submerse your rig while at the ramp! So, my sister in law in...
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    Water in transom

    I went to install a set of smart tabs on my 1993 Renken Seamaster. The mounting brackets have six holes, three top three bottom only 1.5 inches apart. Using the bracket as a template I marked holes and began drilling. All the top holes were fine, gelcoat then wood appeared on the drill bit. As...
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    Trailer bunks and smart tabs

    All right, I know someone out there has encountered this deal, so waiting for some help. Smart tabs just arrived. Go look at boat and 8" wide trailer bunks extend a foot past transom, right where suggested location of smart tabs should go. I have the boat as far forward on the trailer as I can...
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    Circle Hooks

    New laws require us to use circle hooks when targeting reef fish ( grouper, snapper ). So I load up on a few different sizes and used some for the first time today. No, I was not fishing the reefs, just some inshore fishing with live greenbacks. Unfortunately, got into some catfish but was...
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    Florida Reef Fish

    Just a heads up, a little something from the National Marine Fisheries Service. It seems effective June 1, any reef species: grouper, snapper, etc. must be fished with using circle hooks. Also, there must be both a hook release device as well as a venting tool on board. The circle hooks cannot...
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    Scallop pic's

    Posted these on another forum just wanted to show a little bit about West Coast Florida bay scallop season.
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    Scallops are in: second edition

    Here we are after a few miles out from Bayport, south of Homosassa, Fl. Son and I tried the skinny water to no avail. It was a slow day so no "fleet" to chase after. Made our way out to 8', took a dive and they were everywhere. Really had an easy time hitting our limit ( 2 gals each per person...
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    Wiring corrosion

    Just installed a new Eagle FishElite 500c yesterday and had an interesting problem. This unit replaced an older unit that had not been used for some time, however the power cable was run and stubbed out at the proper location. Used my trusty Fluke and she read 12.8vdc. Cut the old power plug...
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    Scallops are in

    :) Just a heads up for the Left Coast Florida folks. Tuesday, July 1st starts scallop season. Reports so far show them in abundance, so get ready for another good year. This year they are in close (4-6') and we have a limit of 2 gals person or max 10 gals/ boat in the shells per trip . Also from...
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