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    Portable?Moveable Mounts for Electronics

    I have a smaller boat (14') that I move around in and space is limited for mounting stuff. So I just use nylon cutting boards and mount my radio and depth/fish finder to them. using quick disconnect power cables and such so that I can move them around wherever I need them within the boat. It...
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    VHF Radios~Boat Frequencies

    It's been years since I had a boat with a VHF radio and then in was in salt water where the radio was much busier. I have a smaller boat now in AZ and will go onto larger lakes and for safety I picked up another radio recently. If I understand the manual correctly These are the only frequencies...
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    Motor Support Needed?

    I have a 14' Lowe with a tiller controlled Mercury 9.9 4 Stroke HP motor. I will tow this boat up to 300 miles in one direction to fish at times. The motor comes in at 125# and the transom appears to be solid construction. I have never seen a smaller boat like this with a support for the motor...
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    What Size Hook for Rainbow Trout?

    I have been told that the AZ Peacock Lady works well here in AZ fished wet. Most of the lakes around here are just stock trout so they are not really big. I would like to order some but what size hook should I get?
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    What to use trolling for trout?

    I grew up on salt water fishing for Striped Bass mostly. I am now retired and have a small boat in the mountains of AZ. I currently bait fish with fair results but I would like to learn to troll for trout. I used to troll for stripers years ago. I have purchased a new 14" boat and have it set...
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    Trailer Tug or Dolly Powered by a Drill

    I am getting on towards 70 and had a back injury many years ago that has recently required surgery to improve (not cure for sure). Moving my 14' boat, trailer and motors up a slight incline into the back yard where I am required to store the rig has been a problem lately for me. I looked around...
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    Outboards operating at an elevation

    I have had a few outboards in my time but admittedly the last small outboard was in the mid-1980s. It was a 15 horse that I operated at sea level. I recently purchased a boat, motor and trailer combo for fishing high elevation lakes in AZ, I am not getting the performance I think I should out of...
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    Prop performance calculator?

    Is there a calculator that will estimate performance out there that takes boat size/weight and motor size/prop pitch into consideration?
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    Basic question about testing for a new prop

    Tomorrow I will test my boat/motor with an induction tach for RPM at elevation to select the proper pitch for operation at elevation vs. the standard prop that came with my small motor. I have been told to do this with minimum load in the boat. Then I got to thinking about it and why would I not...
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    Tiny Tach~great little device for testing

    I live at elevation and wanted to test for optimum RPM and prop pitch and it was recommended here that I get a Tiny Tach. I ordered one directly from the manufacturer and it took about 5 minutes to install. Of note, I was told by them that outboard motors are some of the noisiest motors produced...
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    Was I taken advantage of???

    I bought a new boat, motor and trailer recently. All items represented as 2015 parts. 2 weeks after my purchase I get the manufacturer's statement of origin (MSO) showing that the motor is not a 2015 and was manufactured in 2014 during the month of Feb and is in fact a 2014 model year. The motor...
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    2014 Mercury 9.9 non bigfoot RPM limit

    I am about to do some testing on my motor at elevation where I fish to find the proper pitch prop that works best for me. I specifications are rather wide for this motor for WOT in that it states 5000-6000 RPM. I know that Mercury has a preset point (according to the manual) where it cuts back...
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    Tiny Tach Install question

    I have a tiny tach on order to check operation of my motor at elevation. I noted a YouTube video where a guy wound the induction wire around both spark plugs rather than just one with no explanation. Why would you want to do this?
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    Trailer Bunk Settings~Is this right???

    I bought a packaged boat, trailer and motor from Cabela's a couple of weeks ago. While mounting a transducer I was looking at how the boat sits on the trailer and thought it was not right. Shouldn't the boat be sitting on the flat portion of the hull? The pix shows it as delivered.
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    Props/Performance/Altitude

    I have a Lowe 1467WT (14' walk trough hull) with a Mercury 9.9 HP 4 stroke that I got that way on purpose so that I could use it at Rim Lakes here in AZ where many lakes are restricted to 10 HP or less. The first run with the boat at my local lake was at 5100' and I could only make about 4.5 MPH...
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    Bimini Tops on small boats

    We have a 14' Lowe V hull with a 9.9 motor and electric trolling motor. My wife is thinking she would like a top on the boat but I question installing one on a lighter boat. Would not the wind tend to blow the boat around a bit? I don't think it would be unstable or dangerous but just wondering.
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    9.9 Mercury 4 stroke~disappointed in performance at altitude.

    I bought a new 9.9 Mercury with a Lowe V1467 WT aluminum boat for fishing. The boat weighs in at 262# and is rated for a 20 HP motor max. I picked the 9.9 HP as it allows me to fish lakes in AZ that limit motor size. I live at some 5100' in elevation. The stock prop had a pitch of 8.5" and with...
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    Prop Pitch/Daimeter At elevation for Mercury 9.9 HP non Big Foot

    I have a Lowe V1467 WT that is 14' V hull and weighs in at 262#. Today I took it out for a break-in and found that it will not go very fast and does not seem to rev up all the way. I am at 5100' as is my local lake I like to fish. I had my wife with me and the total weight on board was about...
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    One more time with a boat

    I have had more than a few in my time from a kayak to a 24' cuddy. But I really wanted something to fish from in the lakes here in AZ so I purchased what they call a Rim Lakes Package yesterday from Cabelas. Most rim lakes in AZ allow only a 10 HP or less motor. That package consisted of a Lowe...
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    Trolling Motor Thrust Requirements

    I am about to pick up a Lowe 1467 WT aluminum boat (14' deep V). Most of the time I figure the boat will carry two people, a 9.9 HP gas motor and maybe another 150 of stuff. So to make up for wind at the lakes how many # of thrust would you suggest?
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