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    Federal Fishing License?

    As a lifetime fisherman and retiree I wished we could have a federal permit of some sort to fish in any state. I like to travel as funds permit and love to fish but I find that out of state permits costs prohibit me from doing much fishing out of my own state. I don't suppose that this will ever...
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    Boat Insurance?

    I cancelled my boat insurance today with the company I was doing business with. I had written them and told them my small boat was now paid off and they told me they could not accept that and that I needed a lien holders release to stop the insurance. What??? I told them that the same company...
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    Doubling the HP/options more than doubled the weight.

    I bought a heavier 14' boat last Spring with ta 9.9 HP motor and that was the minimum recommended HP for the 350# (empty) boat. I soon found that the resulting performance and top speed (12 MPH loaded) was less than I wanted and ordered a new 20 HP motor to replace the 9.9. The aluminum hull is...
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    Camping from a smaller boat

    We have a 14' boat that while it has quite a bit of capacity I am certain that if I loaded all the stuff we want to take camping would overload it. There are several lakes in the area that allow camping anywhere on the lake with no fee and I thought that just might work for us but I worried...
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    FEDEX drops the ball!

    Normally FEDEX is on the ball, but not this time. I ordered a new outboard motor for my boat and since it shipped it has shown it would be here on 12/31/2015. The only thing I was told by the shipper was that I had to be here to sign for it due to the value. I waited and waited all day and never...
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    20 HP prop size when new?

    I just ordered a new 20 HP 4 stroke motor but I find it interesting that the charts do not show the prop size and pitch. Can anyone that has a newer 20 HP tell me what prop comes on them?? I cannot find any spec sheets on the new motor that provide this information.
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    Motor Pricing~who's hot???

    I checked iBoats and they don't carry the Mercury 20 HP ELH (electric start/20" shaft) motors, don't know why but that is what I want. So who has the hot prices right now for one???? I found one dealer with a new 2015 at a good price but was informed that Mercury will not allow him to ship and...
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    Should I double the size of my motor?

    I have a Lowe 1467 WT boat. I bought it with a 9.9 Mercury manual start 4 stroke motor. I had to change the prop to a 6.5" to get any speed/plane ability as I use the boat quite a bit at altitude. It now does about 14 MPH loaded with gear for fishing at the proper RPM at 5000'. I have been...
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    Mercury 9.9 4 Stroke Charging Circuit?

    I have a newer manual starting 9.9 HP 4 stroke (2014) I read somewhere that I can get like a 6 amp charge from the motor to my trolling battery but I don't see any provision for this. I am assuming that I would have had to buy the electric start version to get the charging feature?
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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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