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    I confess: I am intimidated by my large lake

    We have a place up on Leech Lake in northern MN. The wonderful thing about this lake is its size over 112,000 acres, with tons of reasonabley sized bays and coves to sneak into and the multi-species fishing is outstanding. But I have to confess, I am intimidated going out onto the main basin...
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    So my husband buys me a new (to me) boat...

    I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN THIS SUMMER!!!! :D :D I have taken that thing out so much on the lake, been fishing, tubing with the kids, more fishing. I have learned to dock it myself into a pretty tight marina (with an audience no less) and I couldn't be more happy. Initally I was a bit worried as...
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    Fishing Opener all by myself

    My fishing buddies bailed on me :( My husband had work to do (but I knew this in advance) My 16 year old son's LaCrosse coach made them all feel guilty and inferred Varsity would be on the line if anyone missed a practice. So he was out over the weekend. 17 year old son had prom to go to...
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    I finally figured it out: My Green Ghetto boat is a '76 Century Raven

    Yep, been wondering all this time what the heck model of Century my green machine was and finally I know. i will post pics of my lovely stinky boat as soon as we get the cover off and reveal all her not so regal glory!!! :D Green Ghetto has been a reliable boat, just kind of ugly and not...
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    De-winterized to test drive, now temps are dropping!

    I have a cold detached garage, temps are expected to drop to 27F tomorrow night..:( I have an i/o omc 4.3l cobra Is 27 enough to do damage for one night? Should we be scrambling to find a warm storage spot for it for an evening?
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    OMC Cobra 4.3 Transom Shift Cable inspection quesiton+

    Is there anyway to visually tell if the OMC Cobra shift cable has been replaced? My understanding is they need to be red, can a person visually inspect the engine and see if this has been done or does it need to be checked by a mechanic?
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    Purchasing a boat w/o a lake to run it on first

    Living in Minnesota, our local lakes are not yet ice free, even in southern MN. I am looking at a couple older (mid to early 90's) boats, one which we are going for a second look tomorrow. We can put it on a large deeper pond nearby that we can move around on, but cannot get up to speed on...
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    Some Craigslist Finds

    All of you guy's advise and help with my last question (to keep or not to keep) the boat we had was very helpful. So here are my requirements in a boat. It can handle a large lake, it can seat min of 6, although we will be fishing, it can be used for water sports (tubing, knee boards etc)...
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    So, my husband buys a boat...

    Sounds like the begining of a joke, well I think it is a joke, but I don't know the punch line :eek: Anyway, a couple years ago my husband broke down and bought me a boat, we both love to fish (me more than him), we have kids too, so we needed something that could move and pull a skier/tube as...
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