Keitht

I was loading line on my shimano spinning reel today and for some reason the line was overfilling on the side closest to me and refusing to fill up close to the lip. What can I do?

Believe it or not, I take a prop in the shallowest waters and leave the jet at home. In the headwaters of the ozark streams that I fish in, it is often too shallow for even a jet. So I take a big flatback "cargo canoe" with a 8 HP Merc engine with prop. I motor up the deep pools and drag it up the ripples where there is not enough water. I can get in lots of places where the jet boats won't go. A cargo canoe is a LOT bigger than an ordinary canoe. With motor, boat and trailer I had about $3000 in it new. I've caught more fish out of this rig than any other boat I've owned. Going down river it is more conveniant that any big boat because it is easy to paddle and manuever in places where the fish are.

Yeah, its a jet. And you are also right that it is not really a poor man's boat. I had to go in the hole to get it. BUT I do have some more boats that would overquailify as a poor man's boat. I've never done the tournament thing. The only one I have ever had to beat was the woman fishing next to me. I couldn't even do that.

Sorry for the double post. OK, I agree if you fish for money and racing is part of it, then you need speed. But the average guy fishes for fun. He can get by on a lot less.

Trying to post pic of a poor man's bass boat.

I just question the fact that you have to spend 40,000 for a new boat. I mean, what kind of a boat do you really need to go fishing with? I just bought a new boat for around 13,000. It does everything the 40,000 dollar boat can do except run 60 MPH. But I don't have to run that fast to fish.

Mo Tick I'm in central Mo as well. Where are you located? I see a lot of people using those one or two man plastic boats with a trolling motor attached. They seem to work out real well. Keith

I want to know what kind of inboard charger to get. I have a 90 E-tec with its starter battery, and a seperate battery for my trolling motor. It is a 12 volt system. Do I get a two bank system and hook up both batteries to it? Or should I not hook up the starter battery? Does a 12 volt inboard charger even have 2 banks?

What the heck is a "billerica?"

Has anyone tried the new alumiducers on an aluminum hull? How did it work and what thickness hull do you have?

I recently listed a boat for sale on the internet and got several attempts at scamming. I began getting emails saying that they would buy my boat but wanted to give me $5000 more than I was asking for it. But as they said, "I had to trust them." Anyway the deal went something like I send them the 5000 first then they would send me a payment that gave me back my 5000 and I would end up with 5000 more than I had listed the boat for. RIGHT!! Then I got phone calls from Germany. They wanted to buy my $7000 dollar aluminum bass boat. While I'm not sure that the German guys were scammers, I refused them as well. But looking back I think I should have told them OK, send the money first, then you can come pick up the boat. I never understood the German calls?

Has anyone tried the E-tec in a jet? I was looking at the 90/75. Also does anyone know what this engine costs?