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thanks for the reply. ill have to just go and try it out. i was planning on using live bait since i can throw a cast net pretty good. but iv always fished for bass with artificials, top water baits are always fun.

i made some home made trim tabs on my 14 ft john boat. it has a 25hp 2 stroke so its a littler bit weighed down in the back. the tabs made a HUGE difference. those hydrofoils look stupid, make yourself or buy some trim tabs... and i didn't loose any speed withe the tabs, it toped out at 30mph with 3 people, and i could cruise just myself at about 25mpg at about half throttle and the boat didn't porpos at all and it used to do it really bad to the point were i couldn't run past 15mph with just myself in the boat.

nobody fishes this lake?

iv recently finished building up my john boat and i had originally planed on bass fishign with it but i couldn't really find any lakes. iv been trying my hand at inshore fishing for snooks and reds and im sure ill get better at it as i do it more, but what im really good at is bass fishing. so i did some research and it seams like lake trafford is the closest lake to me but iv read some pretty bad things about the lake, is it any good for bass fishing, does anybody fish there anymore? does the lake have a hp limit or anything i should know about.

remove the pump, hook it to a battery, if the pump moves but is straining and not pumping, its cloged up. if it kicks fine then you have a wiring issue. first thing you need to do is check if the switch is bad, you can use a multi meter and use ohms to check, or just disconnect the wires and touch them together, if the pump worked when you touch the wires, the switch is bad. and if all that checks out to be ok, then one of your ires has worn through and is grounding out somewhere. having and knowing how to use a multi meter could make this a 10 minute job to figure out, without one, plan on spending hours lol.

i got a little 14 ft jon from buddy for 28$ sold the goped it came with for 100$, got a motor for 50$ and spent about 100$ ontop of it all in nuts and bolts, ect. ended up going from this to this

what the hell do you need a warranty for on a 14ft tin can? whats the worse that a warranty could even cover on a basic aluminum boat? a broken rivet maybe? lol what is your jon made by?

thanks for the help, all io was saying is im not going to just call a guy up and say "hey some guy on a forum told me to call you about a place to go fishing" i really do appreciate your help, i was just saying that im not sure what you expect me to do by just giving me someones name and number...

heres what iv done to mine when i got it and how it sits now i decked it, carpeted it, made a console, put on a 25hp johnson, did remote steering and throttle. if you got any questions about anything, i can help you with how to do it to your jon. i wouldnt recommend you getting a 25hp, its rated for 7hp. i had to put in tons of transom work to make it safe to have such a huge motor, and it sits low in the water, so i need to get a bilge for it and everything. its fine for me becasue im a gear head and need everything fast, but for a 15 year old(or any average guy really), a 10hp would be more manageable...

contact him about what exactly? im not fully understanding?

iv been bass fishing golf courses by foot for years, and im very good at it, i have my little spots, i know what works and what doesn't and i have tons of tackle. but now that i got a 14ft jon boat it seems like im starting over again. i have no clue what lakes to go to. does anybody know of any good lakes around sothwest Florida? im in naples. my boat is all set up and ready to go... but i dont know were to go with it now lol any help would be appreciated. thanks.

thanks for the compliment. it is a pretty sweet little boat, especialy on the budget iv built it on(around less than 100$), but it totaly sucks drgin that longshaft, but im gona make that transom 5" taller tomorrow, once thats done, and i get a tach for it and get the throttle done. then it will be an awesome boat. o yea, it is a 2cylinder. its not a heavy engine for what it is at all. and for a 50$ engine it runs pretty sweet. starts up faster than my truck does lol the boat is gonna boogie once i get the transom right.

well, actually on the Florida sportsman forum, i have a guy who's a noaa special agent or something like that, he ran my numbers for me, the boat didn't come back stolen, he also contacted the real owner for me. im going to call him tomorrow and ill get it all taken care of then. i ran it today, and i honestly have to say i dont know what all the fiuss is about the 25hp, its no big deal, it didnt sink the boat at all. my only prob is that long shaft kills me, it wont plane becasue of it and goes sloooooow. so im building the transom tomorrow. i ran it in a private lake today so its legal to not be registered btw. the motor runs great tho, it strugles to push that useless 20" opf long shaft through the water tho, refuses to plane. it probly does about 18mph as it sits. maybe i didnt mention it on this forum yet but incase i didnt, i spent the last few days making that console and steering and throttle setup. it all come out pretty good... it put me on some fish today.

o yea, and for the record. my 25hp johnson weighs a whole 20 lbs more than the 15 hp model. wow, its gonna really sink it... :

im getting really sick of this. im on the florida sportsman forum and iv gotten nothing but compliments on my boat, and a cop who is helping me register it. he even contacted the ex owner for me. on this forum all you guys want to do is ***** and not give any help. if you dont want to help, than why in the world would you need to post? btw, im finishing the boat tomorrow, ill test it and finds out for myself if it floats. id post pictures and everything but i dont think anyone really gives a crap on here so lets just let this thread die and we can all move on.

you guys are thick, i said its as good as a stolen boat because as far as the dmv knows, as it sits right now, it is no easyer than getting a stolen boat registered. im not a i don't deserve to be accused as one. i dont care if the "real" owner is reading this or not, he GAVE the boat away, why would he try and claim it back, he has probably moved on to better things than a 14ft jon boat. the reason my buddy never asked for the title is becasue, well, hes not to smart. he thought it was no big deal becasue he never planed on registering it. to him it was just a little boat to have in the backyard(he lives on a canal) and you dont need registration with no motor. i wish hed have just asked the guy for the title tho. this is my last post for defending myself. if im accused a thief again, ill just remove this thread. thanks for trying to help.

you guys aren't getting it. the guy gave the boat away, he doesn't care. im sure hell give me the title. now im sick of getting bashed here for nothing, i put alot of hard work into this boat and it really ticks me off when i com on here and see that all i get is a bunch of people telling me how stupid i am. no forum but this one has given me such a hard time. unless you have any decent advice on how i should go about registering it, dont post. i dont need you to post about how i should throw my hard work away and give the boat away.

who said im doing it the wrong way? im going to contact the real owner and get it titled in my name. i dont have a cap plate and im almost positive the boat never had one. it still has the vin and everything. lets be realistic, the guy isnt going to ask me to pay him 5,000$. i think hell just give it to me, if not id be wiling to pay up to 100$ if i had too.

ill pay him for it? i dont know man. stop giving me such a hard time. no other forum has given me so much crap as this one.

iv been doing lots of reading and it looks like i just need to go down and give my numbers and they will give me the guys phone number and address and instructions on how i need to have the title transfered to my name. so when i get the spare time ill run up to the dmv and get it taken care of.

no man, sorry i didnt explain myself better, i can see why i look like a thief lol. ok, i have a local spot out in the woods were we all go to wheel our trucks and take our 4 wheelers out. the place, like most wheelin spots, is a dump. people dump their old boats, cars, ect. its a bunch of garbage and only an idiot like myself would see it as treasure, but i get alot of great stuff out there. the boat it came off of has been siting out in the woods in pieces for as long as iv been going out there which is about 4 years, and im sure its been there longer judging by the shape its in. trust me guys, im not out to do anything illegal. im not that kind of guy.

im workin on the registration. as for today, i built a real nice console for it since i found a throttle and steering box out at the wheelin spot the other day. ill post pics tomorow.

ok for the second time, the guy GAVE the boat to my friend with no title...

relax guys, after selling the goped that came with the boat im at a grand total of around 30-50$, so if the motor is too long, weighs too much, overpowered, big deal, iv built the boat on the cheapest budget of anyone iv ever seen. so who care. i am going to get it registered properly on thursday when i get back from vacation... if someone who owned it insists on having it back, ill pay him for it, i dont care, iv put to much time in to give it up.

the post above pretty much covers it all but if all that fails, then you have a dirty carb, and need to clean it or if your not very mechanically inclined pay some one to rebuild it. any time i have any 2 stroke running rough, i check plugs first, then check the fuel system for air in the lnes/ cloged fuel filter and i always clean the carbs. 2 strokes are pretty simple really. also when you put new plugs in, check if you get a good hot spark. i run a compression check too but not everyone has a compression tester... remember do the basic stuff first.