Flatfish

I'am backwards I guess, Left Handed and reel in with my right

I haven't fished WYCO in several years, matter of fact it was when they put the wipers in, fished the tounry's on wed and won a couple, retired now and plan to get back out their, need to freshen up the boat and get the motor tuned up. Does anyone know if Scott stills runs the tourny.

Count me in, haven't fished a tourny since last may, boat had motor trouble but with only TM's that would fit right in. How far from KC area, Payout Boat Requirements Single or Team If team can a guy fish alone Is their a map of the lake Directions

Hydraulic and Hose shops offer a product like you want, they wrap hoses with it to cut down on abrasion's. just measure the diameter of your bundle. The type I get is black in color and has a UV resistance. The white type at Hardware Box Stores don't seem to hold up if left out in the sun and weather.

Marine grease will work fine, you don't need much. Some spring shackle bolt's have grease zerks in them from the get go. Just make sure that all pivot points move free and don't forget the bearing buddy's. Hope it settles down for you, the idea of the trailer is the convience for you, load her back up motor, battery, and fishing gear, so all you have to do is back it in the water and go fishing. If you need more weight add lead ballast to the rear of the trailer, a small loaf pan filled with lead weigh's about 35lbs a couple of these should help settle it down

When you have the boat off the trailer grab hold of the rear of the trailer and lift it up, look at the rear spring shackles to see if it moves. I have seen where the spring pivot points (both front and rear) get seized from age or overtightning. If this happens it is just like not having any springs. If this the problen remove the spring bolts clean them up, lube them and replace the nuts with self locking nuts and don't over tighten them. With the suspension you have the stabilizer bars on the front hangers it would be very posible that some one strong armed them.

A couple of years back I was fishing the mouth of a cove and a pontoon boat came in and got very close and turned causing a good size wake, laughing all the time. Well they came back and anchored about 30' from me, a bunch of collage aged kids, and proceeded to start swiming. Well being the "get even type" and noticing earlier in the day that the water snakes were abundant up the lake I went and sacked up a few, went back and pulled up close to the swimmers and pitched a net full of snakes right in the middle of them. They were laughing when they ran me off, well when I left the second time I was laughing, so hard that I almost couldn't operate the boat.

LBH has good ideas, just look at his boat. You don't want the aluminum surface shiny, scuffed up so the primer will adhere. There is a product called XIM Flash Bond, a couple of coats and scuff it up with a Scotch Brite pad and paint, I have painted glass after using this stuff and never had any problem.

Sounds typical of a grounding problem, run a ground wire from the trailer to the truck and check the lights out again that should confirm if that is the problem. Use one half of a set of jumper cables for a quick check.

I have repaired many rivets and it didn't cost anything, get a friend, turn the boat up side down on saw horse's and with 2 ball peen hammers( one on the inside of the boat and one on the outside) start tapping the rivets, swelling them in the holes, that also tightens the ribs up and keeps it more ridgid. If you don't tighten the rib down to the skin of the boat it will move and the same problem will reoccur. LBH has a good idea also and IMHO everything else is temporary.

Do yourself a big favor and go to a couple of tournaments and watch just how efficiently they launch and retrieve their boats. No kidding it will amaze you how they can launch 50 boats in about 10 to 15 minutes. That is Ramp Courtesy at it's Best.

I have had 2 S-10's, one 2.2, 4 cyl, 5 speed and the other was a Ext Cab with a 4.3 V6 5 speed, both of these got 25 mpg, both of these pulled the boat, a 16' Lowe with a heavier trailer than normal. The V6 only lost 2-3 mpg and the 4 lost almost 6 mpg and with the ac on any hill you were down shifting. I had more problem stopping than going with either one and that wasn't that bad either. My opinion woule be go with the V6, good mileage and a little easier on the engine when pulling.

Fresh gas and a battery charge, replace the water pump impeller before you start it, and then head for the water. Good Luck

Another thing about 4 strokes, you can't take it off the boat and lay it in the back of your truck like the 2 strokes, they have to stay in a near vertical position.

If it is a Automatic install a auxillaty trans cooler and check about pulling in overdrive, I think it is recommended to not pull in OD

Stainless will cut into the frame of the mount like a saw, been there done that, sounds good, but a look see at the rops every once in a while will pervent it breaking at a inopertune moment. When I see mine fraying I pull it thru and retie cutting off the tail, this will work about 3 times before it is to short. I picked up a roll of the lawn mower rope and it rests quiet comfortable in the bow storage compartment. It's a PIA to unlatch the trolling motor and get it stowed when that happens and yes it is usually during a tournament.

You know you have all that stuff in your head, what you are supposed to do when this or that happens, practice, practice, practice, keep the line tight, rod tip down, but when that 4lb bass jumped on me wed, night in our tournament I just watched!!!! He came out of the water about 2' shaking his head, not 1 time but 2 times, I just watched!!! Mother Nature sure gives us some pretty sites and that is one of the best. I am 61 and have fished most of my life on and off and have a lot of control over my self but when a nice bass breaks water I am putty in their gills. Good thing I dont have to rely on a income Bass Fishing, I would go home Hungry.

Just for your info BPS has the EFI 50 2 Stroke brand new for $38-$3900, went to the new BPS store in Olathe Ks, and looked at one. The sales man said that was their regular price in all their stores.

Be careful just changing the wires at the battery, if anything else is hooked up to that wiring circuit it might damage it, like the locator. Check the wiring on the plug for the trolling motor, that is more than likely where the problem is.

Normally the axle will have an upward crown in them, when loaded it will straighten out. I would check to see if the axle is square under the trailer, sit trailer on some jack stands, remove the tires, measure from the center of the trailer coupling to the front of the axle flange on both sides, this measurement should be the same within 1/8". One problem that I have seen is the center pin in the springs being off center and one of the springs installed backwards(this is only a problem if both ends have eyes), sometimes the center pin is not lined up properly with the spring perch on the axle, measure from the center of the front spring hanger bolt to the front of the axle to determine that. Sit the loaded trailer on a level hard surface and with a framing square check the tires for plumb. Follow your loaded trailer down a nice flat road and see if it is "Dog Tracking"(not directly behind the tow vwhicle) this is a quick check for axle alignment, but nothing beats a ruler. Check Tow In, a couple pieces of plywood of lumber the same width and about 2' long pressed against the tires and measure across the front and rear of the tire, this measurement should be the same, tolerance +or- 1/16"no more than 1/8"

The cost of Rhino or Linex is about the same as a new 14' boat, I think the JB Weld fix is about the cheapest, Good Luck.

Excuse the spelling that should be Propane Torch, guess I'am not as smart as a 5th Grader.

They are good connectors Way2Slow, you can get the connectors from local battery retailers for about half the price of Cabelas or BPS. I dont crimp mine, usually just clamp the lug in a vice and heat with a propante torch and solder the wire in the barrel with Rosin Core Solder, never come out.

In my 16" Lowe the live well is right in the middle of the boat, just in front of it is the trolling motor battery/s ( when we go to Canada there is 2 there, with the charger). That seem's to balance the boat quiet well, especially when I am the only one in the boat. I have the back fully decked, the fuel tank and starting battert there, I did drill several 3" holes to vent that area for safety sake. My boat is a 16-52 with a 76" width across the top and is fairly stable. Hope that helps.

Check the vent on the gas cap, it has to be open otherwise the fuel pump draws a vacumn on the tank.