Bucketmouth King

Thanks so much everyone

Im a fairly short guy- 5'3" . Im trying to figure out how I would work a frog with a 7'4" rod pointed at the water without 3' of the rod submerged. Infact, I have trouble even working a 7' rod this way. 6'6" seems best for my build, but unpractical to leverage a fish or drive home heavy frog hooks. Maybe im doing it wrong ?

Its a 3 blade prop stamped 17-M

I had it trimmed all the way down and never really go to plane due to a fuel problem which is now fixed. But i noticed some bounce of the bow which lead me to investigate and now we are here. My prop is stamped 17-M. Not sure what that means or matters?

Hi everyone. I bought my first boat (1986 - 18' winner bass boat) that was repowered with a 2000 Yamaha vmax 150. after doing some reading and measuring, it looks like my cavitation plate is 2" above the very bottom of my hull V, and I can only lower it by one bolt hole, which I believe is only going to gain me 3/4" . I read that the plate needs to be in line or within 1 inch of the bottom of the hull V. Is this boat going to be a porposing nightmare? At all speeds ? Just low speed? High speed ? Any suggestions ? thanks for any help !!!!

Thank you! That was very helpful! Next, any idea where i can get a timer for my aerator? Its basically off or on right now. And i definitely dont want to keep turning it off and on, nor do i want it running steady draining the batteries.

86 Winner tournament. Yes, still the factory layout.

Hi guys. Im sure some of you will find this hilarious, but after searching the web i still haven't found my answer so i have to ask. I've never used my livewell before, and i just replaced all the hoses, clamps, and aerator pump, as well as the flowrite valve. I would like to get a general understanding of its operation before use and so i dont swamp my boat! My fill and drain are both the same hose at the bottom of the well, with a flowrite manual open close valve. The aerator pumps in surface water for oxygen. If the tank overfills, it exits via the overfill drain towards the top of the well. Is this correct? My question is, and this may sound silly, i open the fill valve until its full, then close the valve, correct? Otherwise, water will keep coming until i sink? Or do i leave it open and the overfill drain prevents that?

Note: there were a few drops of blood from the gills. Not much at all. Ive had fish bleed a hell of a lot worse and swim right off when released. Ive also had fish out of water much longer and had them swim away fine. I just dont get it.

Hey guys. Yesterday I caught a 3.5 lb bass that wasnt hooked too deep. Not in the lip but not down in the throat either. Before I even had her landed I asked my partner to grab the scale and make sure it was powered on. She did. I had her out of the water less than 20 seconds for hook removal, weight, a second look of admiration and released. Only to see her float. I waded in, shook her, dunked her, moved her around but nothing. She would kick her tail every couple minutes but never did swim away. What would cause this? She was in less than 3' of water when hooked, and only out of water for 20 sec at most. Ive felt terrible since and I dont want to kill anymore fish if I can help it.

Turns out I had a battery with a dead cell not holding a charge. Luckily i found the reciept and walmart exchanged it. Looking fwd to the next trip to see how performance improves.

Good thinkin. Can someone recommend a reliable battery meter ?

But if I were to add 2 more batteries wired as Numb showed, would I need another 2 bank charger?

Just going by how long it took to recharge.

Yes, Comfortably Numb! Thats what I meant! Now will that double the life or time of my batteries ?