Recent content by Samsdad1

I bought a Sea ark mcbass 170 a year and a half ago. I did the same thing by calling Sea ark and getting a brochure. I love mine but it has a 90/65 jet... I use this boat for skinny water... Also like you I had a title issue. I resolved mine finally but it was a pain in the butt... best of luck.

I am looking at two scenarios. Do I get an app for my phone or a device to give me a map of a lake, river etc... real time to see my current position? preferably I lean to the App for costs and not adding another device. I am looking for suggestions and even thought of getting an simple Garmin...

UHMW is cost prohibitive for now... so I will risk it... that is why I have insurance on it...

forgot to respond with measurements... Bottom is roughly 60"... Good luck with the new motor. just finished painting mine and putting numbers on... cannot wait until I get it out... Maybe Saturday.

1997 mcbass 170...

I have a seaark mcbass 170 similar boat, but I have a 90/65 on the back of mine and to be honest It is way faster than I need on the rivers near me, but just in case it is there... my old Lowe Big john 16/52 had a 25 prop on it and it handled 2 adults and 2 teens with our 90 lab... not the...

I will have to measure this evening...

What year is your Sea Ark? I have a 1997 Mcbass 170 with a 90/65 jet installed. not much time on the water yet as I recently ripped all the Carpet out and painted the deck...

Sold my Lowe 16foot with 25hp evinrude for 2500.00 in Oct 17... Purchased my new boat a 1997 Sea Ark Mcbass 170 with a 1995 Johnson 90/65 on the back. Due to redoing the interior, titling issues and weather... I have only been out once in it... Cannot wait for the weather to break... look...

old threads die hard... I just upgraded my spinning reels to a 3500 slammer 3 and a 3500 spinfisher. I use these reels predominately for smallmouth in the james river in Virginia, but do plenty of surf casting in the outerbanks. So I wanted reels I could freshwater rinse and they would live more...

Hey Rotus thanks and as soon as the water warms and I finish my deck and patio we can take it out. I am plenty satisfied doing 32 on the water as the motor sits, but good to know it is only a small upgrade to 115. I do fish mostly east of Columbia though I have kayaked near Scottsville and...

Also depends on if you are bending the material? Some Aluminum is not great for this...

if you are going to blast look into Ice Blasting... much less clean up. We use it on our rolls and equipment here at work.

I used this type after using GOOF OFF Paint stripper. No issues with being too aggressive and brought the boat down to bare metal and ready for painting. https://shop.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_8090.jpg On another note...

pics of the boat after much work...