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Of the two, white oak is far better for outdoor use than red oak. Cypress or cedar hold up well too, although cedar is pretty soft.

Mine is a lever style plug and it is attached o the transom with a short length of lightweight chain. There is no way to lose it. Even at that I still have a spare. Call me paranoid........

A 48" wide jon in either flat bottom or mod-vee should be pretty stable. Wider is better though. Mine is a 1652 mod-vee and it's as stable as you could want - no concerns with 3 big guys walking around in it.

I have a 16' mod vee and I agree it is no better than a flat bottom in big water. The vee is just for show I think, but it doesn't hurt anything either. It doesn't draw any more water than a flat bottom and it's perfect for the rivers and inland lakes that I typically fish. I've run 30mph in...

Check Craigs List. I don't know where you're located but I found this near me: https://grandrapids.craigslist.org/mat/1485073381.html

Mine is a 1975 7.5HP with fwd and neutral. The clutch assembly seems to work really well still after all these years. If I go ahead with the conversion I will try to keep the clutch for sure.

Here is the link to what I was looking at: https://grandrapids.craigslist.org/boa/1358109412.html It's even cheaper than I remembered - only $450. Mighty tempting, but a new 6HP Honda is only $200. Imagine how smooth my Eska would run with a Honda :wink:

Thanks for the replies. The CBs are basically free, just taking up space otherwise so I think we'll give them a try. The lake we will be on is 8 miles long so a 5-10 mile range should be OK. And if it gets wet and stop working, it's just one less thing I need to store :lol:

I ran across an outboard on Craigs List that was a rebuilt old Eska leg and lower unit with a new 6.5 HP Tecumseh 4 stroke motor on top in place of the original 2 stroke. It was listed for somewhere around $600, but I just happen to have an old 7.5 HP Ted Williams (Eska) sitting around. Have...

Every fall I go fishing with a group. This year it will be 8 guys in 4 boats. The lake we go to is remote enough that there is no cell phone service. In years past we have used walkie-talkies to communicate between boats but their range is limited to a couple of miles and the batteries...

I have a 1984 Fisher Marine Marsh Hawk. It's basically a 1648 mod-v jon set up for bass fishing. I searched on the hull ID number today and came across this: https://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic_detail.aspx?id=FMC It looks like they are owned by Tracker now. I've only had mine for 6...

Thanks. Yes, the outline is still there where the shiny aluminum was protected by the decals. I have no idea what the colors were though. As I restore this boat it might be nice to reproduce the original logos with paint.

My first post....great site! Here's mine, a 1985 Fisher Marsh Hawk 16 footer. I bought it last fall just in time to store it for the winter. Out twice so far this spring and it runs great. The decals are gone so I don't know how the boat looked new. I looked through all 52 pages on this...