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We have had good luck with the yellow Mr Crappie line as well. When crappie good or fair I see no difference. We did notice when the fishing was tough that the Berkley Trilene XL green produced more fish. I guess they cant see it.

I troll 6hrs at about 1 mph on my 80 lb terrova 24 volt, # 6 copper stranded wire and group 24 batteries. At that time I just adjust the speed or set cruise control to maintain 1 mph for another two hours of trolling. At about 8hrs shes giving up the ghost and loosing speed below 1mph. If your...

I have the same motor with only a six foot run so I'm not sure if that means 12 ft or not. I ran # 6 copper stranded wire good for 60amps and bought the alu butt connectors at Home Depot with a allen set in each end to tightening down on the wire then covered them with a short piece of rubber...

I have cut a few seats open to add storage and every one of them was only partially full of foam. I removed what I needed to add my storage box and replaced more than I removed with low expansion closed cell spray in foam so as not to soak water. On a side note most of them had open cell foam...

I had a tracker topper 1036 which is the wider version made a nice little pond boat and I only ran a 36lb trolling motor on it. I put plywood on the seat tops with marine carpet and cut in two seat bases front and back one on right side and one on left side so as to make running the trolling...

I had and sold a 1436 few years back because the wife and I almost tipped it. Then bought a new 1542 Tracker Topper for 1100.00 new, kind of hard to beat that price on a new boat. It was a pretty good little crappie boat for two fishermen running a 4hp Tohatsu in the creek and river. It was a...

I use a flapper sanding disc on a 4 1/2 inch side grinder you can get them in different grits. It will peel off 5200, 5300, or even JB weld like hot butter and clean the surface ready for paint. Be carful with the torch on ALU you will distort and bow the surface with to much heat. Apply light...

WOW you did a great job cutting that transom looks like a factory job to me. I have rigged out a lot of boats over the years and have found a hydrofoil sized for the outboard always helps getting on plane stays on plane at lower speeds and helps with prop blow out on sharp turns. As a rule you...

As far as the draft goes I'm sure it sits lower in the water with the extra weight. My 1648MVX sits low in the stern but I have a new four stroke 30HP Tohatsu tiller steer with 6 gal fuel tank and starting battery in the rear area. That area at the transom is made to fit battery and 6 gal fuel...

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I bought a new 4hp Tohatsu in 2012 with built in tank as well as 3 gal tank with switch over valve forward N reverse, single cyl and does not vibrate to much. Will run 50 min WOT water cooled and thru hub exhaust. Nice little motor 4 stroke and we have run the heck out of it. Also you get a five...

Update, ordered two more Garcia rods off amazon this time ordered Vendetta spinning rods, they are super lite and seem very sensitive love the way they feel. The Ugly sticks and Whooping sticks were killing my arm and elbow as wells as my female fishing buddy. She said she felt like she was...

I found out building a wood epoxy stitch and glue boat that the moisture already in the wood will rot it out real quick after you seal it up. Makes a enclosed area to rot. On a side note I have better luck in some cases to prime and paint the wood with no epoxy sealer to hold in the water and...

One thing I forgot to mention, yea I know long post, but the new Grizzly has no wood construction even in the transom. When I mounted the 30 HP Tohatsu I noticed a hollow transom with grid type bracing inside for strength and it seemed very strong. After banging a few stumps in the creek I have...

I have a 2016 MVX1648 Grizzly purchased new about a year ago. I have not noticed any problems with the boat so far, we run it pretty hard in Clarks Hill lake which can get pretty rough. She rides like a larger boat because she is a little on the heavy side with 100ga hull and 120ga flat floor...

Yep, I learned the hard way about counter fit BS marine plywood. I had planned to build a small house boat from one of the wood boat web sights. I started with a small 14ft boat to get my smarts about stitch and glue building and then planned to start my house boat. The 14 ft epoxy/ plywood...

I think Ive fished every brand out there and always seem to come back to ABU. Everybody makes a lower end reels and most make higher end reels. Spinning or bait casters. Once I moved up the $$$$ chain a little things really changed everybody seems to make good quality reels. I just sold off...

I use a large brass barrel swivel on the main line between two knots and double line my drops with spider wire 100 lb test and 40 SS hooks I can also remove the drops with out cutting.

Thanks I was just looking at a Helix for the front, sounds like a plan.

And if you buy a new axle make sure you get a EZ Lube axle, well worth it and you wont need bearing buddies that puts pressure on your hubs which blows out the seal. The grease fitting is in the end of the axle. Dust cover has a rubber plug in it. Took me ten years to figure out why I always had...