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For your knowledge, the vinyl I bought was from cabelas. Exact color and texture, for a boat that was already some 6 years old. I’m feeling you with the budget!!! I’m down to $135.24 for this build. Luckily I’m pretty much done. Even the three new 14’ crappie rods came out of the budget. I...

Heed the above advice. In my opinion, if you want the wood to last longer, stay AWAY from carpet! Why? It holds water. I’ve had both vinyl and a “liner” (think truck bed liner). In various boats. Both shed water, neither hold water. Neither where slick when wet, both cleaned easily. Blood from...

Tgc1021 - Have you had it out? If not - Going with maintenanceguy's using sandbags. Get some sandbags of similar weight to the batteries. Move them around, with wife in boat, then install batteries. I'm just down the road from ya in Highland. A sibling lives in Champaign.

I had a G3 1756, that I put a 90's 2 stroke 25HP Yamaha on. With just me, gear, 6 gallon gas tank, 4 - 27 series batteries - 22MPH (GPS). Add a person and there stuff, 17MPH.

Johnny - Why did you have to remove the coosa? South sound - how did it go, using the coosa?

1993 Yamaha 25hp, two props, two keys. 6 gallon fuel tank.75# 24 volt Motorguide, one two blade - one three blade prop. Green LED's on front deck, white LED's in lockers. Two storage lockers, one rod locker (8' rods), all three lock. Two homemade "spider rig" units. Buddy rod holder. Two bank...

Thank you! The good news is, it shouldn't be too much longer till you have open water.

How is "The Shank" holding up? Performance?

Still have this boat? If so, how's it doing? I'm contemplating rehabbing one of these.

Any updates ?

It's the cheapest alternative too a gps capable graph. It does require cell service though. A lake I fish has spotty cell service, navionics app either takes a long time to load, or will not load at all. Make sure to backup waypoints (in settings) before updating, I learned this the hard way.

Interesting. One lake I fish has spotty cell service (which I kinda like!), coincidentally, so does my navionics app. Maybe it's time for a new phone?!?

Get on garmins site, look for your bodies of water, see if their covered. Go to a store that has the units your thinking of, start playing with them. That will dispel any (or prove) questions you have. For the phone app, as mentioned - difficult to see in sunlight, and requires a waterproof...

Bateman - when was that pic? $1.50/ gallon ?!?

Two peek-a-poos, siblings, 10 yrs old.

I did this about 5 years ago, no regrets.

Find a store that sells welding supplies. They'll have the lug terminals that you need.

Swap out those plastic blades for stainless.

I recently purchased two Garmin echomap 73 sv plus units. Put a 32 gig micro SD card in it, I can map more lakes than I have the time for. Another thing active Captain app (via WiFi) does is makes updating a breeze. Put the update on your phone, connect to the unit, download to unit, done. Look...

I've forgotten plugs, straps, gear, life jackets, cooler, etc. About the only thing I haven't forgotten is the keys. I have faith though! Although I did loose a set of keys on the way home. Put them on the bumper while hooking up the trailer lights. Thankfully had a sawzall at home.