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Apparently it is not acceptable to love your country on this forum. I cannot fund a forum that practices censorship and I’m canceling my membership immediately. Thank you all for support and I wish you the best fishing.

So the 97’ Evinrude 115 2 stroke on my Crestliner has been giving me fits. It starts missing real bad at about 1/4 to 1/3 throttle. This all happened, possibly coincidental, after the boat was partially swamped in a storm. I first thought that it had water in the fuel so I completely drained...

Caught 21 trout today. It was a bit chilly with a high of 40, drizzle and a 10 knot breeze. The action kept me warm for the most part. Unfortunately, the right trailer tire had a blowout a few miles from the lake on the way home. I had hit an unexpected pot hole on the way to the lake and it...

So now that I’m finished with log cabin staining, mowing 10 acres every few weeks and other summer chores I’m ready to get back in the shop to complete some boat projects. I started replacing the deck on the North River last spring and the project failed when the new marine plywood delaminated...

I’m seeing some great pricing on LiFe PO batteries with BT enabled BMS. This makes me wonder if sales are down after the recent pager attacks. Is anyone concerned that their BT enabled batteries could be a vulnerablity?

We get a lot of old classic boats around here. Here’s cool one on FB. It’s not my boat and I don’t know the seller. You can sort through the photos here: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1918447111942227/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

Went trout fishing this afternoon/early evening with my 96 yr old father in law Ralph. He was having a good day. Caught a nice rainbow and it broke the surface about ten feet behind the boat. I’m standing next to Ralph with the net. Next thing you know a large bald eagle grabs the trout. As...

I recently shifted boat projects from the little Jon build to rigging out a new to me North River Mariner. It’s a very solid boat but, it feels heavier than it should be. So I pulled up the port side strip of decking the other day and as expected the foam is completely saturated. I wasn’t...

Mixed up a batch of Kokanee corn today. I used a recipe that a guy swore by last year and saw similar ones on line. - Drained Shoepeg Corn - Three cloves of minced garlic - Tuna oil from two cans of tuna, skimmed off the vegetable oil - skipped the McKenzie cure and just added a tablespoon of...

So I bought a new Lowe 1448M about a year ago with the intent of building a small jet Jon. Between work, life, working on the house, mowing ten acres, etc, etc it’s taken a year to get started on this project. In the meantime the gears in the head have been turning and I think there is a...

I just saw this on FB Marketplace. Looks like a fun project for $300 but, I have boats a plenty. This is not my boat and I don’t know the seller, just passing it along to the group. If interested search FB Marketplace Boise for: “1958 Crestliner Voyager”

I’m almost interested but, it’s four hours away when the Snoqualmie Pass is good and there are blizzard conditions in the forecast. Too far to drive to check it out. Plus, I most certainly do not need another project or have a place for another boat right now. Anyway it looks like it could...

I recently bought a 18’ North River Mariner that came with a Yamaha 115 20” and 9.9hp 25” tiller high thrust kicker. I couldn’t get the kicker to run for more than a few seconds at a time during the test drive. I’m sure that I can fix it but, I don’t want to deal with a tired carburetor based...

So I’m getting quite a collection of outboards. Some I will keep and others will be sold. Most have EFI and I’d like to be able to pull engine codes, hours, etc. I’m primarily interested in Yamaha, Suzuki and Mercury and realize that I’ll likely need brand specific software. Can anyone point...

I’m curious if anyone has owned both the Helix 9 G4N and Helix 7 G3N and what‘s better about the Helix 9 aside from a larger screen, two SD ports and WiFi. I inquired on another site and someone said the down imaging and side imaging was much better. I don’t get that much use out of SI/DI...

Forget about about downriggers and fish finders, just dive until you see fish. I saw this on FB while boat searching.

Can anyone recommend a paint-friendly degreaser? I recently purchased a Suzuki DF9.9/20 and had to lay it on its side for transport. Some oil leaked into the housing and I’d like to clean it up without damaging the paint. The motor is almost new and I’d like to keep it looking that way. I...

I’m picking up a newer (used) Suzuki 20A. It’s actually a 9.9b converted to the 20a. This has the 20hp ECM and the restrictor plate was replaced with a spark arrestor. I’m comfortable with the conversion and the motor runs fine. It looks and feels new. The only issue that I could find is...

Hey, I’m curious how close anyone has mounted two transducers from each other on the stern. I have a couple of Helix 7s, with both transducers mounted on the stern. One is an SI and the other is a DI transducer. Using existing holes I mounted both about 3” apart side to side with the SI...

Well, the ice is finally off of the lakes and I took the little tinny out for the first time. It’s a Lowe 1448M, mod V Jon with a Merc F25ELH Jet. It‘s still a bare hull at this point and as expected it was tail heavy. Once the decks are on it, fuel, batteries and trolling motor up front it...