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Well it has finally begun. My boys and I have outgrown our 14' Lowe and so the Bluefin resto has started. I have a bad habit of forgetting to take pics once I get in the zone but I try to take them when I remember. After throwing around many ideas in my head I have decided to go with carpet...

Some people buy their children video games and then some of us buy our children tin toys :D Well as some of you know I have a slight addiction to boats and motors.....well the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and my 4yr old has been wanting his own real boat to play with so when this little...

I finally got my looper! Found this on CL with a 17ft fiberglass motor stand that is in fairly good condition in its own right but the gem of this is the 1993 Johnson V4 looper that is in immaculate condition :D Oh she also came with a 1990 9.9hp johnson kicker that I will post pics of tomorrow...

This may not be a tin but this is my old log tending tug I used to run years ago. A little worse for the wear now but it still has the custom A-frame boom on the front that I built for her :mrgreen: It is 32 ft all steel and has a 7.0L 6-71 Detroit diesel putting out about 250hp and around...

So I finally took video of my boat/motor today. Some have requested it after my 80's Johnson/Evinrude 25hp conversion thread so here is the motor. You can hear it hesitate in one of the videos at the start because I had been running it for a too long at low idle searching for deep water holes in...

Ok so I am heading river fishing tomorrow and decided to get me some big ol nightcrawlers. I cannot imagine paying for them since I have a plethora of them in the ground outside my house. So I watered the lawn real good before dark, waited for the sun to go down, strapped my head lamp to my...

This is why I do not like having people in my boat. I have always liked fishing alone except when it comes to my 2 boys (because they have been taught the right way) and yesterday was another example of why! After a few months of being bugged about taking him fishing I reluctantly decided to...

Well I bought another motor today and I was thrown off a little by the shifter attachment that was on it. It looks like it came from the factory this way but I don't ever recall seeing one like this. It is a Johnson 6RL71G and has this big slide shifter on the tiller handle with a shifter cable...

Ok my neighbor has been after me for a few months now to put a floor and casting decks in his boat so about 10 days ago I decided to get on with the project. I can't remember the the exact year of his boat but I think it was late 70's. I didn't take as many pics as I would have liked because I...

My son and I had a visitor tonight while bass fishing in the back of a bay in North Idaho :) This moose is standing in 6 feet of water eating grass off the bottom. What an amazing evening on the water! Bull moose with the velvet on still.

Well I sold my 2002 Tohatsu 6hp 4 stroke the other day because the wife said I had too many motors :cry: But yesterday I bought another motor :D Maybe it was a coincidence, but the next morning after selling my 6hp I woke up with an upset stomach #-o. But today I am feeling much better...

I have been wanting to get an 18' or larger aluminum fish and ski style boat (outboard) and was wondering if anyone has one and how they like them? I haven't seen many on here yet and was wondering where they are all at. Some of the brands I have been looking at are Lund, Crestliner, Alumacraft...

I found these on ebay for $19 +free shipping and couldn't pass them up :) New AMERICAN FLAG decal! Before picture here

So I see this 1985' 30hp short shaft Johnson come up on CL this morning and I call the guy as soon as it was posted. He tells me he bought the motor and did not know he needed long shaft. He has never had it running and just want to get rid of it so he can get a long shaft. Asking $300. So I go...

So the new season of River Monsters started yesterday. I really enjoyed watching Mr. Wade noodle a 50lb catfish....lol. My two sons (6 and 3) love watching this show with me and I really enjoy Jeremy Wade. I envy this man as he travels around the world fishing some of the rarest species there...

Ok so I have decided to finally put a Bowmount on my boat and I am having an issue deciding on what accessories to get or not to get with the motor. I have decided on the Minn Kota Power drive V2 but there are so many option nowadays with i-pilot, auto pilot, co-pilot and I can't decide if these...

First time I have seen someone try to sell their reel by throwing some boobs into the mix....lol. The wife really must want him to sell his gear! https://spokane.craigslist.org/boa/2893761567.html

Ok so anyone who owns a 80's Johnson 20/25 has heard of being able to up the HP to a 30/35 well it can be done and I did it with very good results. I also believe this can be done on late 70's and early 90's models but you will have to cross reference the parts differences as I did with mine...

Well I did this mod last winter before I joined here but thought I would share the pics anyway. I didn't take pics before or during the project because I didn't think anyone would ever care to see it lol. But I will post a before pic of the boat bare bones stock from the web. I did the mod...

I decided to modify the shift lever on my 88' 25hp johnson so that it was in the front of the motor. I paid $12 for the handle from a 92' model online and then custom made the linkage and braces for the shifter. I have a few touch ups to be made like better stainless bolts and heavy duty nylon...