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Anybody ever lower their trailer? At one of the launches I go to it can be kinda shallow sometimes. I was wondering if there is anything I should be careful of or look out for when lowering my trailer. My axle is under the leaf springs and I am thinking of flipping the axle to lower the trailer.

I have decided that it is to hot to fish during the day right now, so I need to add lights to my boat. I wanted to a 12 volt mounted bow and achor light, but I am leaning towards the battery powered clamp on type, because of transportabilty. Does anyone have experience with these? Are they...

Should I use carpet covered pressure treated wood for my replacement bunks ?

Are you guys running a fuel filter? If so where did you put it and what kind. I got a tank of gas that was ful of debris the other day and have spent many hours tracing it back to the fuel. Now Im thinking I should run a inline filter to prevent this in future.

I have a 76' johnson 25. I keep breaking the crankshaft key. I have not had the motor to long and have rebuilt the points, condensors, waterpump etc. Motor has good conpression and ran great for a while. Then I broke a crankshaft key so I purchased another one and I broke that one before I could...

How many of you run a kill switch with a lanyard on you jon? My outboard does not currently have one but I am thinking of adding one for safety. Is it necessary?

I have been beating my head agaisnt the wall about my livewell. The bait keep dying. I am using the a 52qt coleman cooler with a recycling fountain (bait saver). I refresh the water every hr or so and still the weaker bait come up floating. I always saltwater fish and dont have any problem with...

Ok guys, I am planning my first trip with the outboard on the back of my boat. I have had the boat out before with just a trolling motor and the hull is good, but I am killing myself with the details, I feel like I am forgetting something. I have the safety items, whistle, jackets, etc. But what...

Well after many trips to the DMV and a failed attempt to register a boat. I am finally the proud owner of a 2004 1436 Alumacraft. I cannot beleive the trouble I have gone thru to get to this point. The first boat I bought came from out of state and did not have all the paperwork needed to make...

If I am going to be using my boat electric only how many amp hours in batteries do you think I need for a days use? The boat is 14ft long 36" wide and will be using 30 thrust lb trolling motor on the back. I dont want to get out in the water and have to row back if I can at all avoid it. Thanks...

Do any of you V-bottom boaters have a problem with bow steer? If so how did you fix it?

Well, I bit the bullet and decided to purchase a jon boat. After selling all of my old hobby stuff I went on the search for the perfect boat. I found a 14' flat bottom jon with trolling motor and trailer on craigslist and went to go look at it while I was working in the area. It was not exactly...