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I have a G3 1548 with a Yamaha 25hp 2 stroke. It has an aluminum 10x11 4 blade on it and gets 22mph fully loaded (salty gator, myself, Yeti 45, 2 batteries and a trolling motor). Prior to that it just had the stock prop on it that came from Yamaha. My hole shot wasn't very good and I kept getting b...

Hey everyone, I need some help propping a 20hp yamaha 4 stroke on a tiller 16' Alweld jon boat. I currently have a 9 1/4 x 10 - 3blade prop. Solo boat runs great, hoping right on plane and cruising 24-25mph at WOT. With me, the wife and a loaded down cooler it still does well, taking a little bit lo...

That's awesome, great catch!!!!!

I witnessed an individual stealing a bunch of GoPro's from West Marine in Stuart FL. Employee tackled the guy, he was arrested by the police and for his services was immediately fired from West Marine. We live in a litigious society where doing the right thing results in the wrong action sometimes. ...

I've always used cheap coolers for fish. I have one from Academy right now that I paid 20 bucks for and it is going on 3 years. Igloo and Coleman have worked well too, but as others have mentioned the handles and hinges always break. I've tried swapping out hinges with stainless, but the screws stil...

Not trying to stir the pot here, but why do these tournaments not do catch and release? I know these organizations sometimes donate funds to conservation, but still, why kill it?

A lot of people fish for trout in steinhatchee. Even without tournaments there are hundreds of boats fishing for their 3 man limit littering those flats. Tournaments may contribute, but those guys would probably be catching trout if they were in the tourney anyway. With that said, I do think the nu...

Awesome guys! Thanks for all the info, knew I could on y'all for the first hand knowledge.

Hey Everyone, looking for some recommendations for a guide down in Key West? Heading down that way for a wedding soon. Looking for a half day trip as family obligations will prevent me from being out all day. Is inshore the only option given the half day timeframe? Not looking to target anything spe...

Redfin wrote:Capital Hitch

I second Capital Hitch. Never had a bad experience with them. Plus they are good on price.

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Pontoons are loaded down with 1.4 billion in blow! Slow moving drug smuggling boat! Who'd suspect a pontoon!

Big fan of the hurricane redbone rods for inshore (~100). Have 3 of them at 7'6" medium light fast action. Great warranty too, just cut off the model number, put it in an envelope with $15 bucks and they send you a new rod. No receipt, no questions asked. Ugly Stick has really dropped off on qu...

If I were to put a HJP on lets say a 50hp motor on a 16' aluminum boat, say a G3. How much shallower can the motor run with a 6" set back plate without a tunnel? I have a 16' aluminum tunnel hull and I thought about the same thing. I went through the pros and cons, and water tested the boat an...

Use long cables and put the battery at the opposite end of the boat from where you will be sitting. :thumbup: My son has a 15' Fisher aluminum boat that he uses a bow-mount Minnkota on. When he's fishing by himself on the front deck, the rear of the boat rides too high. We have the battery in the c...