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My granddad always used to talk about how SOFT the old guard BASS guys like Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston, Tom Mann, Hank Parker were driving around in their shiny little bass boats with their...

To go fish in front of someone fishing a shoreline I’d have to go a 1/4 mile ahead of him to feel like I didn’t just cut him off. If I’m going to fish behind him I’ll go maybe 100 yards away. If...

Tested my motor today (1988 XP150) after replacing my water pump/impeller and had great pressure through tell tale and it shifted well. However, when I pulled the boat out of the water I noticed a...

I don’t think there’d be much of a price difference between a used lift and barrier coat + bottom paint, especially if you’re going to pay someone to do it.

I’d factor in also the boat will...

For a bass boat a lift would be ideal. If that’s not an option you need a barrier coat followed by an anti fouling paint. The anti fouling paint alone is not enough as it has zero properties for...

How’s the motor noise when turning in comparison to original Ultrex?

Planning my trip for this year, around late May to early June. I did Charlevoix for the first time last year and had a blast, did pretty well but didn’t absolutely crush them or anything. I’m...

I’ve been messing with my 1988 Evinrude 150XP for a few months now, and I’m fairly certain something I did to it is causing this issue as it never did this before and the odds of this happening on...

Yes I did, one on each bank was essentially a complete blockage, I also replaced the tstats and poppet valves. I ran the boat today for 50 minutes straight today (half idle/half on plane) and had no...

Ended up working well thank you! Have it all reassembled and will test motor tomorrow.

One last question, should I spray fogging oil or anything thru the spark plug holes before firing it back...

I’m getting my ass kicked here cleaning prepping the block/heads/water jacket cover for new gaskets. I’ve got them all maybe 95% cleaned up but this last little bit is driving me crazy. I started...

After a few busy weeks I’ve just placed an order for new Thermostats/poppet valves/deflectors and all new gaskets/grommets.

If I’m understanding this right, the cylinder head gasket gets no...

I checked heads after alarm went off and they were blazing hot, don’t have an IR gun for official temps. I do have a water pressure gauge and haven’t noticed any major decrease in PSI, but honestly I...

My 1988 150STLCCA had the dreaded overheat alarm go off on me the other night. Water was still coming out of the tell tale when it happened, I shut motor off immediately. Earlier in the day I noticed...

Gonna need to hear how loud that steering motor is before pulling the trigger…

I launched by a golf course on the south side closer to Lake Michigan, I don’t think I’ll be launching there again. No dock (at least in late April) and pretty rocky shoreline. Next year I think I’ll...

Damn he was already getting close to losing control before he even hit that boats wake, good reminder we’re not invincible in our little bass boats.

Pack it up boys, case closed.

That was a pretty decent size boats wake you had to cross, as soon as you see something like that you need to be getting ready to slow down when you come upon it’s...

Gotta be super close if they aren’t yet. Not quite that far north but saw hundreds of beds on Portage Lake in Onekama May 15th. Water temps about 58-59.

I don’t fish tournaments, but I don’t think anything puts me off to my fellow bass fisherman than when someone comes and fishes right next to me. I’ve noticed it more on certain lakes that run a lot...

Having only fished in Michigan I’ll say Walloon.

1989 360V522605

The not shifting into gear was likely just because it wasn’t running. I bet when the boat was out of the water if you would have had someone slowly spinning the prop when you went to put it in...

I hope so

I’d like to replace my bearings/hubs on my older trailer that hasn’t been serviced in years. Are the pre packed hub and bearing kits worth getting?