Recent content by pool4shark

I plan to get a couple 72" supports like these at Fleetfarm for my 64" beam, but they get $22 each for them.

Anybody been out on the upper Mississippi yet this season with a small boat? I've been too busy to put my 14-ft/15-horse in, but the water still looked pretty high the last I looked. I plan to put it in and leave it at a Wabasha slip in a couple weeks. Any experiences with the Big River's high...

Congratulations, Bobberboy! I am envious. I'm self-employed and have really only scraped together a modest and marginal living since I left the corporate world 14 years ago; so, I'll probably work until I drop dead. Though I do plan to taper off considerably in about 2-3 years, I want to keep...

18. I didn't follow Pogo, and I guess everyone looks the same to me in tights and wings. Sam

Lots of great points in that post. Unfortunately, most of them apply to my parents' generation more than my own. I remember the clothes hanging on a line, riding bicycles everywhere I needed to go, one family TV, returnable bottles, pushing our rotary lawn mower, and paper-bag book covers as a...

The greatest thing about this Winter is that I've never heard so many people from so many places agree about anything. (Snow predicted this Friday.) Sam

Appealing blend of dark, mysterious, and sweet.

So, did you buy the Mirrocraft 3654, Pemnuts? That's the one that I would have voted for. I also live in Rochester and just layed-away a 2004 Mirrocraft 3654 with a 2002 15hp 4-stroke Yamaha; so, if you bought the boat, I wondered how you like it and where you use it. Sam

I haven't had it in the water yet, but this the 2004 14-ft Mirrocraft model 3654 with 2002 Yamaha 15hp 4-stroke that I have on layaway for Mississippi River exploring this Spring.

Nice pix of beautiful birds. About 3 weeks ago, I was treated to the sight of eagles soaring just over the heads of swans swimming with Canadian Geese and at least 3 species of ducks in open water between the ice and frigid banks of the Mississippi River. Here's a sample picture that I...

Yup.

Oops. I didn't see this thread, so I posted a thread called New Tinman in the BOAT HOUSE section of the Boat forum two days ago, and already got some good advice. That post explains the new-to-me "tin" boat I'm buying and Pool 4, where I plan to use it. I'm from southeast Minnesota and spend a...

Hmm...bottom-painting. That's a subject I haven't allowed myself to think about much. Is there something about bottom painting aluminum that's worse than fiberglass? The boat isn't bottom-painted now, of course, and I wasn't planning to do it. In the Fall, I planned to take off the motor and...

Thanks for the tip, Keystone. I haven't focused on trailer prices yet, so this helps. If nothing else, this convinces me that I don't need to make a decision right away. If the trailer it's on sells before I decide to buy one, it's good to know I have your suggestions as an option. Sam

Thanks...I think. Pool 4 is a pretty amazing place. In addition to Lake Pepin and the main channel, there are lots of great backwaters, plus access to about a dozen small towns with an assortment of watering holes and near-shore campgrounds. I got a two-finger, covered 16-ft slip for $275 for...