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My son took a "mental health day" and we met at the ramp at 7:30AM. :) 7:30AM - 5:00PM Air Temps: 51-75F Water Temps: 62-64F Sunny Breezy at times Water Level: 7.4 cresting, stained 55 Smallies (tubes & swimmers) 2 small walleye 1 small northern Some bass up on nests. Probably our last...

On or new outboards, using vented covers. Still use spray on wax, once a year.

Fishing, standing on the floor or even sitting on the bench of a 1236, will feel like a luxury compared to sitting in a kayak. Farther casting, better hooksets, and easier landing. It is a small and narrow boat, so recommend carefully standing on your bench seat to see how stable you feel...

Now, a timing light I do have and even know where it is! :D That was needed on the 350 Mercruiser. I'd guess it could still be used to find a missing cylinder. Now that I think of it, the rpm meter I used, is also the dwell meter. That is, if the function knob still works. :D

I almost forgot what points were for! :D I probably still have a dwell meter buried on some shelf, though.

Yes, adjust the trim tab to compensate for the pull. Manual should tell you which way to adjust. Raising the motor might help a little with the planing time, might not. Mostly it will be a gain of a few mph of top speed. A lower pitch prop will help with planing time, but need a tach to...

FWIW: Started the 3rd season on the 20aH Li battery that I use for the depth finder. On a recent three day fishing trip, forgot to recharge it after the 2nd day. It went about 3/4 of the day before the BMS shut it down. The finder draws 0.9A/hour, so still have the full capacity.

My Nissan/Tohatsus like NGK, but they were also spec'ed for them. NGK ran great in my 350 Mercruiser as well. Its been a while, but Evinrude/Johnsons I've had liked the Champions.

Agree with Thill, test it. It is probably going to run fine with the 1" blocks. Going to flush may pick you up some mph, but might cause problems when turning. Many mfgs recommend 1" below. My 10HP Sportwin sits like that on both boats I've used it on. To go higher than the 1" blocks, can...

Well, todays fishing was called due to too many aches and pains from the prior three days! ;) And the weather was turning colder with rain. Monday and Tuesday started with frost on the ground, and made for some cold boat rides, but the sun warmed things up quickly. Tuesday the wind became...

When I fished more for walleye, it was mostly jigging. I've seen some of the trolling rigs set-up with side planners, etc, and they can get elaborite, and probably be a tight fit on a 12'er. I'm guesing you are looking more at a two rod crankbait trolling and maybe back-trolling worm/leach rigs?

It was a cold, damp day on the river. Water temp was colder than we hoped. Fish were only biting a slow finesse retrieve. Great day for the conditions. 8:30AM - 4:30PM Air Temps: 36-46F Water Temps: 48F Cloudy all day Breezy at times Water Level: High 8.5', stained 46 Smallies, two 18.5"...

Bass are catch and release until 3rd Saturday in June, but we release them all. We will keep an ocasional cat or walleye (in season).

60-75% of top speed @ WOT. Not of RPM. So if your wot top speed is 30mph, cruise about 18-24mph.

As long as you are within the mfg wot rpm range, you should be good. You will notice a difference in not having the same "pull" out of the hole, that you did with the lower pitched one. I only run at wot for short periods on every trip. Typically for long runs, at about 60-75% of top speed...

Our next run of the river is coming up. Sunday thru Wendesday. Looks like the water levels will start out close to last trip, but water temps will be warmer. My son planned it on the full moon, but I'm not much of a believer for inland rivers. Potential for record setting numbers for us...

I have not used gluvit on the bottom of the boat. Just on the inside of aluminum and on surfaces of wood. It is not UV stable, so will need paint over it if exposed. I wouldn't think that it would be a good bottom paint/sealer. There are other specialty coatings, like for gliding over...

Welcome to Tin Boats! It sounds like you have an intermittent ground wire. Since it is effecting multiple items, would start at the switch panel and trace back.

Agree. I like it! It needs a windshield though, to collect all the stuff from a days outing. ;)