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It became a federal law when they passed the Covid Laws 4 or 5 years ago. Coast Guard tacked it onto the Covid Relief Package.

Happy Birthday Scook!! The ones with zeros in them count.

Wow, that V looks great. It was well taken care of. Can’t comment on saddle tanks, but I would think easier to get to than a belly tank. You mentioned scalloping, so I’m guessing Florida gulf coast? I’m in the north zone, our season doesn’t open till Aug 16.

Looks great,Leffe.

Thanks D. We went back 2 weeks later, 2 boats circling the spot.

Funny you mention sturgeon, friend of mine was wade fishing for trout last week, had a 6 ft sturgeon swim right by him. Scared the bejesus out of him. First thing he thought was shark, then he saw the back and thought gator. He said that was worse than a shark. Then he realized what it was.

Probably most have some wood rot. What I have always heard about stringers was that the strength is the fiberglass, not so much the core material. The transom is all about the core...

Can’t believe i just saw this post, sorry to be late to the party Scupgirl flying her colors, MJ is smiling!

G, that sounds great. Showed it to my wife, she defiantly wants to try it. I can get the Centro sauce from amazon, conch also. But we got plenty in our bay. It is on the Menu!!

Easy way to check for stringers issues is the limber holes. They are the holes in the stringer where it ties into the transom. When wellcraft built these hulls, they just drilled holes and left the exposed wood unsealed. Usually where rot begins. If they would have sealed these holes and the...

Never heard of Scungilli, looked up the recipe, gonna have to try it. Funny that it’s a traditional Christmas Eve meal. We always have oyster stew on Christmas Eve . We’re gonna get some more, no harder to clean that scallops or crabs. Thanks for the scungilli tip

Went out with my wife & daughter looking for Crown Conch. Have seen these little guys crawling around the bay all my life. Had no idea you could eat them. We picked up about 50. cooked em, then cleaned them and fried them. They were great. Taste a lot like squid and Queen Conch...

Cfelton, have u ever used a product called Linebacker? It’s kinda like spray on cosmoline. My 83 merc on my V20 was starting to get crusty, so I cleaned her up and sprayed it down with Linebacker. Stopped the corrosion, but what a PIA to work on. It got everywhere when I touched that engine...

Thanks guys. It was all this old man wanted to wrestle with. As far as the cat, she got the short end of the stick. Cleaned all the fish at my friend's house, no scraps for OZ. I never really saw the fish until we got back to the dock. I was fishing off the bow and fish came up along the...

Actually opened for holiday last weekend. June and July are the bulk of it. Friend called friday, had an opening on an 8 man trip, i jumped on it. Had a great day Been snapper fishing for 50 + years, this is by far the biggest I have ever caught. 35 inches family fish fry this week for sure