Recent content by thebottomfish

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, couldn't really find a better place to put it...if it needs to be moved I apologize. I was towing my V20 down to my Marina with a single axle trailer, no trailer brakes, with my 99 Durango. The Durango is well equipt and has a tow rating of 7,650 so no...

Last year I had called it quits with my old 120 Johnson and found a smoking good deal on a 99 175 carbed Johnson, hooked everything up and she runs great, after sorting out optimal mounting height I'm ready to work on the propeller. The current prop does okay, runs WOT at normal load at...

Well after 3 fun filled weeks in July of replacing parts and not getting spark I gave up and repowered. I now have a 89 Johnson 120 looper that has some 140 stickers on the cowl from the previous owner I have no need for. Engine hours unknown, ran great before the no spark condition, just...

I have a 140hp johnson on my v20, and also a lot of time on my hands since its winter and I've been thinking after riding in a friends Grady White that it takes way too long to reach my top speed. I start trimmed all the way in, hammer the throttle and trim up...before I lead the horse to...

Hey guys, last year after getting the boat I rewired everything up to the dash panel because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it. With the season over im going to pull the dash and make a new aluminum panel to house my ff/gps, tach and fuel gauge along with a few toggle switches. I'm...

Hey guys, First true season with the boat, and I've been dying to get out this fall for stripers. I just feel like the marine forecast has been terrible every weekend, and I'm starting to think I just need to go for it and stop waiting for perfect conditions. Tomorrow might be that day, what say...

Looking for some top speed numbers, I have a v20 with a johnson 140 on it, and with my stainless prop am hitting 34mph at my best, the motor is only turning 5200 rpm, but I'm not sure I want to go from a 13 3/8x 17 to a 13 pitch to get in the right rpm, I think that would hurt my top speed...am...

Well I wish I was posting lovely things about my boat, but instead it's just more issues with my motor...and I'm determined to get to the meet up in August at tices shoal(slipped in the Metedeconk) So I over heated the johnson, it keeps kicking in to slow mode within ten minutes of leaving the...

So I finally got my boat in the water after the worst water pump experience ever. Great pee stream so at least I got that right! Idle out of the no wake zone, hit about 8mph and then start pushing the throttle up...motor just shakes, violently and bogs down, rpms won't increase(can't tell you...

Hey everyone, have an 88(thought it was an 89) johnson 140. It runs great, when it runs. Last week I tracked down some chewed spark plug wires, this week, while jockeying for the boat ramp on the way in I sucked up some mud and grass and whatever other vegetation was floating by. Did not notice...

Hey guys, Took out the v for the first time this season, not thrilled. I backed it down the ramp got it started, it sounded for lack of a better term, very soft and quiet. When I went to reverse out of the dock it had no power, then when I got it into open water,(50 ft away) throttle pinned at...

Hey everyone, New here, and new to owning a boat. I have an 84 cuddy and am very interested in trim tabs after recommendations here and after doing much research. So iwas pretty much decided on the Bennett hydraulic and as I was about to get myself the early Christmas present i noticed the new...

Hello everyone, I started my search for a boat a few months ago and right away i found a v-20 for sale locally, fell in love with the hull and started perusing this website, lots of great info. I usually fish on a 36' henriques or a 31' Grady White, so I'm used to boats, bigger boats, but not...