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Loran was awful. Good ridance. New touch screen plotters are great. If you can't figure anything out, touch where you want to go and Navigate/GoTo, follow the line. I have a stack of old Seagull charts in my basement...some with Loran lines....

I tried the Nauticus on my V20. Took them off. No benefit. Awful when reversing into a slip against a current.

did an easy fluking trip this morning with my sisiter and her grandson. My sister always schools me on how to catch fluke. She didn't disappoint. She got three slot fish (17 to 18") and one 23". I got some throwbacks and a ling. We were at south end of Sea Girt reef.

Catching dock stripers in Manasquan river. There is a V20 at the dock in the background. Anybody here? You are in a hot slip for stripers at night on a running tide. 1/4 oz jig w/finesse body, get it under the dock. Got skunked on tuna trip. Did a stupid long 270 mile roundtrip overnight to...

CLAM is ALWAYS good. We use salted clam or frozen salted clam. However, around here were have Bergalls aka Cunner which is a small wrasse fish related to Blackfish aka Tautog. They can put a hurting on a gallon of clam. When they are a problem stealing clam they become the bait. Excellent bait...

Shark River reef still hot for seabass. Got two more boat limits over the weekend. I hear of big stripers from dock buddies just off Sea Girt beach on out to 60ft....EARLY AM thing. No Bluefin tuna reports except Hudson canyon.

fyi, the hinge side has to be toward the centerline of the boat so you can fully open it.

I removed the passenger pedestal chair and mounted a 120qt there as a bench with cushion top. Made a back rest with coaming.

Much better trip this time. Limit catches of Black Sea Bass at Shark River Reef. Then loaded up on Ling (red hake) at the Arundo. We quit just as the fog started rolling in. 14 miles in the fog. Good thing I have radar and AIS.

not much room. Its a steep V there.

Launched the Grady on Tuesday. Didn't get to the gas dock til 2pm. Walking back to the boat from paying nearly got blown off the dock in the west wind. It was opening day black sea bass so we tried anyway. The morning boats loaded up and were back. Crazy bite. Guys at Shark River Reef had big...

Hmm... Did you buy outside of NY? in NJ you keep the numbers if they are NJ numbers.

every spring dunno which one you have but I have Racor S3213 style with the clear bowl. Be careful, there are two diameters of the threaded part. S3213 matches merc/Yam/Suzuki oem S3214 is different. Matched OMC. But you never know if the PO put the wrong one there You need a filter that is...

Yep I shut it down on long drifts in open water. Turn the wheel hard over and drift sideways. Same for tuna

:nice: I have 5 days to prep for launch. Not enough time and rain is coming for the weekend. Opening day black sea bass is Tuesday.

Motors made in this century have convenient flushing ports to connect a freshwater hose and flush the motor when it is NOT running. Most people has quick connect fittings to make it really easy. I always flush my motors. Your outboard MUST have an anode (zinc or aluminum) bolted to the bottom...

The type of bottom paint matters. There is "hard" paint that has to be in the water. Once its out for a few days it starts oxidizing the copper. Over a winter it is shot. Hard paint is good in Florida where you don't haul the boat for 6 months. There is Ablative paint. It can go in and out and...

If you don't have anything left of the old tubs you can make the rim and then build a tub with 1/4" underlayment and glass cloth

for small stuff get a box of MarineTex two part epoxy filler. Overfill slightly and sand smooth when it hardens. I just did a couple stress cracks. ground them out a little and filled & sanded. I used white. Did not bother trying to color match. I have used it to fill old screw holes too...

Thought about doing this for years on my V20. Finally tried it on the 265. Plastic tubs have cracked brittle rims. Missing large sections of rim. Made new rims from glass cloth and epoxy. The idea is to match the shape . Use clear packing tape to cover the opening. (Epoxy doesn't stick to...