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I have a 60 inch 80lb Minn Kota Riptide Terrova on my cuddy. It holds well in current. I like side fishing structure here in the Chesapeake Bay and it is nice to back on into the structure and spot lock it and start fishing instead of fiddling with an anchor only to have the current change and...

This is the only handle on mine. Located on the top at the rear. Only handle I’ve needed. Mine has a spray type foam in the box for sound.

A while back I signed up for a fishing rod building class put on by Mudhole.com. Today was the class and I have to say I had a blast. If you find one of these classes coming to a town near you I highly recommend it. We even had guys in the class fly in to take it from other states. We got to...

Went and trolled for some stipers today in the lower Chesapeake. 20” limit, 2/guy. We got 6 keepers and probably threw back 35 17-19 inchers. Good sign they’re moving on down the bay. Big boys should be here soon.

A body here have a top mount Yamaha control laying around they’d part with? Looking for one for a 04’ 70hp 2-stroke. I believe it’s a 704. Figured I’d see what kind of deal I could find before buying a new one.

Went out today and set the console and t top in just to get a vision in my head. It looks really tall to me but I do plan on lowering the floor a couple inches so that may help. Still got to play with how far forward I want it. In these 2 pics there is about a 6 inch difference in where it sits...

Well now that it’s cooling down and I had a few free hours today I figured i needed to go strip the donor boat for this project. Before I stripped it I figured I’d try to start her and see how she runs. It has a 2003 175 Johnson. Motor is super clean and looks very low hour. Got some gas to her...

So I’m compiling supplies to put new stringers, transom and floor in the V-21 hull I have for the center console conversion. I locally located an early 70’s flat cap center console junk hull. Pretty much stripped of everything and rotted to the core. But the cap has sparked my interest. Anyone...

Went offshore out of Wanchese last month and got right on the fish. Got on the grounds at 8am and caught our limit by 11:00am. Was back I. The truck with coolers full of meat by 3pm. All in all a good day other than 8-10’ seas but no one got sick. Here’s a few pics.

Seen a video of a guy passing this scene on Facebook yesterday ironically playing that country song “Buy me a boat”. Not sure if that’s the name of the song or not but you’ve probably heard it. Apparently the video going viral. Then today I was sent this picture by a buddy of mine asking how...

Yea I like a 200 on these hulls but a 150 does its job. For this project I have a 2004 Johnson 175 so I guess I’ll have the best of both worlds?? I bought a 20’ Palm Beach center console that needs a floor. It’s just been sittin because well, it’s really not my style of boat and I haven’t wanted...

Oh and since I figured out the picture thing, I’ll share my father in laws baby. 1972 with a 200hp on the back of her. Met up with us this past weekend and I was topping out at about 42 in my Coastal and he blew by me like I was sitting still. Thing is scary fast. She’s a little bit of a project...

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