Matt Williams – Talon Foot Switch
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Boatell: Is Rack Storage (Dry Stack) a Good Idea?
Rack storage for boats, otherwise known as keeping your boat in a “boatell,” has become quite popular through the years. Is it a good idea, for you? Let’s look at the pro’s and the con’s. PRO: Your boat can’t possible
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The Amazing Bean Bag Boat Seat – A Life-saver
When it comes to seating on a small boat running through rough water, nothing beats a bean-bag. You’ve heard me talk about this before, in Crazy Cool Boat Seats: Get Beanies. If you haven’t tried carrying beanies aboard, trust me, you
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Competitive Bass Fishing: Yes, it is a College Sport!
When we think of college sports most of us picture football, basketball, or maybe baseball. But as surprising as this may sound, one of the fastest-growing college sports in the US of A is colligate bass fishing. Yes folks, this
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High-speed Boat Handling
If you own a bass boat, a bay boat, or an offshore boat, if it’s modern there’s a good chance it has gobs of power and far more speed than the boats of yester-year. And with that speed comes a
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3 Very Strange But very Good Boat Snacks
It’s a real challenge coming up with good snack foods for the boat, especially since anything crunchy like chips or pretzels goes stale in a heart-beat, and never fails to make a mess. Now add in the fact that your
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Emergency Repairs: What to Do When Your Boat is Sinking
Sinking is, without question, the worst nightmare of any boater. When your boat’s taking on water, however, there are some emergency measures you can take to keep it afloat. And when water starts rushing into the bilge, you’d better know
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Adding Rodholders to your Boat: What NOT to Do
A while back in the post Rodholders: What Not to Get we talked about the plusses and minuses of certain types of add-on rodholders, and what to look out for when choosing them. What we didn’t talk about, however, was
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Anchoring Systems: Anchor vs. Power Pole vs. Integrated GPS
Anchoring used to be as simple as tossing the hook over the side, but these days, you can choose from a traditional anchor, systems like the Power Pole, or even an integrated GPS system that uses your engine or trolling motor to
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Emergency Fishfinder Repair, 101
Modern fishfinders are like modern cars – if they aren’t working right, you probably need a computer to fix them. Gone are the days when you could pop open the unit, fiddle with the wirse, and hope for a good outcome.
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Is it Safe to Take Your Bay Boat Into the Ocean?
It’s a question I hear all the time: is it really safe to take my bay boat through the inlet, and out into the ocean? This question isn’t easy to answer, first because all boats are different; second because each
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Foul Weather Gear: What to Look For
On a recent gig in California, I had the chance to try out a full set of foul weather gear made by the king of the industry, Grundens. If you don’t recognize this name you’ve probably never seen Deadliest Catch
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Avoid this Trailering Disaster!
Trailering a boat is often more stressful – and more dangerous – than running the boat on the water. And today, I saw a near-disaster that reminded me of how common this particular problem can be. Uneven pavement is the
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Trolling With The Best Anglers
Hopefully you have already performed your annual trolling seasonal prep on all of your gear from roller guides to rodholders. Your tackle needs just as much TLC as your boat and its powerplant, especially if you do your fishing in saltwater. So assuming your hooks
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5 Tips for Outboard Owners
These days, your average fishing boat owner probably has an outboard. And today’s outboards, be they two or four stroke models, run smoother, quieter, and more efficiently than ever before. But in order to keep them running this way, you
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Fishbox Improvement, 101: Closed-Cell Foam, Gaskets, and Pumps
If you are anything like me – and since your eyes are seeing this you probably are – fishing is the number-one mission on the agenda most of the time your boat leaves the dock, and you will be putting the
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Transom Mount Transducers on Tunnel Boats and Powercats
If you have a tunnel boat or a powercat, you may have a tough time getting your fishfinder’s transom mount transducer to work up to its full potential. In fact, due to the quirky water flow these types of boats
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Plastic Boats: Really…?
Yes, really – buying a plastic boat may seem silly on the surface, but believe it or not, manufacturers have made huge strides in recent years and plastic is now a boat-building material worth considering. Really. The best example of
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Fiberglass Maintenance: What is Important, and What is Not?
With spring in the air, it’s time to do a slew of basic maintenance on your boat. One question that comes up often is fiberglass – do you really need to do all of that waxing and buffing, or is
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Clogged Carb? This is How You Fix It
Surely by now you’ve encountered an ethanol problem or two. Maybe your lawnmower has become finicky, your chainsaw never seems to run right or – horrors – your outboard’s carburator seems to continually become gummed up and fouled. We briefly
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