SRT8 smoker craft

Thanks for posting Dan hopefully next time it won't just be a really cold boat ride and we will actually catch fish.

It was free but I wouldn't call holding a tape labour LOL cool shots of the kids buddy your not the only one's that got skunked

Nice job. I would be really carefull first time pulling it might change the way it pulls or turns just thinkin out loud would hate to see ya ding the boat or tow vehicle .

Nice can't go wrong with a jeep

Nice here's the one I made Kaleb for his first B-day .

Here's some new toy's I picked up really nice rods IMO if anyone would like to check these out feel free to PM me.

I need 2 3-person jon boats, one for each leg

LOL do I need to check the rating on my boat I'm not a little guy either certainly we can't weigh more than 6 people

The 2011 I stood in at the show was on the exact same trailer as my 1825 rebel I think you will be fine but def check what the dry weight of the boat is and make sure the trailer is rated for that and the weight of motors and gas + for gear

Just kidding, see ya Sunday right?

x2

Didnt even see ya there, maybe next time!

Nice boat btw, how could I have missed that!

Vince I was at the Timmies parked in a feild beside it at the corner of #3 and the road that goes down to the river I wasn't fishing just driving home with the new boat.

Thanks for all the comments guys and Banger thats a sweet ride

Nice rig, is that a two stroke if yes just wondering why you decided on a two stroke?

Yes it's a 2 stroke .I went with the 2 because it was a lot less $$$ than a 4stk and a lot lighter .I have been in a few boats with 4s on them and they seem pretty sluggish to me this thing is real snappy just hit the throttle and your up on plane and gone its like a 5-6 second holeshot and your doing 30-35 mph in no time I am really happy with the preformance so far and I am still being easy on it to break it in.

39.9 mph in a good chop better than I thought it would do

here's a quick vid of the boat action my bro's a horrible camera man LOL

It all depends on which trolling motor you have on the bow...if it's a Minn Kota® 70 PowerDrive™ V2 Bow-Mount Trolling Motor with i-Pilot and Universal Sonar 2 then you're good to go as far as hooking up to a HDS unit...but the best way would be to hook it up to a HDS unit at the bow and then have that unit networked together with a Ethernet cable (the yellow connection on the back of the units to your other HDS unit at the console...now you can read what the bow mounted transducer is picking up from anywhere in the boat OR use the transom mounted transducer....your choice.....

 

HOWEVER, if you only have a Minn Kota® 70 PowerDrive™ V2 Bow-Mount Trolling Motor with i-Pilot WITHOUT Universal Sonar 2 then you need to add transducer to your TM....and then network it together as already explained.

 

Have Fun with the new Fishing Machine,

Bob

it's a 80lb terrova and from the sounds of the replies I think the mechanic at the marina was full of it I will do some reading and figure it out should have done that in the first place LOL

My guess is the cable you are talking about is for the built in transducer.

If it is you can use the motor without having to hook it up to a sonar and still use the GPS functions built into the motor. You can also add a bow mount sonar at some point and hook it up to the motor for sonar capabilities. There are adapter cables made for a variety of sonars so you can pretty much pick what ever sonar you want.

it's for the ducer and syncing to the HDS unit there's features in both that will make it easier to use the I-pilot (like making a way point and it will take you there) that I don't know will work without connecting the 2 I have 2 novels worth of manuals to read so I will figure it out eventually just hoping to find a easy answer LOL

Very nice rig

My experience was if the 90, 115 maybe even 125 are on the same powerhead with the same displacement any gain will be very marginal, maybe not worth the expense. My experience was with the older 85 to 140 V4 OMC's, think they just upped the rpm the HP was rated at to get the next engine in the line-up.

I hope this is the case then I made the right choice I was also thinking a 150hp e-tec would be a great motor on this thing but that would over power it a bit .I have no plans of upgrading any time soon anyways I just need to get out fishing .

OK so I got the new boat and got a nice suprise. I thought I was just getting a 80lb terrova with universal sonar but they put the one with I-pilot on it so I have this amazing trolling motor but I don't have a fishfinder/GPS for the bow so I'm wondering if anyone has used the features of the Ipilot and should I try to find a extention to hook it up to my HDS 7 at the helm .I'm taking my little bro out fishing next weekend I cant wait to play with all this technology gonna take awhile to figure things out .I haven't even looked for a extention for the I-pilot cable so I don't even know if it availible.

LOL I know it will take a long time but a goal is a goal it will motivate me.

It's a 1825 rebel xl sport .

nice boat exactly what I want to buy

 

only a 90 on her ....I would have thought 115

 

but if you are doing 40 in big winds, thats all you need and it will be good on gas too

Yeah it's rated for 125hp but I took it with the 90 so I didn't have to wait for the 125 , 90 was in stock and now I have something to look forward to in 5-6 years plan is to win enough in tourneys to pay for the upgrade

sweeeet!

 

gota name??

 

 

I always thought it was bad luck to name a smaller vessel But I am going to have my SRT8 avatar made into a vinyl sticker for it

Nice shots

Well that duck lure is just awesome hope to see more reports from ya Salty

The Bass Blaster

I'm all damp in the nether places now.

What a beaut Congrats buddy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sigh..............28 days to go.

You could have left that second line out.I really wish I could un-read that

But thanks LOL

sweet ride...hope she came with tops ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fSEjlLQcRY

 

 

i can see her name as Black Betty?

I prefer Topless

Yes I was, Vinnimon and I were giving the Ranger a shakedown after a impeller transplant. Needs more attention yet *sigh*

I thought that boat looked familiar hope ya get it figured out before the nice weather comes .