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#11
Florida / Re: Productive Everglades Trip...
Last post by big g - Yesterday at 12:00:52 PMQuote from: Capt. BassinLou on Yesterday at 04:13:37 AMQuote from: big g on March 31, 2025, 10:04:01 PMGood for you, I'm glad you had nothing but smiling faces after the trip. Are conditions about the same out there?
Thanks Lou!
Thank you George. As far as the water levels, they continue to drop.
#12
Boat Ramp / Re: Boat Motor Help for a frie...
Last post by Princeton_Man - Yesterday at 09:51:09 AMThat's probably about top speed. The 9.9 was never intended to be fast. It would be faster on a 12' boat, sixteen is a considerable size for a 9.9, but a 9.9 is perfect for the no wake reservoirs. Flat bottom Jon boats are easier to push that a semi-v or modified v-hull.
#13
Boat Ramp / 1968 Evinrude 9.9 Hp Boat Moto...
Last post by Esox obsessed - Yesterday at 08:15:32 AMMy friend has a 16" aluminum starcraft and recently got a 1968 evinrude 9.9 horse power and the top speed currently gets is 7 mph with 2 people and 8 with one and was wondering if theres anything that can be done to get faster top speed without getting a different motor or boat
#14
Dock Talk / Re: Soft Plastics Organization
Last post by loomisguy - Yesterday at 05:09:40 AMI believe they are on sale on the website. 6 for 50 bucks.
#15
Florida / Re: Productive Everglades Trip...
Last post by Capt. BassinLou - Yesterday at 04:13:37 AMQuote from: big g on March 31, 2025, 10:04:01 PMGood for you, I'm glad you had nothing but smiling faces after the trip. Are conditions about the same out there?
Thank you George. As far as the water levels, they continue to drop.
#16
Florida / Re: Productive Everglades Trip...
Last post by big g - March 31, 2025, 10:04:01 PMGood for you, I'm glad you had nothing but smiling faces after the trip. Are conditions about the same out there?
#17
Dock Talk / Re: Soft Plastics Organization
Last post by J.W. - March 31, 2025, 01:09:27 PMQuote from: loomisguy on March 31, 2025, 12:28:03 PMI went to the LIV bags. They are the best I've found. Just leave the plastics in the original bags and put them all in the LIV. Really durable and the zipper works great.
I saw those. I may go ahead and order a few to try out.
#18
Dock Talk / Re: Soft Plastics Organization
Last post by loomisguy - March 31, 2025, 12:28:03 PMI went to the LIV bags. They are the best I've found. Just leave the plastics in the original bags and put them all in the LIV. Really durable and the zipper works great.
#19
Dock Talk / Soft Plastics Organization
Last post by J.W. - March 31, 2025, 10:22:33 AMI swear, trying to organize soft plastics is like herding cats!
I started out with gallon size Zip Loc bags, but they are not long for this world. They get holes, or blow out of the boat.
Switched to putting them in Plano 3700s, but that ends up being way too many boxes. Also hard boxes don't compress and end up taking up more space, and space is limited in my boat.
Later switched to those plastic cash envelopes that will fit inside small journal-sized soft-cover three ring binders. They were ok, but you had to take the baits out of the original packaging, which meant some baits wouldn't hold their shape well if they needed to be in a clamshell. I was tired of kinked up fluke tails, plus some colors would bleed through the vinyl cash envelopes and onto other baits. It did make for some interesting colors on occasion, though
Switched to the big Plano Stowall 3700 tackle bags, leaving baits in their original packages and putting them into the Plano bags. They are basically a heavy-duty vinyl freezer bag, but they're hard to get sealed sometimes. Couple that with the fact that I am storing my soft plastics in our extra live well where sometimes water accidentally ends up, and long story short, I lost a bunch of soft plastics that turned mushy from being wet for too long.
As of right now, I have a bunch of cheap clear plastic soft packing cubes that I bought off Amazon. They worked well when they were new, but they didn't hold up well. Most of them have torn to some extent and/or have zippers that have come off, so they are no longer very water resistant.
I bought a Buzbe Quik Qube to try out, and so far I feel like that's the juice, but holy smokes are they expensive. I need about 10-11 more, and they're like $40 a pop.
Anyone got any great water-resistant storage ideas that would stow away well in the boat and not cost me an arm and a leg?
I started out with gallon size Zip Loc bags, but they are not long for this world. They get holes, or blow out of the boat.
Switched to putting them in Plano 3700s, but that ends up being way too many boxes. Also hard boxes don't compress and end up taking up more space, and space is limited in my boat.
Later switched to those plastic cash envelopes that will fit inside small journal-sized soft-cover three ring binders. They were ok, but you had to take the baits out of the original packaging, which meant some baits wouldn't hold their shape well if they needed to be in a clamshell. I was tired of kinked up fluke tails, plus some colors would bleed through the vinyl cash envelopes and onto other baits. It did make for some interesting colors on occasion, though
Switched to the big Plano Stowall 3700 tackle bags, leaving baits in their original packages and putting them into the Plano bags. They are basically a heavy-duty vinyl freezer bag, but they're hard to get sealed sometimes. Couple that with the fact that I am storing my soft plastics in our extra live well where sometimes water accidentally ends up, and long story short, I lost a bunch of soft plastics that turned mushy from being wet for too long.
As of right now, I have a bunch of cheap clear plastic soft packing cubes that I bought off Amazon. They worked well when they were new, but they didn't hold up well. Most of them have torn to some extent and/or have zippers that have come off, so they are no longer very water resistant.
I bought a Buzbe Quik Qube to try out, and so far I feel like that's the juice, but holy smokes are they expensive. I need about 10-11 more, and they're like $40 a pop.
Anyone got any great water-resistant storage ideas that would stow away well in the boat and not cost me an arm and a leg?
#20
Dock Talk / Re: took a temporary detour fr...
Last post by J.W. - March 31, 2025, 07:09:35 AMNice work!