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  1. Skutter

    Screw holes in transom

    Probably going to have a crack att fitting the new fish finder and transducer. The current plan is to remove the old transducer an fill the holes with 6-10 Westin epoxy. Then probably fit a stern saver or similar - maybe even an adjustable transducer mount to avoid having to drill holes in...
  2. Skutter

    Garmin plotter - fishfinder question

    Considering an upgrade - have an old Garmin fish finder - (must be nearly 20 years old) on the boat I recently bought. It works but doesn't have a plotter. A trip out on a mates boat where we started out in thick fog and then when drifting over a sandbank for flatties my mate could take us...
  3. Skutter

    How far to back a trailer into water - newbie question

    Recently bought my first boat and it came with a trailer. Ive only loaded the boat once and that was after the test drive and with help from the old owner. He kept stressing about not letting the water come higher than about a 1/4 - 1/3 of the wheel height on the trailer because the salt will...
  4. Skutter

    advice about boats.

    The short of it is, an old Danish fella I know has a boat to sell. Hes an honest chap. Its nothing massive - 25hp 4t motor on it - hes used it along the coast here in southern Sweden / The Sound and Skälderviken. I know not a whole lot about boats - despite living on a canal for a few...
  5. Skutter

    What weight on feathers?

    What weight lure / lead do folk recommend at the end of a string when feathering for mackerel from a boat with the boat just drifting? 3oz - 10oz+? Have heard if you go too light then the fish end up balling it all up is that the case?
  6. Skutter

    Newbie - rod question

    Very new to boat fishing. just got a 7,5ft 12lb boat rod with a multiplier reel loaded with 12lb mono. The guy I bought it off said it would be fine for feathering mackerel and targeting flatfish but Im wondering if the rod if used with a different line ( going to guess it will need a...
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