Recent content by StPeteMike

Jim, Sorry to hear about your situation. I have a 2006 25 SE CC and just put a new F250 on it. I try to fish at least a couple times a month and I have a pretty good crew that I go with. We don't go at night but have been talking about it. Maybe when ARS opens. Feel free to contact...

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We have picked up 3 triple tail on our last 5 trips running offshore to bottom fish. One was on a trap buoy. I always have my eyes peeled when we are running and take a peek if anything looks suspect. I agree they are better than grouper. I have tried them side by side with Gag and I'll take...

Nice work on the Mangos and Gags. We went to 85' out of Pass a Grill this past Sunday and had to release a bunch of Gags. Got some Red Grouper and a triple tail though. Thanks for posting the report.

I just started using Starbright non skid cleaner with PTEF. I have been really happy with it. It leaves the non skid with a very slight tackiness so it's not slippery. However, it still leaves a protective coating that keeps fish blood etc. from setting in and everything washes off very...

Went out of Pass A Grille to 66 feet on Saturday and the Kings were everywhere. After a bunch of break offs and some small Red and Gag grouper we went to 85 feet. Caught lots of Red and Gag grouper with no Kings around. Gag season is closed :cry: , so of course they were thick. Found a...

Nice! Always love it when we find dolphin when bottom fishing. Wish we got bigger ones here, but at least you got some. We found a bunch in 130 feet a couple months back, but they were all super small. Nice day on the grouper.

Thanks again Warthog. That makes sense to me too. Now that I finally got my Parker I have a renewed interest on learning how to keep things tight, so thanks for the input. Do you do anything about water in the transom bilge area, or are you able to keep it dry?

Thanks for pointing that out Warthog. I didn't realize that the copper cable ends weren't marine grade. They were really corroded and I cleaned them up and sprayed corrosion x on them. This was just a couple weeks ago and I can see the corrosion coming back already. I will put replacing the...

I called Parker to see how much elevation was needed on the bow cradle of the lift to create enough pitch to drain the bilge. The engineer at Parker said 8" higher than the stern cradle should do it. Had a lift service company come over and he insisted that was way to much so we tried 5". The...

Nice Trout. We get em that big here in Tampa Bay, but rarely. What did you catch them on?

You need to resize your photo. I have a MAC and opened photo up and went to tools, then resize. Not sure where to reduce file size on PC. Hope you can get some PICS up and welcome. I am a new member myself.

Glad you made it back safe. I hate it when that happens!! Is your hull a DV? I have the 25 CC SE and I'm curious how it will handle in weather like that. Thanks for report.

Sounds like a nice boat. I just got the 25 CC SE. I had to re size my pics (smaller) to be able to post them. Where are you located? Good luck, Mike

RumRunner, The tower has 2 bolts at the base of each of the legs with a flat piece fit between two pieces in the back two legs and a side by side connection that the bolts go through in the front two legs. Very easy to take on and off. Rangerdog, They are hard to find. I Started with my...