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Forum: Boats For Sale or Wanted 08-09-2014, 07:06 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 679
Posted By garbubba
I hope didn't tick anyone off with the offer. ...

I hope didn't tick anyone off with the offer. Need to make some money on this boat to get things moving on my '87.

Looks like I'll sell the engine whole or in parts & use the cash to fix up the...
Forum: Boats For Sale or Wanted 08-08-2014, 07:05 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 679
Posted By garbubba
a few pics

a few pics
Forum: Boats For Sale or Wanted 08-08-2014, 05:30 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 679
Posted By garbubba
83 cuddy, tandem trailer & blown 'Rude 225 -$1400

Hey guys,

I bought this thing a few days ago for $700 with plans to part it out to get money to repower my '87.

It's in too good of shape to scrap anything but the motor, (tilt & trim works,...
Forum: General 08-07-2014, 02:34 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,023
Posted By garbubba
So I'm confused, do your boats have actual...

So I'm confused, do your boats have actual lifting eyes on them? Or are they just a backed bow eye?

As I know them lifting eyes include a big turnbuckle or bolt that attaches the bow eye, to a...
Forum: General 08-07-2014, 02:28 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,428
Posted By garbubba
Posted before I read St. Rose, I have a buddy...

Posted before I read St. Rose, I have a buddy lives there might take exception to that St. Bernard comment, but he's originally from Washington Parish so we got that on him.

That's great the decks...
Forum: General 08-07-2014, 07:01 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,428
Posted By garbubba
A Lafitte V-20!

Nice boat Coz. Over near Biloxi myself.

I recognize it for what it is. I suspect that boat has spent time in Plaquemines or St. Bernard Parish! Can't run the mouth of the river at all in the...
Forum: General 08-06-2014, 09:38 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 884
Posted By garbubba
Guy advertised it as an 84, but turns out it's a...

Guy advertised it as an 84, but turns out it's a 1983. It is nearly identical to my 1987 sitting next to it, other than the red stripes. The rod boxes are bigger in the 1983 & look to be made of...
Forum: General 08-06-2014, 12:33 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 884
Posted By garbubba
Thanks Bradford, I'll let you know how "yard art"...

Thanks Bradford, I'll let you know how "yard art" works with the wife.
Forum: Fishing 08-06-2014, 06:02 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 391
Posted By garbubba
Look into Venice, Louisiana. Yellowfin in a 20...

Look into Venice, Louisiana. Yellowfin in a 20 footer, in 2000 feet of water! The deep is so near Venice (It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there) with all that water coming...
Forum: Modifications 08-06-2014, 05:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 667
Posted By garbubba
Cant fall down when they are at the bottom! ...

Cant fall down when they are at the bottom!

I have mine in trays on either side of the bilge pit. I run two bilge pumps, not sure there's room for 2 batteries.

In very heavy seas I've had my...
Forum: General 08-05-2014, 11:40 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 884
Posted By garbubba
Used to live in Waveland, until about 9 years...

Used to live in Waveland, until about 9 years ago. Worked in LaCombe, LA back in those days.
Forum: General 08-05-2014, 10:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 884
Posted By garbubba
Thanks Ferm, I was thinking of parting it...

Thanks Ferm,

I was thinking of parting it or selling it off whole & let someone else do some of the work. Nice to hear prices.
Forum: General 08-05-2014, 10:03 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 884
Posted By garbubba
I bought another one! - looking for some input

Saw an ad that I couldn't refuse, y'all know what I mean. V20 with a blown 'rude 225, tandem trailer, 45 minutes away & ... $700.

Called right away & was dragging it down Biloxi beach by lunch.
...
Forum: Fishing 07-24-2014, 10:37 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 182
Posted By garbubba
Florida Bay Scallops!

Went to Carrabelle last week & since we were new to the waters (skinny stuff & it says ROCKS on the chart!!) so it took two tries to find them. It wasn't like they were just laying there easy to...
Forum: Fishing 06-26-2014, 07:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 367
Posted By garbubba
I guess "black gill" isn't here because that's...

I guess "black gill" isn't here because that's the first I've heard of it. But if it's in the Atlantic, it's probably just a matter of time.

Our Shrimp season works about the same, they test...
Forum: Repairs 06-21-2014, 05:41 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,698
Posted By garbubba
Your best bet for hatches, unless you want to...

Your best bet for hatches, unless you want to make them, is right here, guys part out boats regularly, go to classifieds. Craigslist may work too. These boats are getting to the age that if they...
Forum: Fishing 06-19-2014, 07:12 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 367
Posted By garbubba
Do they open commercial season before...

Do they open commercial season before recreational? That disease has kept prices up for about a year now, the shrimpers that have hung on through Katrina & then the oil spill deserve a good year.
Forum: Fishing 06-18-2014, 08:29 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 367
Posted By garbubba
Does Shrimping Count?

Took the V20 out with my son-in-law & granddaughter today for opening day of shrimp season here in Mississippi. We drag a 15 foot otter trawl & just pull it up by hand. Nice day! Things went great &...
Forum: General 04-28-2014, 09:13 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 523
Posted By garbubba
I've done it a couple of times. If I camp I'm...

I've done it a couple of times. If I camp I'm watching the boat all night anyways so I slept in the cuddy with my feet sticking out, I'm 6'1". I use an old square cushion against the threshold.
...
Forum: Performance 03-31-2014, 05:33 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,537
Posted By garbubba
I expect that pump will last a while, but my...

I expect that pump will last a while, but my neutered engine will NEVER have a low oil issue. Mixing 50 to 1 is as easy as it gets. just as easy as filling 2 tanks. Only trouble I have is pulling...
Forum: Modifications 02-27-2014, 10:39 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 969
Posted By garbubba
Doesn't anybody else drive their boat on the...

Doesn't anybody else drive their boat on the trailer? No need for a power winch to crank up a foot of cable.
Forum: Repairs 02-06-2014, 03:45 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,640
Posted By garbubba
Most of those pans are just truck pans I think. ...

Most of those pans are just truck pans I think. Try taking yours to a junkyard & see if you can find a match.
Forum: Boats For Sale or Wanted 12-17-2013, 04:52 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 813
Posted By garbubba
My Black Max hits 20 next year & is still sucking...

My Black Max hits 20 next year & is still sucking down the gas like it's free.
Forum: Repairs 11-25-2013, 11:21 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 454
Posted By garbubba
oil inject

When I first was looking at my 1987 V20 with 94 Mercury 200, a friend told me about the nylon gears and to be careful. I bought the boat. about a year later the gear went out (in the harbor!) I...
Forum: Classifieds 11-02-2013, 07:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 370
Posted By garbubba
Timing is everything! Nice get.

Timing is everything! Nice get.
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