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Motor supports?
Had to look twice before I realized what you were talking about......
The trolling board going across the back is actually inserted into to the gunnel mount rod holders (turned them around 180 degrees). The white things you see in the splashwell are the rubber inserts from the holders. Had to remove them to install the rod holder. I decided to go ahead and get the jackplate, saw one similar to the one above but with only about 3/8" setback from where it is now. I'll look at both and see which one to go with. I'll also extend the transom cutout and glass the cap either over the summer or next winter. Thanks for all the advice guys, taking this out for a five day trip to Lake Cumberland later this week to catch some stripers and all this puts my mind at ease since we usually leave the boat in the water for the entire trip.
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03-19-2012, 09:51 AM
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Just be sure your bilge pump and float switch are in good working order. You should be fine.
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03-20-2012, 04:00 PM
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Glad you are getting the jack plate, otherwise raising the transom without raising the motor could have caused clearance issues with your tilt.
Like others have said, I'm 200 lbs but I have water in the splashwell frequently (200 Johnson on a jackplate) and a wet deck occasionally. The deck is only around an inch above the waterline on my 81. I wouldn't bother with adding more scuppers.
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03-21-2012, 06:15 AM
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I've never had the opportunity to fish Cumberland...but from what I hear, spool on big line and hang on!!...what do yall use for striper bait up there?...let us know how that trip goes!!...pics if ya can!!... 
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03-21-2012, 02:21 PM
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Thanks again guys
Going to fish it this way for awhile before I make any major changes. It occasionally will go to Lake Erie or Lake Michigan and I want to make sure it's safe.
Stripers- We usually use shad that we catch using a cast nest, lately though we've been using umbrella rigs with a good deal of success. HEading out tomorrow am, should be in the water by 2:00pm. I'll post some pics when we get back, although not sure we're keeping any this time. There's a good deal of gill lice in the lake right now and all the websites say they're ok to eat, but I don't know......
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03-21-2012, 05:01 PM
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Still, it's a decision you have to make for yourself...
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03-21-2012, 09:24 PM
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stripers
Yeah, I look forward to this trip all year, been going for almost 20 in a row and something like this comes along and makes me rethink next year.
Do the lice come and go, worse some years and barely there the next? If so, might have to rethink my alternate plans for next year (Lake Michigan salmon). On the original topic of this thread..... I took some time tonight while prepping for my trip to make an acrylic splashguard that will keep the rollers out of the well, didn't plug the drains though. Also, to answer the questions about how many drain holes I have, there are 6, 2 deck drains that drain into the splashwell and 4 from the splashwell to the outside of the boat, 2 on either side of the motor.
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03-21-2012, 11:08 PM
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hmmm well I THOUGHT I knew what I was talking about... lol ...I'd say that two of the 4 through the transom have been added by a p/o
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03-22-2012, 05:56 PM
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One thing that finally occurred to me was to add to the height of the FRONT of the splashwell rather than the back around the motor...in other words, filling up the splashwell=no big deal...keeping it out of the boat is a big deal...before I let go of my '74 I had cut a single piece of marine ply that was gonna be the answer to that...look in the gallery at FITZ'S splashwell and you'll see where I was headed...he's got some other interesting things going on as well, but I was gonna steal his idea for the front of his splashwell...
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04-12-2012, 08:59 PM
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update for Reel
Reelapeelin,
Sorry it took so to repost . We ended up having an epic trip, caught 52 in all in just three days of fishing, almost all on umbrella rigs. Shame we can't use them in Ohio, they really put the fish in the boat. The gill lice weren't much of a problem, if you weren't looking you might not even notice them. on the subject of my splashwell - I've actually kind of gotten used to it, at one point during our striped trip, my dad, my buddy, and I were all at the back of the boat and the water came in the splashwell a bit, but not bad enough to be a problem. Still going to put on the jackplate though. The outboard sits low enough that I'm getting spray into the boat and who knows how much power I'm losing. My splashwell cover I made from plastic worked good enough to make a more permanent one out of aluminum, sometime. Time to fish now, it'll wait till summer when it's too hot to fish. on yet another note, I have decided that this by far the best fishing boat I've ever had. thanks for all the advise guys, really appreciate it. gfunk
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