Hi there ....
My wife and I do a LOT of fishing together on the water. she is my best
fishing buddy

I had to come here and give you a gloat on the boat I just ordered
yesterday. We sold our 19 foot Smokercraft FAZER boat last September. Reason
for selling is that I pull a new 27 foot 5th wheel trailer with my Dodge 1
ton dually deisel and the whole unit was too long to meet legal requirements
for being on the road. I had to shorten my 'Train" by a few feet. We decided
that since we are fishing smaller waters that the boat could be shortened. I
left a lot of good memories with that boat ..

I just bought a 2004 17 Ft Lund Adventure series "Fisherman" boat with
a 4 stroke 150HP Yamaha and a 9.9 Yamaha 4 stroke matching kicker . I kept
our 54 lb trust autopilot for the front end of the boat so will attach that.
I ordered dual controls for both engines so I can operate both motors
without having to leave the captains chair... IE:...9.9 has its own
electric start, power trim and throttle located right at my fingertips so I
don't even have to go back there to pull the cord.
I had asked for advice on what fish finder to get on this group but was
met with no response so I bought the new Lowrance X135 as it seemed close to
my LMS350A Lowrance fish finder bought in 1994. It has no GPS capabilities
as I use a handheld GPS.

I threw the whole package on a Shorelander galvanized trailer with
brakes. I made a deposit on it and am waiting 6-8 weeks for its arrival...

I am on cloud 9 and can't wait to see our new boat!.....now where is
springtime?....can we hurry it up?

Regards...Jim