Rigging a boat on a budget.

I for one like premix and pullstart. Rarely will I leave an oil injection system hooked up on a boat. Premix and forget it. However, I think I'm gonna leave the one on my newest purchase hooked up.

gps is useful for both trolling speed & waypoints. A lowend $100 gps handheld will do both, and you could use the handheld for hunting as well. Just need a 12v power supply/cord for all day use as batteries won't last all day in most cases from what i've read. I just bought a HH gps for trolling speed, but the waypoints are a + for me once I learn how, etc. I already had lowend ff's and didn't want to mess with replacing those as I am mostly understand their function/results, and live with it. I didn't want to complicate my fishing trips anymore than needed. Your pictures indicate you won't have secure storage for some of the high $$ electronics (I call $300 high $$ just because i would hate to lose it or be stolen, not because it would hurt me financially), so that should come into your decision process as well unless you do have secure storage for your boat.

I'd definitely get one of these:

Outboard Engine Locks

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Originally Posted by jimp

gps is useful for both trolling speed & waypoints. A lowend $100 gps handheld will do both, and you could use the handheld for hunting as well. Just need a 12v power supply/cord for all day use as batteries won't last all day in most cases from what i've read. I just bought a HH gps for trolling speed, but the waypoints are a + for me once I learn how, etc. I already had lowend ff's and didn't want to mess with replacing those as I am mostly understand their function/results, and live with it. I didn't want to complicate my fishing trips anymore than needed. Your pictures indicate you won't have secure storage for some of the high $$ electronics (I call $300 high $$ just because i would hate to lose it or be stolen, not because it would hurt me financially), so that should come into your decision process as well unless you do have secure storage for your boat.

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You can alway's just pop the units off and put them in the house or truck. Now ol Wannabe does not have to do that because his depth finder is a string and a brick....just saying.

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Originally Posted by slimeyslab

You can alway's just pop the units off and put them in the house or truck.

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Your right Slimey.....thats what most folks do.

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Originally Posted by slimeyslab

You can alway's just pop the units off and put them in the house or truck. Now ol Wannabe does not have to do that because his depth finder is a string and a brick....just saying.

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:D Good one G

WK, when I first started making spider rigs I made them totally out of steel and powder coated them. Since then, I have gone to about 90% aluminum, the heads are still steel. Point is, I still have a couple of the 100% steel ones that I will let you have at a good price that I'm sure will fit into your budget. They work as well as the current ones, they just aren't aluminum. They also are removable and have the flush mount base like the current ones. PM me if you are interested.

check with cane pole i think he has a trolling motor 4 sale and other GOOD advice

Thanks for all of the help. The boat is stored behind a locked privacy fence, so it's not within eyesight of the average criminal.

I remove all of my electronics when the boat is not in use for a lot of reasons. One part about living and fishing in a saltwater environment is your stuff doesn't last long if it's left out in the elements. I've looked at a number of the RAM mounts and they seem like they'd really fit my needs. How hard are they to take off where only the gimbal mount is left?