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Don’t fight fish up and down. If the fish is directly below the boat, drive away from them. You will lose line but you will plane them up to the surface. You may have to do this a number of times to get the fish to the boat. I always have the boat in gear motoring slowly forward. It is easier to...

If your thru-hull fittings are plastic and original, you greatest risk isn't your hoses suddenly failing but your thru-hull fitting snapping off. If that is the case make sure you replace the thru-hull fittings as well as the hoses.

Nothing beats experience and learning your local conditions. I’ve been fishing my local area for a long time so I don’t use wave height and period. I don’t cross a bar so I’m not really concerned with swell height. What stops me from going out is comfort. Being too uncomfortable comes well...

Is it It was an option not standard. I found a couple of 226s with the option. The shower was in the port gunnel just before the step-up to the walk around.

Grady’s world first game fishing upgrade. Much easier to watch the spread.

What battery/ batteries are you using and where are you putting them? Thanks.

I like to keep things as original as I can. I used about $20 in epoxy while a sheet of starboard over here is close to $200.

I removed the panels from under the helm. They looked good from the front, but not so good from the back. A significant portion of the bottom of the panels had delaminated and was crumbling. The bottom inch or so had no structural integrity. The chances of finding a board in the correct colour...

The first time, I took the hose off the transom. It was a bit of a struggle, most probably because the hose is getting old. Now I take it off the bait tank. On mine you just need to undo the plastic retaining nut on the inside of the bait tank and the hose comes out.

Now that's a good idea. My ribs got a good workout hanging over the edge of the live well when I replaced the float switch.

Mine is on the floor of the bilge. There is space below the live bait well. It's not difficult to remove the live bait well. I have never got enough water in the bilge for the float switch to activate.

Yes. I take everything out of the boat after each trip and clean it, but I trailer my boat. So it's a little more convenient.

After each trip I rinse them with fresh water and spray with Inox. The last quite a few years.

These three cover most of my needs. I have the large and small split ring pliers. https://www.henchmanusa.com/29_dash_701/Panther-Snips-Industrial-185mm-black/pd.php https://samakifishing.com/products/stainless-steel-280mm-multi-purpose-plier-with-gang-hook-opener...

2006 228 with 2006 F250, 12" MFD, Radar and Autopilot. I'm running 2 Group 24s. Adequate for me. I do do a lot of trolling. I do carry a slighty smaller "just in case battery" (not connected) under the starboard transom seat. Haven't had to used it.

A local company (Brisbane, Australia) installed a Minn Kota on the bow of what looks like a 228. I think it is the best install I've seen. No idea on price.

Nothing touches the tank directly. Everything sits on fibreglass strips adhered to the tank with 5200. Anywhere that the strips were adhered to was scrubbed with scouring pad, wiped down with acetic acid and then cleaned water and dried to ensure a good bond. If I could have sourced large enough...

There is a saying that 'Perfection is the enemy of good enough" and a couple of years ago I wouldn't have even considered using timber. I was firmly in the "do everything the best way possible' camp. Try to mitigate every foreseeable problem. Then one day I sat myself down and said "Sean, you...

The 10 gallon water tank is secured with pine and it looks like new even though it's almost 20 years old. I know it's original because the only holes in the compartment wall are the three holes for the mounting the pine.