Getting your boat ready for the summer is more than brushing off the cobwebs and swabbing the deck. A little preparation goes a long way in preventing any problems happening when out in the middle of the lake. Powerboatguy has compiled a basic checklist to get that boat ready for another fun summer of boating. 1. Charge the battery 2. Check your fuel filter 3. Re-attach cooling hoses (if you took them out while winterizing your boat) 4. Clean air cleaner 5. Put frost plug back 6. Close any water caulks 7. Check fan belts 8. Check Power steering fluid 9. Check oil level 10. Check hydraulic level 11. If you have one, run tilt trim up and down a few times. 12. If you have “muffs”, attach them. 13. Start a small flow of water. Start your engine and run…Keep Reading
So, a couple of weeks ago you were out on the lake and landed a couple of nice sized small mouth bass. Seemed like there were probably more out there where those came from. But exactly where? After a while some fishing spots seem to all look the same. And this can be made even worse by changing water levels, storm debris, and mother natures’ general mucking around. But hey, your memory is perfect, so you head out to where you remember and, dang, where have those fish gone. Maybe it was down the shore a bit. No, in the next bay. We’ve all been there (or not!). Now you can spend hundreds of dollars for some fancy fish-finder, or a buck on an app for your iPhone. FishermanGuy is an app that let’s you drop markers, or “Digital Buoys” on a map of your journey. You start the app…Keep Reading
An app that turns your iPhone or iPad into a fishing trip recorder! AUSTIN, TEXAS, Sep. 22, 2015 – Lakewiz.com announces the second in a series of mobile apps for fishing and boating enthusiasts. This app is for the fisherman who wants to place GPS “buoys” marking their prime fishing spots. Tom Davidson, President of Lakewiz explains, “We have designed FishermanGuy for geeks who like to fish! Anyone who wants to record a journey drawn on a map in a quantifiable, affordable tool will benefit from our app. It helps you to go back to that great fishing spot you found.” the Trip feature allows you to record waypoints on a map to location, date and time, speed and course. You can access a history of those waypoints to return to a location. the Speed and Heading feature, unlike the notoriously inaccurate speedometers found on most boats, provides a GPS-based…Keep Reading