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06-28-2019, 12:53 PM
Gizmo1

Not a crappie question

I have a 16 foot Alumacraft crappie Jon with mercury 9.9 and a 55 lb terrova. Would it be ok to use In salt water. Im going to St Augustine Labor Day week.

I was going to fish in the intercostal and did not want to take my big walleye boat as i figured the crappie boat is easier to clean the trailer is galvanized road king
06-28-2019, 03:12 PM
huntinslabs

Yep, just wash it down and rinse motor in freshwater very well.

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06-28-2019, 05:48 PM
skeetbum

Also be sure to take a soapy brush, sponge or rag and go over the hardware on the tm. I didn’t and mine rusted pretty bad. Maybe a pressure cleaner and a soapy solution that it picks up as you spray. This was a black motor, and one of the reasons I bought a riptide this time around.

And good luck on your trip.
06-28-2019, 06:24 PM
RobAnderson

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Originally Posted by Gizmo1

I have a 16 foot Alumacraft crappie Jon with mercury 9.9 and a 55 lb terrova. Would it be ok to use In salt water. Im going to St Augustine Labor Day week.

I was going to fish in the intercostal and did not want to take my big walleye boat as i figured the crappie boat is easier to clean the trailer is galvanized road king

Also unplug the trailer light plug when putting trailer in the water. Salt water conducts electricity twice as much as fresh

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06-30-2019, 07:53 AM
UncleJ

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Originally Posted by RobAnderson

Also unplug the trailer light plug when putting trailer in the water. Salt water conducts electricity twice as much as fresh

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Boat will be fine here. I would add, when you get home wash your TM three times then once again. Another thing,if you have carpeted bunks on your boat trailer, once home relaunch the boat and scrub the salt out of bunks with fresh water. Long term alum boat storage on salty carpet can problematic.

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06-30-2019, 08:37 AM
huntinslabs

My daughter and son in law use their Tracker Pro160 regularly in saltwater. Their routine follows mine after a day in the brine. Stop by freshwater ramp on way home. Dunk trailer far beyond point where launched in salt. Pull up a bit and run motor for about 10 minutes while also running livewell pump to circulate out any standing water in the system. Back up again past launch point set a minute or 2 and pull out. Go to car wash and wash boat and trailer down well. Get home open all compartments and hatches, plug in charger and shove in garage to sleep a bit. Freshwater rinse rods and any tackle used and set to dry. Been doing this for years and keeps everything in pretty good shape. Sure adds to life of trailer parts like leaf springs that are not aluminum or galvanized.