jimbobber

cut the plywood for the transom last night and took it for a test fit tonight perfect! the plan now is saturday im going to laminate the center board, then seal the whole thing with resin ,and then a wet on wet layup with a layer of chop strand. Then a good sanding and it will be time to put it in the boat! woohoo!! here is a pic of the new transom in the boat for the test fit.

I hope to get into some of these tourneys this year ,so far i think i can make them. Fishing is Fishing and some days you get em and others you dont,some days you can fish rite next to a guy and hes hammering em on the same stuff and same setups as you and you cant get a bite other days it is the other way ,the most important thing is we are out there having fun and doing what we love to do . juist my 2 cents . Jimmy

I worked on the boat again today I only could work for a couple of hours but in that time I cleaned some of the glass dust out of the boat and made my template for the plywood woohoo! I'm going to get my marine grade plywood this week and start making the new transom.

HI every one I set up my web site so you can order spoons thru pay -pal So if you are interested in ordering some you can goe to www.jpslammer.com and do so . thanks Jimmy

Shane, Ya you could see the transom flex when i pushed my manual trim tabs up and it sounded hollow is some of the spots.The boat was also leaking and i had to tighten the transom bolts twice this last summer, that was a challenge in its self took about two hrs each time. Larry, I like projects to and dont let to much scare me, if i dont know how to do something i learn it and do it ,im always up to a good challenge then I know it will be done right with no short cuts.

Thanks Larry, I may give them a call ,I called total plastics and the bluewater 26 composite was $400 for a 4x8 sheet1.5" an $185 per 4x8 sheet of 3/4" I think im going to just get marine plywood its $82.00 per sheet.I worked on the boat last weekend and have a couple more pics, I did all the grinding and sanding! What a pain!I blew a lot of the dust out of the boat with a leaf blower. I hope to get out Thursday pm to clean and start templates.

Thanks I Needed that! Makes me want to get my boat put back together even faster!!

your spread should be like a "V" with the middle being the deepest this not only keeps you from being tangled but if fish spook from the riggers they move out the side and then there is a spoon comming over their head, this is kinda the way most guys run their boats.

Cool!

William Michigan sunset,Modified mi. sunset Mixed veggies,Modified mixed veggies,NBK,Killer green glow,Lemon lime ice glow.These spoons have been great for us on most days. If you are interested in some spoons just pm me. thanks jimmy

way to go Mikie! you know what i mean. LOL!

nice TJ! were was this at?

Bill, welcome to GLF im sure you will like it here theres a great bunch of guys.

Dan this is the link to the site i looked up and found the marine plastics Iron posted it they have a branch in grandrapids and k-zoo. http://www.totalplastics.com/about_us/contact Jimmy

nice fish mikie!

Im looking at the coosa bluewater 26 any one use this stuff yet? I think I will call on it this week . Also my transom was 3/4 thick then 2" thick for 2 foot of the middle would it hurt if i made the whole transom 2 " finish thickness? I would think it would be fine just be stronger any thaughts?

Mikke, im going to just let it dry on its own. It will be a few weeks before im ready to glass anyway.

worked on the boat today for about 6 hrs . I was able to remove part of the floor and stringers and remove the rest of the transom today. Next time out i will be ruff sanding and getting it ready for making a template for the new wood! I am pleased with the progress and the stringers are wet but not rotted so that makes me happy! I have a month or so for it to dry out so i can proceed with the glass work, here a few pics.In all i have 9 hours in to remove the old wood.

Dave if you are looking at the walleye pics those are mini slammers and they will only run pulled from the big end,And can be trolled at all speeds that way.

thx for the feed back i will fix the miss spell i went thru it twice and found most of them, Dave you can run them both ways but pulling from the big side you need troll faster 3.0 or faster. They have a much more aggressive swim that way. jimmy

had to go back and fix a couple small things but its done now.

Hey guys and Gals, I just rebuilt the JP Slammer web site Check it out it has some good links including GLF and a fishing report I am going to try to keep it up to date as possible , i am also working on getting pics of the new colors for 2012 and possibly an on line store. Thanks to all who supported us this year we are looking forward to serving you in the next year! Jimmy www.jpslammer.com

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I am going to add auto pilot to the jimbobber and probably replace some of my older copper reels and a couple of new reels for my wire dipseys.also gona pic up a couple more talora 7 footers for the riggers.

wtg mikie!