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Funny, I use peppermint oil to chase rats out of my barn (and the engine compartment of everything), I thought about it for the bees and figured they would like it. I'll give it a try, thanks!

8 people on that boat is a lot, too much in my opinion. I've got a 228 and I fish it with 3 people, 4 is too cramped. I'm in the open Pacific, so different application. I don't know if that boat drains to the outside, but mine does and I have problems with water coming in through the scuppers...

Good points made by all, I'll add one that bit me recently: if you have the hydraulic brake system, make a point to check the fluid, on my trailer it all leaked out for some reason and I was driving around with no trailer brakes. Ouch! Now I check it every trip. I suspect it got pushed out...

Probably about dozen in there, they go between the bolster and the back rest of that rear seat. I think it is sort of a safe place for them. Has anyone else had this happen or am I just "lucky"?

I have honey bees wanting to hang out behind my bolster. Is there anything I can spray on there to make them unwelcome? It's honey bees, not yellow jacket wasps, so I don't want to kill them, I just want them gone.

Grady people, I have to tell the radio story, it is a hoot. gbgrady and I did a two boat launch out of Moss Landing, CA to chase salmon. I had sort of set it up because I had found all the people but they didn't know each other. I put Steve on Gary's 208 with my rod & reel. OK, we're...

Sea dek people, here is why I did not do it. I may have posted this but just in case... Two reasons, cost and up keep. The installer I had, from around the Davis CA area, set my expectations at around $2K (and I mentally just went, ok, $3K for reals). After they came out here and measured...

Gary, if you look at the display in the top right there is a sort of faded out "Troll mode: off". At one point I knew how to turn that on but for me, it made no difference. I couldn't get the 250 to move me slower that 6mph. I changed the prop, maybe that is it, I dunno, but when we were out...

Amen to this. I can't tell you the number of computers and other things I've fixed by taking it apart, clean the contacts, put it back together and it works. What did I fix? I have no idea, but something was dirty and now it isn't and it works.

My kicker took a crap and I was trolling on the main engine. I was able to get it down to about 2mph at 600rpm, does troll mode go slower? And how do you get to troll mode, I tapped on it on the screen, nothing, do I need to be in neutral or something?

2020 Suzuki 9.9 kicker cooling problem I bought this new sometime in 2020 and since day one, it doesn't want to piss water like it should when run in fresh water...

Wow. Grady needs to see this. I feel bad for starting this because in spite of my complaints, I bought a 2020 Grady 228 and most of the problems have been sorted. I love my 228, it is a great boat, but yeah, it could be better. I think the advice that Grady should walk around every other...

As you know, I love my 228. But are there things I wish were different? You bet, and here is my list for the 228: Offer a pilot house version with no eigenglass, just glass windows with a vertical divider rather than the horizontal divider. Hand rails on the hard top like Northcoast does...

I've heard enough Grady stories in my time here that I think they tried a bunch of stuff, when it turned out to be the wrong answer, they changed. Modern Gradys seem over built and designed to last for 30+ years and still be nice. Not saying they are perfect, but they suck a whole lot less...

That's a good point though on my 2020 228, there is no backing plate for the rod holders, they just used washers. I know because I replaced one that I bent trying to haul up a crab pot tangled in something (I suspect a commercial fishing net). I just spoke with a friend who knows boats way...

3 5/8 inches. I sent Grady an email asking if there were any issues with a hole that big, we'll see what they say.

Good points but I really want what I want. I'm gonna use them for drinks and for a place to stick weights/lures as I'm rigging, or just storage. Cup holders work great for that, cup/rod holders are gonna be not so great, stuff will get lost down there.

I thought about those and decided not, I've already got 2 rod holders per side. Plus I put a 5 holder rocket launcher on the hard top so I have plenty of holders for an albacore spread (I'm green still, not gonna run more than 5 lines, maybe add some meat hooks but that is it). You can get...

I'm thinking about adding 4, each just forward of the rod holders that are stock. Partially because I want a place to put my drink (I carry around one of those big stainless cups with a straw filled with water) and partially because they are nice to drop the weight in from your halibut rig...

You've got great replies here, I don't have much to add other than this. When I'm dealing with a professional and I want to hang, I make sure to be respectful and let them know I'm not trying to do their job, I'm trying to learn. It seems really obvious but most people don't like people...