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If you can walk, I would. Besides the concerns you mentioned, I noticed a few odd things. (1) The trim tabs seem to be very close to the center, which means that transducer doesn’t probably work when at power. Will the tabs in that location even work? (2) What are those holes on the stern...

What year is your 226? Switches vary depending on the year

No issues with braid in my last two outings except we didn’t catch anything. I ended up gradually casting out and that seemed to solve the problem but made me feel like an amateur with such short casts in the beginning Outside of the issues, I’m looking forward to doing some bottom fishing...

7k worth of work seems like there are serious issues with it. Replacing pumps, switches, etc are relatively minor unless you need to completely rewire it. Get a survey and go from there. 9k in this market would be a steal, which tells me there are issues.

Scuppers look like mine in the water. Pretty much that is how it sits. Below is my boat with 2 full tanks of gas. Only difference is that your bracket looks odd in the water. Is it painted? Seems like the bottom paint is completely under water which doesn’t seem right.

Improved Albright tied to leader and Palomar to tactical angler clip. See how this goes. Left the tag end of the braid a little longer, curious if the knot is coming undone or what.

Well, if memory serves me correctly, the braid was from two different spools, so I don’t think it’s defective. I’ll double check the guides but both poles are brand new. I ran across this post and #4 was interesting. My line snapped on the cast after back to back stripers were reeled in on the...

If you call Beckson, they will look up the color code for Grady and sell it directly to you. It’s not any of the mainstream colors you see at the stores.

Did you use the trim tabs at all??? What level did you trim the engine to? take some pics of what your boat looks like sitting in the water, specifically the bracket and scuppers I use a combination of the trim tabs and engine trim to lower the bow.Engine trim is around 3 or so.

The blue is also disconnected on mine. It’s supposed to be for the oil sender, which is noted as OMC and MERC Only.

I have the same boat... The orange and black go to my saltwater wash down pump

I’ll have to measure it the next time I am by the boat. My starboard transducer works great, held bottom at all speeds today so I’d like them to mirror the location on the other side to match the performance The cable length is 25ft which I thought was plenty but I didn’t have as much as I...

Penn Sql400LP and Battle II 4000 Albright Special on the leader and Palomar on the swivel. Power Pro Spectra Braid I noticed that when pulling the braid through the eyes on the baitcaster, the line was basically stuck on the edges of the spool. I’m not sure if this was the reason or not. I...

After the boat shakedown went well, I decided to test out my two new combos that had braid and ended up having my line snap on both. About 15 casts, 2lines snaps and 3 stripers...Details are below... Setup #1: Spinning Reel 30lb braid tied directly to swivel with no leader. Line snapped as...

On my 228, I’m in the process of installing my 2 transom mount transducers (3in1s for GO9s). The first one is installed on the starboard side and I was going to have the 2nd installed on thePort side. However, after running the cable up my gunnel, the starboard transducer maybe had 6 ft of...

Looks good!!! What did you end up going with? Same material throughout???? If you don’t mind sharing, how much did it run you? I need to take mine to a legit place and get their thoughts. Mine looked just as good as a new one from a place I went to but Ithink his material was not in great...

Looks good!!! I think we should create a “sticky” thread for all of the dash mods we have done on the 228s for the electronics. Just post pics with explanations to save the effort and research for others in the future.