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Normally they handle it fine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He is aware there was issues. He has a new manufacturer of hooks he used. Give him a call he will explain it and help you. Problem is with quality control at owner hooks I think. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

it's an 03 so it's most likely fine. Put the water pump in it and run it i bet you will find it did not hurt it a bit. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

What is the year? Most likely it's fine as they have great safety built in. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I would get an autopilot as well if I were in your shoes. I would consider on what brand to buy, look at what chartplotter/sonar you may be getting in the future.. If you liking say the raymarine stuff look at there autopilots, etc although most play together pretty good nothing works as good as matching components.

Nothing works good in rough lake conditions, not even human steering Your not going to fix that problem, rethink what you want from a prospective of good conditions to make your decision. The intellisteer for a 19 foot seem a bit silly to me as your never far from the helm, a simple wheel break would work much cheaper, but that really depends on your fishing style. Where an autopilot is working when you need it the most, and thats when you are busy and dont have the time to screw with turning the helm (landing or netting the fish).

Because when trolling, (using a kicker) the main is off, there isn't power to the steering as most are power assisted cable, so the auto pilot has to turn the main, and the kicker manually, and its alot for the auto pilots. If is just cable with no power assist its still hard enough so that it wears heavy on the auto pilot. That's why so many quit making them as they couldn't keep them from burning out.

You will be better off to convert to hydraulic steering now. You're going to burn out any auto pilot you put on there. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

save your self some doe, use the stuff at lowes that got the funny name Arauco ply. It has same ply, glue and filled as marine, I cut a piece and boiled for 20 mins and it was perfect, so its as good anyway.

The right prop will not give you speed but tork. Most kicker props will max out at 3/4 throttle (in speed), an aggressive pitch will just slip unless there is lots of blade, so having said that evaluate what you have and what your looking at. You want a big blade, lots of surface aria, then pitch is last in importance. Some of the props out there have small blade surfaces so you need to really look at it and take some measurements. Its as much an art as it is science because there are so many variables with each boat and set up. What your describing sounds right to me, I wouldn't waist money on it, as it works and works good. Its very hard to fish in 6' seas so moving the boat like yours dose is very good. PK