TFLEX

Great boat. FB market is the best bet these days.

Doesn't seem like toys are selling much lately. But its a great boat. Somebody will come along. Just may take a bit.

Almost no need for 3.5" anymore with the shell tech now.

If you are a baller- new A5 or super black eagle 3.

If you're a regular dude- Beretta A300.

If you're a man of culture find a NOS or lightly used SBE 2, maxus, an og A5, or an A390 or browning B80.

I will shoot my A390 until I can't hunt anymore. And then my kids will get to hunt with it.

Say baw, we just gonna be chilling on the calcasieu at the camp, garden, chickens, trot lines, enough 22 LR rounds to pop deer and squirrels for decades. Learn to brew some shine. Sound like a way to pass a good time.

If you have the budget and are looking at new aluminum boats. Get a custom built boat.

Uncle J, LCA, there's countless builders in LA. You will get an indestructible boat, exactly how you want it cheaper than the mass production stuff.

If you're looking used, then just figure out exactly what you want and shop until you find a deal.

Kenda Klever RT are great tires. Two friends with tire shops sell the heck out of them. I have 60k on a set on my old lifted yukon denali.

Other than that Toyo or Nitto AT seem to be the kings.

I have state farm bundled with my auto and personal. Think its like an extra 15$ a month for full coverage in my boat.

I'm cautiously optimistic here in Central TX- hate a weekday opener though. I'm a FB coach- won't get to hunt until the weekend when everybody's already been blasting for 4-5 days.

Seeing lots of birds around town though.

They are awesome. Good buy!

I've always thought they were great, just never had a life situation to get one.

Its a super refined 4runner with a v8, way more luxury upgrades and all the offroad capabilities.

Man that was a heck of a day.

Years ago- family trip with Ex and ex inlaws to South Padre- fishing on beach, got popped in the foot right off the beach.

Drove to IGA- got meat tenderizer and a 30 pack.

Went back to condo- applied meat tenderizer, sat on floor, soaked towels in water- heat towel in microwave, wrap foot, drink beer, start heating another towel when one on foot cooled, repeat for hours. Brutal for about 6-8hrs i think.

Got antibiotics and cleaned really well just in case.


I'll put that up there with all my broken bones and tears as far as pain.


Funnier part- I had a live thread on TBH going when it happened. I kept posting updates, people said I wouldn't fish again the next day- we did and limited on trout.

Drive back to waco- go to my dr, tell them I'm there because of a Sting ray sting for antibiotics, my Dr comes in and says man- I've been following this thread on TBH a guy got popped by one yesterday at SPI! I said you're looking at TFlex in the flesh!

I still absolutely love the old OMC motors. Have since I was a kid.

Me being a nerd I've kind of gone down the rabbit hole of what happened. Its kind of a combination of blunders made by the guys in suits at BRP.

The big ficht motors got a bad rep immediately, the smaller ones 4cyl down were actually solid and reliable.

Then- emissions- 4 stroke- marketing- ads saying to stick with the times and everybody seeing promo stuff of how great 4 strokes were.

Next step was they lost some of their big contracts with boat companies- if i recall it was because they thought OMC was such a big brand- people would still just buy a hull- and go to the Evinrude dealer to get a motor fitted- as we all know- average Joe wants to buy a turn key rig from a one stop shop.

The final Gen etecs were actually amazing motors. Powerful, reliable, smooth, light, greatness.

But at that point- they had missed the boat. And chose to shut down and retool- which eventually turned into- BRP makes way more $ off all the side by sidez atv, and sled and ski sales. And then boom- the legend is gone forever.

Nothing better than hearing an OMC 2 stroke idle, and then hit the powerband.

We had a great trip. Caught a ton of fish in Hackberry.

Best week of fishing we've had on the lake in years.

Huge fish fry on 4th of july. Had 20 plus people at the camp, no leftovers.