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I'll never forget the day my buddy Mike flipped his kayak in Lake Travis without wearing his PFD. The water was glass-calm, he was "just paddling close to shore," and his life jacket sat uselessly bungeed to his deck. Watching him struggle to right his boat while treading water in 15-foot depths changed my whole […]

Last Saturday morning on Lake Travis, I watched a guy struggle for 45 minutes trying to mount his brand-new trolling motor to his kayak. By the time he gave up, half the parking lot had offered advice, his wife was frustrated, and he'd stripped two bolt threads. I've been there myself – my first trolling […]

Last summer, I watched a buddy's trolling motor literally smoke on Lake Travis. His problem? He'd used 10-gauge wire for a 25-foot run on his 55-pound thrust motor. That expensive mistake taught both of us that trolling motor wire size isn't something you can guess at - you need to get it right. After helping […]

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