shareing useful tips are money saving tips

[peter]

To keep critters out of your boat. Small used butter tubs with holes poked into the lid filled with mothballs. will help keep mice and other destructive critters out of your boat.

This seems to have been working for me for the last five years. I put em in my storage cabnets and anywrere I have stuff accumulated. In the boat I put one in the front and one in the back near the likely areas that the mice will chew on.

A long time ago I was in thee middle of the lake and noticed a mouse sitting right on top of my trolling motor.

[sweetwater]

Peter, you are a man that thinks as I do. I HATE buying ice.

Three things I refuse to buy.

1. Ice
2. Worms
3. Professional female companionship.

Good advice, especially #3. That one could cost you big time.

[nitro929]

Here is my bottled water.

I had to laugh at this one, i work with a full grown guy that welds for a livin he also chews, and smokes but wont drink tap water because its bad for you. ??????? I carry the same bottle water as you on my boat.

[outdoorsman_33]

Replace your trolling motor pull cord with a small engine starting cord that you can buy for snowmobiles/atvs/lawn mowers. Much cheaper and lasts longer then buying the replacement cords.

Learn how to winterize your boat yourself (easy to do and saves you $100 per year)


Fuel up your boat at the nearest town by the lake instead of your leaving location. The extra weight cost $ driving down the road. But be sure that you remember because Gas on the lake is expensive!

Maintain your batteries in the winter by charging them multiple times. This will save you from having to but new batteries at the beginning of the season. Also do not store batteries on Cement.


Keep jumper cables in your boat just in case your starting battery goes dead. You can jump off your trolling motor batteries....thus saving you time.

Introduce people to the outdoors. It will save us money down the road by having to defend/losing our rights against the crazies