Saltwater

You literally can’t freshwater flush a trailer frame and hubs enough after dunking one in saltwater. The worst we’ve seen is the bayou outside Baton Rouge and Gonzales areas on trailer frames. First thing to go no matter the brand is the carpet area around the bunks. That being said a few dunks a year won’t kill one instantaneously and you can flush the bunks to flood and dilute the saltwater. A one gallon yard sprayer with a heavy soap solution will also make it clean off batter. Focus on the bunk carpeting and that along with Invasive species issues were two main reasons we have tried to get away from carpeting. BCB

We suppose that’s the bayou area mentioned. Hmm? We would get input from others, though those that rinse them well are better than those that run’em hard, put’em up wet and forgive ‘em when they fail. In short, rinse the bunks extremely well as they hold launch water and that’s the key factor. If you don’t trailer long distances we would consider GatorBak bunk coverings in saltwater, or brackish waters. As for below: you have to get below Palatka considerably to have an issue with a lot of saltwater influence. That is not backish water, though direct influence from saltwater. It works up in summer when flow is limited and is better in spring with rain and water flows up. If your bass fishing it’s usually not great regularly till you reach Palatka unless your focused on tidal pockets.

Maybe you should have gotten Bass Cats aluminum trailer instead of the steel one for use in brackish waters. I am getting my second one, it is finished very well.

I did not know about a aluminum option. I would have gotten one for sure.