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Good report, recently was able to nab a couple salmon myself jigging, lots of fun. Also tried some different colored bucktails, which I've never done before , always went with white flukes. Couple of weeks ago they were hitting on red and white. Last Sunday saw all kinds of bait and couldn't pull a laker for anything. Threw a green down halfway in 90 feet , retrieved quickly and started bringing up the salmon. If you come up with some let us know. Fried trout is the best, but for the most part they all go back in the drink. Thanks for all the info on your site!!!!

Thanks again to John,Scott,and Barney. Great time. Three of us netted six for the day (4 qualifiers ) . Trolling batteries were going dead, had to come in to recharge. My son talked me into going back out at 1:00. Got the last 2 between 1:00 and 1:30 on a blank screen just before we were going to move. What a ball we had , the fish were lively and real deep. We were high fiving and laughing our butts off every fish we brought in. Great to see John's family again, all happy and healthy !!!! Many,many thanks for all the hard work. Mike

He was open last weekend. Not sure of his hours.

Mower, Paid Barney at the bait shop. The rules say we need a ticket. He gave me a receipt, are we good to go? Thanks Mike

Your answer is in the previous posts. Originally you said it happened while trolling, suggesting impeller,plate, etc. 1. Extend the hose right where input hooks into the motor. (thermostat housing) Start it cold and run for 15 seconds at the correct rpm to see if you have enough water coming in. 2. You can also put a clear hose from the cooler to the thermostat housing to check for air bubbles. Air bubbles means restriction. You said you ran it without thermostat and still had problem that sounds like a water coming in problem, but maybe not. 3. If you have good water flow, then pull the rubber boot and see if a flapper broke and is plugging water going out. 4. Pull the elbow off the exhaust and check for rust. Tap it on a board to see if anything comes out. If you've got blockage here, you probably have blocked passages from the manifold,spacers if you've got them, and the elbows. There is a service bulletin from merc for the gaskets-make sure you put the right ones in. You haven't said how long you've had the boat, if it's been in salt water or not. If someone replaced the manifolds before and put the wrong gaskets in it, you need to know if you have the restrictor or free flow gasket. If you suspect the exhaust, before you go any further I'd call Hank and have him LOOK at it.

Yes you can pre mix the fuel, a little disconnect is needed. Called merc directly and that was one of the options they gave me. However. First there is a service bulletin to remove the plastic shaft for the oil injector, they are replaced by a brass one. The plastic threads wear out and the oil injection fails. When you do this the module is removed permanently because it creates a ground for the beeper. I did this when the beep was continuous. The next yr, had the same beep you're having. It was the check valve between the reserve tank and the motor tank making the float bounce. If you want to start throwing money at it, you can change the module,float, wires,even the cap and still end up having a beep (3.00) check valve. This is probably an easy fix and I like the oil injection. It could be your module, but why spend the hundred bucks on that and end up with more problems. The module will fail sooner or later and you won't know whether to unhook the beeper so you can fish or whether your motor's about to blow. Send a pm if you need more info.

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Union Springs is open. Meyers is still closed, and will be closed for at least another week, until they're approved to take down the silt screen. You can launch boats on the State land right next to the park. Sort of a make shift launch but it works.