Well we gave the oak a try this morning, unfortunately my outboard was out of commission. I just replaced the water pump but it is still setting off the overheating alarm. It is a force outboard so I do not believe you can see it squirt. However I was able to troll out front for a few hours with the electric motor. We picked up 2 browns in 20-30 fow, and a stealhead in 50 fow. Everything was near the top, and they were all about 5lbs. We did not venture out further than 50 fow. We had a couple other releases (1 on the downrigger) but nobody was home. The browns each took a silver NK28 with green/yellow tape, and the stealhead took a floating chartreuse rapala #11. I hope this helps.