The Great One

Bossun Cowboy captain of " Fish Reaper " and the great one teamed up this morning out of I bay . Started at 5:30 or so . Bossun had visiting guests from out of town and he asked if I would help him bring them out . " The Great One " ended 3 for 4 , small king off black and purple spoon down rigger , 10-12 pound king on green and white spinny off dipsey , and 8-9 pound steel off downrigger ak-47 spoon down 40 feet . Dipsey with moonshiner took a rip but no one home . Bossun did better than me , I'll let him tell his story . A very fun trip partnering up like that , I hope to do it again soon . We also had a ringer on the radio keeping us updated . I guess he did fairly well too . When I told him over the radio " how are you guys still moving rods , I can't get anything to fire ". The response was classic : " cause we're the DOUBLE D " . Thanks Double D and Bossun Cowboy .

Here is the old starter taken apart . You can see it's pretty burnt

Thanks a lot for the replies . Here's what happened . I took the starter to Bill Mayer who said the Bering was bad and sent me to Pro Rebuilders for a part. Thanks to Bill Mayer , he was a lot of help and gave me some tips , Amy engine work I need done I'll be calling him . When I got to Pro Rebuilders they said it would be better to get a new starter as that one was getting pretty cooked . Got the starter for 95 bucks went home put it on . When connecting to the solenoid I broke off the connection. Back to Pro Rebuilders . They didn't have one in stocked and called around for me , found one at Byrce for triple the price , but I needed it . Went home connected that and like everyone said the thing turned so fast I couldn't believe it . First time I have ever attempted a fix like this on any engine and it was a success . Thanks to everyone for the tips . Also , Pro Rebuilders . They are the best . The two guys I talked to in there were extremely helpful , went way above and beyond , and " felt my pain " . Throw them your business you won't be sorry .

Thanks for the replies . About the bad solenoid ... I hear a click ... I think it's the shaft coming up to engage the wheel. I guess what I'm most worried about is putting the starter. Sick on with a new Bering and it still being the starter . Where did you go to get new starter ? Rochester area ?

96 force 90 hp. So I have been fighting with my boat all spring . Every time I feel like I have fixed it the same problem rears its ugly head . It seems there is not enough juice getting to the engine to start . First I cleaned terminals and connections . It worked once then same problem . However boat would often start with a quick jump , and after running for awhile would start immediately . Next I had batteries checked and they were from 2003 ! Guy who checked them said they read as " good " but often old batteries read as " good" then will be dead a few days later . 215 dollars later I had 2 new batteries . Worked for a day the same thing . Now it won't go even with a jump ( although I only tried jumping once ) . The voltage meter is at 12-13 , and the batteries are brand new so why would it need a jump . Then I checked the ground to the engine . I got probably a half a crank on it , worked once ... Same thing. I also put a little wd40 on the small gear on top of the starter as it would come up , but then not go back down . At this point I noticed the starter cylinder was warm after only a couple cranks . Also I remember a few weeks back some smoke coming out of the starter cylinder . I took off the starter cylinder and brought it in to mayers . The guy there seems knowledgeable and pulled it apart . He said the brushes are okay , magnets are okay but the Bering was shot and that's what's causing my problem . He said the rest of the starter looks okay and this should do the trick . I'm nervous that it won't and my frustration level at this point will go overload if it doesn't . Has anyone experienced this before ?

Went out this morning with Wayne and a rookie friend . Had some trouble with my starter so I didn't get lines in till 7:30 . Fished I bay to shipbuilders and back a few times . 4-6 all kings with a feisty 17 pounder . Black and purple dreamweaver and Finger Lakes tackle wonder bread off the riggers took all the fish . Had a hit on spin doctor but no one home off a dipsey . Had a double that was great , first time I doubled on kings on The Great One .

Cowboy has a knack for landing hard to catch fish ... Me and wayne are happy with lakers . As for crazy rob ...another strange catch

Is that one guy even a fisherman ? Looks like a doe killer to me ... Also looks like he spends a lot of time snow blowing ...

Me and Bossun Cowboy use zip ties . This way when the other guys are messing around tying things up we're catching fish