bluegiller

Check your gas lines a pump bulb. Mine had all kinds of problems low power. Was getting to much oil and making it foul plugs run bad drop a cylinder. And this is what fixed it ..the gas line had broke down and it was collapsing making the engine starve for fuel but since it's oil injected and it works off vacuum it was drawing extra oil. Here is how the line was it had a liner and it came loose and was collapsing. This was the piece between the fitting on the boat and the primmer bulb. I just replaced all the lines and bulb now it runs perfect Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

There is no reason ever to leave a fellow boater stranded.. I don't care if your going to be late to dinner , late to work or makes you loose a day of fishing . If some ones needs help on the water and you can help at all you do.. people like that make me sick. With my 18 foot boat and a 90 horse I pulled a 28 foot heavy boat over 8 miles to port. And no I would not take his money for gas and yes it made me miss fishing for the day. But you know what who cares all 5 people on that boat made it home safe. It is what you do. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I know with stiffer rods people have problems, I run the old standard yellow eagle claws they are very soft. It seems to take up alot of the shock of hard hits , and head shakes on long runs. Also I run my drags pretty light then as the fish is done with his crazy runs I tighten it alittle to get them to the boat. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Bender back and send it down until they stop bitting it ..some of my best spoons are bent , twisted , missing paint and tape half gone Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Don't worry about the doubles and it triples .. if it happens and it will, just leave one in a rod holder and let him run. If it goes slack switch rods just until you have it tight. Then back the the first one so you don't get them both to the boat at once. I had a double last night and it worked just fine. Once I had a triple by my self and it was 2 on one rod , one on the cheater and one on main line and one on a dive.. that one caused some problems I ended up getting both fish on the one rod in the net together luck one was not a mature. But the one on the diver while I was doing that ran at the boat and got in the rigger.. that was a mess took me a few mins after it was all over to get untangled and get back to fishing. But that's really the only time I had a true mess. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Those are 8 inch and my home made flies Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I don't think solo is that hard. My boat is set up with long arm riggers so there is plenty of room in the middle to net fish. I also have 3 rod holders on my riggers so there is lots of places to stick the rod if you need to. I always stuff the net under the fish then drop the rod tip so they fall right in and then stuff the rod in one of the extra holders so I can use both hands the lift the net .The only thing that's tricky is the flasher fly on the divers some times netting big fish can be hard. I never run those crazy long leaders like a lot of guys do I keep mine so the whole rig is still about a foot shorter than my diver rod. I did knock one off with the net last night on the diver but that was just me rushing , but no big deal I was letting them all go any way. Also my motor moves so easy I can steer it by just just grabbing it and turning it a little so I can keep the boat straight while setting up with out running to the wheel all the time. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Oh and that was from 530 pm till dark .. an after work trip Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

My kid was going to go and backed out at the last minute so went solo. Got 6 matures 1 two year old and one skipper . 90 to 130 did not seem to matter. Got fish on riggers 80 and 65 and divers 180 and 140. Most fish were on spinners with flies but couple on spoons .. 4 over 20 pounds . Pics of each and the scale read out. Best you can do solo you can see the baits I got them on. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Mind with the line problem had some days when I first started it that it would smoke alot too I believe it was all related I think the motor was sucking trying to get more fuel and drew extra oil to make it smoke .. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I just had problems with mine and it was the gas lines . The had a liner in them and it was collapsed here is what it looked like when I took it apart. I would start with that and a new primer bulb before I did anything else. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I use walker releases this never happens to them because they free spin on the swivels they are built on. I have been on other boats with blacks and have seen this happen. The trick to keeping it from happening is keeping the line from your rod to the release tight , most of the time it happened in the first few feet before there is tension on everything ..so make sure you start right out with the line from your rod to release tight so it keeps the release facing the right direction even if the ball tries to spin. Also if you have ball retrievers when you let the ball back out away from the boat that can make them spin. Again just make sure the line from the rod to the release is tight I keep mine so the rod is bent almost like it's set in the rigger then as I let it down u keep tension on it all the way down. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Sorry picture did not attach the first time but you can see what I mean. The slopped side should face the release handle ..one of mine was backwards. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I had one that was like that and the rod holder was in it backwards ..look at the notches one side is a little rounded the other is square ..I had to take the pin out and turn one around and then it worked fine Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app