sherman brown

I have almost new pro tournament riggers. I use 13# pancake weights I use with then. 1 e kicks the breaker part of the time. I called big jon about it. they said to call back the next day and talk with this other guy. he said I would probably need to send it in for repairs. you might try just replacing the breakers. if these don't sell please contact me by pm later as I may buy them later.

first off how do you get the dipsy to trip with mono? braid or wire is needed to trip the diver. I use 17# ande mono for my backing then power pro for my main line.

back in the days before I got boat us I have towed a couple and been towed a couple of times. never had any problems with the towing. but my youngest son almost lost a finger when the line came tight in rough water when we was getting towed. if the guy driving the tow boat goes slow then backs off and makes a hard turn the boat being towed will coast right up to the dock.

sounds like a bad pump. when the electric pump was going bad in my car it worked at times then would just stop working until it got to where it wouldnt work at all.

I have boat us with trailer assist for 99.00 a yr. it would cost half that to get towed for gas. in the last 4 yrs i've been towed once, had my boat and trailer towed off I-75 down in ky. had a service truck come out and change a tire on my truck at no cost to me. in the long run its worth the 99.00 just for the piece of mind.

you could take the plugs out and put a good penetrating oil in the cylinders turn it over a few times by hand to get the oil to the rings then add more oil and let set for a few days. then crank the motor over with the plugs out to get rid of the oil. make sure you have water going to it before cranking. then do a compression check to see if it has stuck rings. if its good start it up and let it idle for a while before using it. I bought a old 115 merc off ebay on an old boat out in a field. it had been there for god only knows how long. the bottom of the motor was all incrusted with white muck where it had set in water for long periods while in the field. the boat had pretty much rotted away on the inside. the tires on the trailer was half flat and badly weather cracked. he gave me the junk boat and trailer so I could haul the motor home before removing it. I stopped at the 1st station and aired up the tires. got it home hooked up the muffs and fired it up. it started right up and ran great. so I put it on another boat then a new water pump in it then took it down to my bil in fl. we used it for a few yrs when I went down fishing. then it started running rough for him and he sold it. he pretty much gave it away when it probably only needed plugs. I never did anything before starting the motor. I would use a can of seafoam in the 1st few tanks of gas. if there is any stuck rings this could help unstick them.

if your 12# to 20# weight doesn't scare the fish off why would adding the probe do it? if you let out the one with the probe it is going to have more blowback than just a weight. the depth finder just read how far from the transducer. if your getting more fish on the non probe rigger let out another 15' on the probe rigger and see if it changes things any.

i use the lite bite ones on erie and they are priceless.

check the transom good for unsealed screws or old holes. you could have some loose rivets thats also leaking. sometimes you can put your plug in and put water in the boat on the trailer and check the outside for leaks.

the end on the cable may have come loose and when under pressure its sliding on the shift cable wire.

check over on lakeerieunited.com for a new set of brand new 36" amish bags with ropes. that will get toy down to walleye speeds for spring fishing. 140.00 for the pair.