Blue Heron

Guys Anybody know the correct gear lube for a 2013 60hp merc 4stk - the manual doeasnt say and I cant find much out there - I found 1 spot of merc site that says use premium gear lube (80-90w) for OBs below 75hp Thoughts?? Thanks ted

it has happened to every Eaqgle claw rod I have owned - they are junk

anything less than an 8hp in a 4 stroke will be single cyl and will run a little 'rough'. I had a 8 on my 16' lund rebel - handled the weight fine (the new 4 stks are lighter) and trolled all day and a couple gallons of gas

The 8 was smother and also had Elec Start

Frogger I had a 6hp Tohatsu 4stk on my 16' lund - there were no issue - however I believe most 6hp 4stks are single cyl engine so they are not as smooth running - I eventually went up to a 8hp and it was definately smoother

Shakespear Ugly Stiks 7', one piece, light action ( I believe model is BWD 1131) - match them with some 27 series Diawa LC reels - great for D/Rs and flat lines on the fingerlakes PS - They will take down a king real nice as well as long as you change to a larger series reel

Moores Outboard in Ithaca

Kevin There are some after market downrigger mounts that are designed to easily lock into your lund tracks - I got 2 of them and mounted a triple rod holder on each - they worked real nice Got mine at Seager marine

The launch at SeaBreeze is a county launch - I wouldnt expect a state pass to work there

I believe if you look into it a little deeper you will discover that the smaller Mercs are made by Tohatsu so paying the longer money for a black housing may not be a fiscally prudent move

Many 6hp kickers are single cyl and as such have some pretty fair vibration - I would recommend making sure whatever kicker you get is a twin cyl ( and best if a 4 stroke). I ran a 9.8hp on my 20' Crestliner cuddy and it handled it fine. You will likely need to use an EZ steer to link it to our Outdrive and then you can steer with your wheel at the helm - I have fished numerous boats with this type of set up and they work fine. For speed control I suggest a Control King unit - One of the LOU members is a Rep - I have one on my Lund and it works very well

Have an older 30hp Suzuki that I need some work on - seems like going to Hank is the thing to do but cant find a number for him - HELP Thx' Ted

Since I seemed to spend most of my time fishing from the smaller boat I started to run 7' rigger rods a number of years ago and they will take down a King as well as any 8-9 footer. (there was an article in GLA Mag several years ago that explained the dynamics of this) Based on my above experience and some reccommendations I heard - I had a couple of 7' roller Dipsey rods made up last year (made by Fish Doctor) and all I can say is WOW are they sweet rods - they handle Kings on Wire excellent and they are much easier to manuever in the smaller boat. That said I still run my 9.5 ft rods as the outside rods when I am trying to run 4 wires

here are links to Webster (Forrest Lawn beach) http://weather.weatherbug.com/NY/Webster-weather/weather-cams/local-cams.html?zcode=z6286&camera_id=WBSTR&camera_animate=1 and Sodus Point http://weather.weatherbug.com/NY/Sodus%20Point-weather/weather-cams/local-cams.html

I used the traxteck mounts desigend to allow you to mount a track on top of them ( they were about $35 a pair and needed 4 per side to mount 2 foot of track) - they work great . I am running a Cannon mag 5 and a couple of Berts rachet holders in each track Segar marine also has a new mount that fits the sport trcks and allows a DR to be mounted directly to the plate - it does have a limit of a 2 foot boom DR