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  1. skipper19
    I run a 45 lb 400 and 32 lb 600 and 45 lb 100. The two long go out the outriggers at any length (marked every 100) and the 45/100 goes stacked 25 feet above the ball on the center down rigger. Like Paul said they run at different sink rate and separate on their own plane. Short coppers are more fun indeed and for kids and women who are not into using "farm equipment" lol! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    20 to 25 ft flouro for me. No problem. cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Did ya put them back down? Might need those two for the tournament!...oops...shhh..forgot YANKEE. .might see this...pm me with gps! ROFL..hahaha ha ha! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Yeah buddy!..that's the typical Haywire Kooter fishing party...fun fun fun!..nice fishing men! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Looks better than this waffle house platter I'm chowing. ..very nice! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Yup..that's a good option..engines are new right down to the decals and paint. Only thing old is the model...no big deal. I like the 2002 yamaha OX 66 for less than 7 grand. I have one and it is a reliable power house 2 stroke! Not fussy on oil can use 17 dollar cabelas or penzoil instead of 38 dollar yamaha oil....I didn't think yamaha owned any refineries anyway..so..what the heck!. cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Way to go men! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    That's the beauty of having twins and one runs bad you can swap some things and see any difference. I would try that seafoam shock. It does a lot of good for the fuel system without the need to dismantle everthing. Afterwards it might run much better. cent frum my notso smart fone
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    10 g should be a good down payment on a new motor. If i was gonna repower mine it would be new and that f200 from yamaha looks nice with 4 cylinder and a digital throttle. Nice to have a warranty for peace of mind too. I know payments are a decision but if the boat is payed for and you like it the way it is set up, a new motor make you fall in love with your old boat all over again. After all it is the engine that makes it a sportfishing boat that you can rely on. Everything else is much more manageable as far as equipment goes. I hate when the motor won't run. Then there is no fishing at all on that boat. A used motor I'd be worried about the reason it's traded. Hope you find a solution to get your ride back on the water reliably. .. Mark cent frum my notso smart fone
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    I'm not real familiar with the mercs, but on a yamaha there is a component that is consistent with almost all efi engines and that is the Vapor Separation Tank and the related fine screen filter and high pressure fuel pump that are housed inside it. One other component is the oxygen sensor, but I believe your engine does NOT have that..not sure though. A pressure Guage on the fuel rail will reveal injector feed pressures. The pressure should remain same throughout engine rpm and increase. If it decreased the pump may be on its way out....but not necessarily. The VST does what it's name implies. ..separate vapor from fuel to keep the pump from starving of liquid fuel. It does this by the fine screen inside the tank. If the fuel pressure drops your going to go inside the tank anyway but before you take out the pump check the screen for white film and debris. All this is not as intimidating as it sounds If you have a manual and some mechanical finesse. It does require a spaghetti o ring seal to replace in the tank and care to get it back in without pinching it. The pump is not cheap. The Yamaha runs about 340 bucks...merc probably follows that closely. Here is something that I do each year you could try. It's called a seafoam shock treatment. I assume you have the 4 stroke. But this will work on an oil injected 2 stroke like my Yammy. Find the fuel line going to the VST and unplug it somewhere in the line going to it from the fuel supply, usually after or even before an in line fuel filter on the side of the engine. Mix a full can of seafoam in a one gallon Gas can topped with non ethanol gas. Run a hose from the disconnected fuel supply going to the VST into the gas can mix. I hang the fuel can from a lenghth of electrical wire so its level on the side of the engine. Start the engine and let the mix run completely out at about 1200 rpm. After the mix runs out, let the engine sit for a couple hours and hook the fuel lines back up and start the engine and run it until it warms up and give the engine some quick throttle snaps to blow out any carbon. It will smoke white for a while but that will not hurt anything. As the mix works through the screening in the VST it will clean up the white film or debris in there. Also the combustion chambers and injectors will get a thorough cleaning. That may make all the difference in its throttle behavior next time out. If not...and you still have pressure issues, then it's time to open the VST and clean the screen. If the screen is clean then the high pressure pump is the likely problem. Marine mechanics love the VST issues so if you can do this stuff yourself you will save a few hundred or a 1000. Hope this helps...seafoam is a quick easy fix for dirty injectors and fuel sytems. Mark cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Just have to be different people I guess long as its just for the boatcent frum my notso smart fone
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    Some people have to work on Friday like part of my team... They are disappointed in that decision sorry.. I'll have to see.. cent frum my notso smart fone
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    ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ What he said!....I almost cried! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Just a few thousand mile posts and I'll be in!...There goes another one in the back pocket!...cha ching!..60 mph a buck a minute. .faster faster! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Nice fishing Rick! Was worth the wait for the lake to set up a bit and not spend piles of gas money out to 550 fow! You have kept everyone happy in between without a doubt! Good job all around! Mark cent frum my notso smart fone
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    It all started 40 years ago....thanks to reading Scientific Angler! And my algebra/geometry teacher...fear of failing regents LOL!cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Zombie salmon fisherman...eats salmon...still ok.. cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Nice job solo! Always fun. Tiring too! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Nice fishing Andy and son! How was the current out there today. Wednesday was crazy around the 26 line. Lots of debris and logs and plastic junk. Good to see some kings coming on. Get em while they're on the feed. The matures can be picky and the skippy will drive ya nuts! cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Not just trollers. Salmon fishermen cent frum my notso smart fone
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    I think what has inadvertently appeared here is, if there was kings in lake O.. and then none, some salmon fishermen would become zombies and eat each other. If there were never any king salmon in lake O...we would smell the 1970s lakeshore and never enjoy what is in our grasp. Unless you are very rich and have time to travel 7000 miles. I may have spent 100,000 dollars fishing the lake since 1988, but I have fished the lake and experienced the thrill since then. Saving the 100 grand till now might have me going those 7000 miles 30 years later for this chance I would have never known ... Weekend warrior Just a truck driver trolling for $ to let me fish my backyard. cent frum my notso smart fone
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    They are there! Getting them to hit is the ticket!...Great job by the young fishermanB) cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Trim the drive up..before powering. Down force in the back helps load the front up to the stantion. The prop wash goes to the surface not down to the gravel. If the ramp is washing out it is not sufficiently installed for a 6000 lb 26ft boat with a bunk trailer. If your trailer is in deep enough there should be no problem. If your trailer runs off the end of the ramp...it's not long enough. If there is no paved ramp...it is for car top or row boats. And people who have a helper and ambition to get out..wade and winch...on a warm day of course. Almost forgot, I do all this on my own a lot.. cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Sounds as if you are doing most things right!..big paddle or spin doctors Twinkie rigs are deadly. The rotation is important as you found. Sounds like you have that tuned in. Rotated and not spun on its own axis. I run them on copper mostly. Cadence of rolling is fine tuned to about 1 to 2 rolls per second at the speed of 2.4 to 2.8 gps at the side of the boat...not the back in the draft. You will only get bigger kings usually. .so it's not like a hot grabber every time you put it out..be patient and it will have your biggest salmon in the box! Mark cent frum my notso smart fone
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    Just finished the new Diawa 60 LW with 900 ft of 30 lb power pro. 600 ft of blood run 32 lb. It fits perfectly! Used Power Pro hollow ace 80 lb for knot less splices backing to copper and copper to flouro. You can find the amount of backing and copper for any given reel you want to use. Here is the formula You have to know only 1 spec for the reel. You must find the amount of 30 lb mono that will fit that reel. Most have it on the reel some place or look it up. You essentially convert linear measure into volume of the reel spool. You need to have access to data on line diameter. Backing and copper and 30 lb. Mono. I've done the data gathering on the components I have used so to make it simple for example of how to do it! 30 lb mono is .022 thousands 30 lb power pro is .011 thousands 32 lb blood run is .030 thousands. Most of us would like to have 900 feet of room for salmon to run and enough to reach the water after paying out to a board or outriggers. That is your constant base to go from. You can use less backing if preferred but it's too short in the grand scheme of things. So you find the specs first in the reel. This reel shows 450 yards 30 lb mono. How many cubic inches volume is that? Conversion requires inches linear to cubic inch volume. 450 × 36 = 16200 inches on that reel. 1 cubic inch contains how many linear inches of .022 30lb mono 1 ÷ .022 = 45.45 squared 45.45 × 45.45 = 2065.7 linear inches in 1 cubic inch. 16200 ÷ 2065.7 = 7.84 This reel has a volume capacity of 7.84 cubic inches That is your constant volume base for this reel. Another reel works the same just get the linear yard capacity of 30 lb mono of it and use the same formula. Yard capacity of 30lb. times 36 equals inches capacity 1 divided by diameter of 30lb line (.022) squared equals cubic inch capacity of that reel. Now you can enter data you want to change which is the diameter of the line you want to use. 1÷.011= 90.9 × 90.9 (squared) = 8262.8 Inches of power pro 30lb in one cu. In. 8262.8 ÷12 = 688.5 feet in one cu. In. You want 900 feet so.. 900÷688.5= 1.30 cu. In for backing. 7.84 minus 1.30 leaves 6.54 cu in for copper. Same formula 1 ÷ .030 squared = 1110.8 1110.8 ÷ 12 = 92.5 feet of copper in a cu in. 92.5 × 6.5 = 601.2 feet of copper that will fit this reel. The .04 left off in this calculation is for the leader. Reel capacity conversion 7.84 cu in Linear to cu in. Conversion for lines used 1÷.011 squared is linear inches of power pro 30 lb. in a cubic inch. Same Formula For COPPER Only USE .030 In Place of .011 Simple (475×36) ÷ (1÷.022 squared) = reel capacity cubic inches. Next..backing 1 ÷ line diameter squared = linear inches in a cubic inch. Next How many feet of backing in a cubic inch. Divide above result by 12. Now you can result up or down in cubic inch required by dividing your predetermined amount of backing in feet by the answer above. Next the 7.84 minus 1.30 is the cubic inch you HAVE left for copper. Same formula for cu in of copper as the backing. Then multiply it by the cu inches left for copper equals 601.25 feet you can put on the reel. Done...it works try it...pm me if you don't understand some of it. This works for all reels provided you have specs for the reel you are going to use in yardage of mono. cent frum my notso smart fone
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