JAYRFRED

Be careful with Sears products; in their financial position, good chance they will be gone in 6 months!

How much?

Since I used to work for Honda, I can suggest that you ask your dealer who the local zone rep is. He visits all the local dealers and knows the good techs and the good dealers. Explain your situation and ask for a recommendation on a good dealer and tech. If your dealer will not give you the zone reps name, pursue his name through Honda or another dealer. Honda is a good company: some dealers, maybe not so much. good luck, Jay

Menards has excellent pricing on Exide batteries! Great batteries with super warranties. And they are approved by NASCAR! Not sure what that would mean to fisherman?????????

The majority of my J-plugs I run only one treble hook and tie a harness with Power Pro so it is right at the tip of the plug. On the bottom side I use a split ring on the end of a all chain to keep the hook harness from pulling up through the plug. On the top of the ball chain I tie an 18" piece of 50 lb fluorocarbon so the plug can slide up and away from the hooks when a fish bites. Works great.

check your PM Jay

The QJ carb is an excellent carb if kept in good condition. I have rebuilt many of these over the years and one issue I continually run into is the body well plugs on the bottom plate seeping. Every QJ rebuild that has these plugs gets a coat of epoxy before assembly on to eliminate that issue.

Some of those reels you mention, have decent drags from the factory. I would suggest disassembling all of the drags, cleaning, (I use brake clean) sanding the discs (fiber and steel) on a flat surface (kitchen counter works great when no one is looking) with fine sandpaper and reassembling them. I like my drags dry, but I know many fisherman that like to put Cals lube on them. I have found that some reels come from the factory with grease on the drag washers that thickens with time an causes inconsistent performance. If you have any questions, give Paulie a call at Tuna Tom's. He is always willing to give advice. Jay

Ande makes an excellent product. I use Seaguar fluorocarbon for my leaders. I believe it to be well worth the money for a more stealth presentation, especially for steelhead trolling. Some Lake Michigan charter captains claim 50% more strikes with fluorocarbon leaders. Jay

lost a lure thank you Jay

lost a lure No. I do not have the hydraulic pump manual. Did not know there was such a publication Jay

Unreel, I looked at the manual in the box, and it seemed like the directions were a bit weak. Did you have any problem getting the installation completed with the documentation provided? Hooking up the wiring did not seem to difficult, but the hydraulics section seemed to be quite vague. Jay

RAYMARINE AUTO PILOT Is anyone using a Raymarine autopilot EV 100? I am looking for opinions on the performance thank you Jay

FOR SALE One pair BJ swivel bases ( 8 POSITION) Excellant condition $140.00 to your door in 48 states. Thanks for looking. Jay "we sell no junk"

Last two lots sold, pending payment

Too bad for you!

Only two lots left. Take em all for $22.00 delivered to your door in GLS,s

I am looking for a good used floating marine hand held radio. Please PM me if you have something thanks, Jay

Anything made by BJ should be fine for a dipseys. I have never seen anything plastic from them

MadFisher I will send you a PM thanks Jay