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When I first started with line counters, my first reels were Cabela's the the older ones called Depthmaster1 I used those reels for 3 years and the counter went haywire then I bought the Depthmaster II the drags used to stick with the first use of the day, all you had to do was pull on the line to like get the drags smooth then they would work good the rest of the day, well one morning I lost a nice eye to this dumbness, and I saw this guy mentioned on here so I called Tom up and he said send them they are the same as some other bigger named reel company, I forget which brand they were. I got them back within 2 weeks that was 6 reels and it was less than a $100.00 I couldn't believe it, that was reasonable. Now they work as good if not better than my original Diawa Sealine's, maybe that's not saying much but they work good enough for me. I also sent a Mitchell TideWater, this goofy reel works so smooth but it reads in meters, when the number 1 comes up its over a 3ft of line out, I called him up and asked, could you put the yard gears in it which was good, but the guy on the end needs to be able to count in 3's like 1,2,3=3,6,9ft I have nothing bad to say, swift turn around, reasonable, nice to talk to. Tuna Tom's the man for me anyway!!! He made my junk work good enough for me, now I can set divers just to the point they don't creep out on their own.

Mercruiser has a prop size calculator on line, the prop your running is what I'm running, but I have a 22fter with a 350 Mercruiser that was rebuilt by my uncle as he has a speed shop, that specializes in dirt modified race cars my motor is bored .30 over which makes it a 355ci, with very good heads and a 260hp marine cam. With a 500cfm Holley "2" barrel carburetor, I did this so I could use the original intake, to keep my linkage " shift & throttle " the same. I had a 21" prop on that prop I couldn't get on plane for a long time. Then I tried a 15"x15" she jomped out of the water but I was pushing 4800rpm at 23mph. Then I tried a 17x15 which works the best for me, it still stood up in the front but got on plane quick and at 3500rpm which seems where everything works the best I get 28-30 mph. I also added trim tabs to cure my hole shots now the nose stays down and I gained a few mph's. The tabs were one of the best things I put on the boat!! So a 17"X 15" did the best for me, my boat is heavy.

I see that your into cut & paste could this possibly be you, the nice brownie pic that guy looks different than this guy. Just wondering???

I agree, I would like to see it for myself just to experience the illusion!!!

It definitely a illusion, I saw a show on this once before. If you set up a transit and shoot the grade it will show you it's a illusion and the grade is actually the opposite direction. But yet your mind swears your going Down hill when actually the landscape is the opposite. There's no way in hell a car or any other object will roll up hill. This has played on the mindset of many folks that would lose a weeks paycheck to say it's downhill!!.