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I haven't been on the water in 2 years but, on the Black River and in the bay they were getting right out of control, I've been boarded by the USCG, Jefferson County Sheriff DEP. Or who ever and what ever, it was so bad sometimes the same guys 2-3 times a day. Finally I had enough and said can't you see or remember well, they said don't get smart, I said this is the 3rd time you 3 clowns boarded this boat and gave me a clean bill to sail!!! then they gave me a emblem to put on each side of the boat, and from that time on I never got pulled again. I also told them one more time and I'm going to your superior and file a harassment charge, I only get up once in a while and half my day is going over the same stuff, this sucks and I have had enough of you guys, all the while they got me tide up, I saw people flying buy in a no-wake zone and all kinds of monkeys doing dumb stuff, and don't forget your lines are out they drove over our lines and got them wrapped around their props. I had to cut everything off and start over, I laughed when he tried to cut the wire rods, he was getting pissed, and I just stood their I wouldn't help the jerk!! I plan on getting up in a few weeks, so we will see what happens, because I have a new to me boat, 22ft Sea Ray cuddy I've been working on her for a year and a half, she is sweet(to me) I did a shake down run on a local lake and just doing some finals, then the trip to the Black River Camp Grounds, where we have a camper, I usually trailer out to Henderson to the public launch, or I'll put in at Trudys bait shop in Dexter to fish the river or the north shore towards Chaumont Bay. So new face on the water maybe I'll get the once over again??

Boy, have I got a boat ramp story for you!!! We were up in Canada fishing on White Fish lake, where we stayed in cabins for a week, this lake was to have small mouth yellow perch and of course Walleye, well after the first day of catching 4" perch and 6" smallies and no walleye, the lake wasn't that big we knew we've been taken by the French once again So we decided to see if we could get on the Gatineau river that's supposed to be good for walleye, we found a ramp to the river, but it went down hard and was full of sand, we had 3 trucks/trailer/boats, 2 trucks were 4wheel drive 1 wasn't. I locked my truck in 4wd and of course go first, no problem 2nd 4wd my buddy backs down no problem, but we both slid a little, so I said to my uncle, lets unload my boat and trailer and I'll back your boat down, well his fishing buddy, stubborn old dutch man said to me so nasty (we don't got to go through all that horse sh\t I'll guide you back just get it down here) he says this to my uncle, and he was leery of doing it also, so down they come Clark giving Dave hand signs left/right when all of a sudden the whole shi//en works take off down the hill gaining speed backwards Dave just can't control the whole rig and Clark 80 some years old can't get out of the way fast enough gets pinned between the concrete wall, which was on the left and the boat and trailer, truck, trailer is jack knifed in the middle of the ramp, a piece of angle iron is through Clarks leg and the boat, transom corner is in his chest, and he can't breath, bleeding like hell, Dave can't move the truck away from the wall to get Clark out. So I unhook my trailer and hook on Dave's truck and slowly pull the whole mess away and the guys grab Clark and tie a tourniquet around his leg, and take him to the nearest hospital 50 miles away, around 1oclock in the morning they return with Clark. No broken bones, just stitches were the angle went threw and bruised chest bones, hand full of pain pills and we fished the rest of the week. What a trip

Thanks guys, I found it, must be all these pain pills from my crash of the second story of my house, I was pressure washing it and the extension ladder took off and I decided to ride it out, jumping to the right or left would have been worse than ridding the storm out, so we smashed down against the airco. box where my legs went through the rungs of the ladder and bent the wrong way Ouch, then the recoil of the ladder hitting the airco, catapulted me backwards, where I laid till the wife and kids got to me, I must have been out, because I don't remember anything after the ladder hit the airco pump. So here I sit with 2 screwed up legs, and pain beyond your wildest dreams!!! till next time tight lines to all. PAP.

How do you get the smiley faces and other funny things, like the beer can, thumbs up ect. to come up and put into the post, I used to have that option but I lost it how and where to find them. Is it under post options emoticons? Any help would be great thanks PAP.

Great job Rick, I know all to well about jetting skunked in the ocean, never again!!! out there your just a number if you don't get anything it sucks to be you, that's their attitude where charter captains on the great lakes care about their clients!! We went to western lake Erie and took a charter the first day we were out and killed the walleye, back in at 11am with a 6 man ticket, learned a ton of info, and the next few days took our own boats out and did rather well. I would recommend taking a charter just for the knowledge of the area and what type of presentation is working, it's worth every penny!! I'm sure you put a different thought in those folks mind about fishing the BigO verses the salt water!! Well done PAP

Sorry to hear about such a tragedy on a special day, heart goes out to the family and close friends. PAP

That's funny you asked that question, I was just talking about that last night also, I would think that what ever is legal for the street should be legal for a boat(that's my thought maybe not the law) I do know that some tint is to dark for the law. Maybe some well seasoned boat owners, will chime in with what's the law. PAP.

. Is your boat I/O or outboard, all main grounds come from neg. side of battery to engine block,check the neg cable for corrosion and the terminals for the same and the the connections for tightness,are you. Using the same battery for troller and starting? Where are you getting the ground and power from, the fuse panel, or did you run new leads from a different power source?

Thanks guys, I have a feeling it's not going to be good. The doctors said if it's just badly sprained I should be able to put weight on it by Sunday, well that's not the case, not even close!! We will see what the MRI says and go from there. Keep the fishing reports coming, it seems like some guys are doing rather well, so keep the trend going!!!!! PAP

WOW, man you are one lucky guy, best of luck to a speedy recovery, don't worry there will always be kings just begging to get hooked by YOU!!! Get well and take care of your self. I'm stiiing on the couch with my leg in a cast, waiting for Monday, to get a MRI on my knee. I fell of a ladder pressure washing the 2nd story of my house, I don't remember anything, but my wife and twin girls screaming are you alright!!!! So when I got my bearings together, I didn't need to call 911 but I really screwed my knee up, I don't have any broken bones but they don't want me to move my leg till the get the MRI results, my pain is very intense, I had back surgery 2 years ago I'm soooo glad I didn't screw that up again. Like one posted, these reports are really nice to read when you can't be out there with the boys, I consider my self lucky also. Keep us guys out of commission, in tune with what's going on,Thanks PAP.

I have tried this idea with pretty good success, I attach a 4# down rigger ball with a 2 foot 30# wire leader to my main 12# rigger (I use the pancake style) ball, that way I can keep my main ball 2 foot off the bottom and my rigs out of the clam shells and the mud, while creating the smoke to fly with the 4# ball and if I get snagged it's only a small ball that gets lost while the 30# leader snaps way before the rigger cable, so you don't lose everything. Works for me, If someone has a better idea, I would like to hear your way of doing things. Thanks pap.

Chase hit the nail right on the head, with that year motor you MUST run a lead additive, like he said the lead acts like a cushion between the valve seat and the valve head, and all the other components like the valve springs and the keepers, and the rings in the cylinders, they are made of cast and need the lead for lubrication, I have a 1983 Sea Ray that I rebuilt the entire engine, but used the same valves and heads, they were fueley 202 heads, big intake and exhaust valves and they also ran leaded fuel in this motor, I also used cast rings for a quicker seat time which also require lead for a lubricant, this type fuel makes more low end torque and horsepower, the lead additive I use I buy at Advance Auto, it's cheap compared to using the newer heads just to run unleaded gas, the modern heads just don't make horse power like the old stuff. I also bored the cylinders 30 over so my engine displacement is 355 cubic inches and with the cam I put in it trolls right down to 1.8 mph without using sea bags or a troll plate using 89 octane fuel with the lead additive, works sweet!!

Jimski2 is absolutely correct, Your Bat. completely charged up should read 12.5 volts and the Alt. should be at minimal should be 13.8 to 14.2, This is a marine application, street apps. 14.2 - 14.8, the reason they run a marine at 13.8 is under NORMAL conditions is to keep the battery from over charging, with long period of time running with min. load to battery. Now once you add all the electronics and down riggers ect, the load you are putting on the battery the ALT, regulator will sense and it will put out more amps. and with more amps comes more voltage, this is normal. If you ever had a machine with a amp gauge when you run the starter it will show a negative swing in the gauge, when motor starts it shows a big swing to the charge side and as it runs it comes back to just about the center, just a tad to the positive side of the gauge, the alt. is doing the same game, just showing it in volts. All gauges are insulated so the only way you would have a draw coming from the metal plate is a leaky ground on one of the gauges, possible, but I would lean towards human error, a hot wire touching a ground just enough to effect the Instrument panel and not blow a fuse or breaker. Take the hot wire off each gauge one at a time to see if problem goes away, if nothing changes return the hot wire and go to the next gauge, so on then repeat same steps with the ground wires, if that doesn't cure the problem, then the problem lies somewhere else. Hope this helps F&F Starter & Alt. Owned & Operated by PAP.

Holy crap, I don't think I ever saw sooooo many spoons in one place owned by 1 person. If you decide to split it up, I would like the LAKER stuff!!!Please pm me when you decide to do it, I hope for you sake that it sells all in one shot, but if it doesn't, let's talk. PAP.

I used a 15 horse Johnson for years 2 stroke on a 18ft Troller that worked great, I still have it and it's going on my new to me 22ft Sea Ray cuddy it's a long shaft and I never had a problem with it. It brought me in to dock one time when I lost 2 cylinders on my 90 Evinrude all the way from the back of Galloo to Henderson Harbor in 3fters, I was never so happy to see the break walls at the mouth of Henderson, we ran the 2 cylinders on the main engine and the 15 horse Evinrude wide open to keep the bow up, I wouldn't be on lake O' without a backup motor!! It wasn't bad because both engines were 2 strokers. I always ran Amsoil smokeless oil it cost a little more, but you weren't chocked to death with fumes.