muskiedreams

Clarity was typical.

Fished 10:30 am til dark. One hr break to swim. No muskies, 2 lmb. Surface temp. went from 77 to 80 by the end of the day.

I have a 1995 Evinrude 15 hp 4 stroke kicker, pull start, model 15DL. Not getting spark. I wish I clould get a look at a svc. manual for ignition system test procedures. Does anyone have access to a manual? There are basicly only 3 components to the ignition system: stator to a module to ignition coil. The only other components in the system are the kill switch and an oil pressire sensor which both connect to the module. The stator has 4 wires. Between the two orange wires, I get a reading of about 85 ohms. I don't get any Ohms reading from the brown or the brown/yellow wire to any of the other wires. It seems like I should read something on them but I would like to know for sure. There is a single wire from the module to the coil which supplies the two spark plugs. When I connect a digital voltmeter to it and pull the rope I don't get any reading at all. Not even a digit flicker. Can anyone give me any insight or know of another forum where I can get some help or download a service manual?

Heron 1961, The reason I asked is because I know a couple of guys in the NMA who have caught the bug to catch musky on flies. They have raised a fish or three but have yet to hook up but they are bound and determined to succede. They even have somewhat of a fan club rooting for their success.

Welcome to the forum. I noticed you are into fly fishing. Do you fly fish for musky on Chautauqua?

Good luck to everyone fishing the tournament tomorrow. It looks like sunscreen will come in handy. :whew: and maybe and a might hit the spot afterward.

There is no tournament on Waneta in July. Chapter 69 is going to have an informal outing on July 12th. It is just a get together and fish. Maybe we will raft up for lunch. Are you a member?

From what I have heard, there is always a bass tournament on opening day that starts at 7am and therigs are parked all the way up and down the road. So you might want to get there at least an hour earlier than that. I have a friend that will let us park at his house on the lake so we just have to do a pick up at the dock.

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Dshart, You must live close to me. From here, the Upper Niagara River and Waneta lake are about the same distance and driving time. About 1.5 hours to launch. So if you want to fish for purebred muskies those are your best bets unless you want to go further to Chautauqua. Conesus is close and good for pike but tigers are far and few between. Otisco is better for Tigers but it is a slightly longer distance than Waneta or the Niagara. For each location there are different tactics, baits etc. that will put fish in your net. Also, please be prepared to release them carefully to minimize trauma to them. See the catch and release discussion at the top of this forum catagory.

I am only going to have a little less than $6k to work with. Just doing some checking on Ford F150s and Chevy 1500s on the Kelley Blue Book site, they are valued about $1500 to $2000 more than that. So it might be tough to go that way with the amount I have to work with. rbonnell, How big or heavy is your boat? What is the drive train in the truck and does it have a towing package? How has the reliabilty and repair costs been.

I talked to someone who lives on Waneta on Sat and he said the water level is high, about 1.5 to 2 ft. I don't know about clarity but Waneta is usally a bit cloudy anyway. It is hard to say what it will be like this weekend with the rain going through tonight, but at least there won't be any more rain until possibly Saturday. That might give it a chance to settle down a little.

I had a GMC Safari before the Trailblazer EXT and it lost oil pressure and blew the engine shortly after I had head gasget replaced. They probably dropped some crap in the enging that siezed the oil pump. Had an Astro before that, that got totaled. They weren't as good for towing. Were barely adequate clinbing hills and the brakes were scary going downhill. Service was expensive because of the tight engine compartment. I did like being able to walk through to the back to launch. The front hubs on the Trailblazer had to be replaced aroung 50k and at a little over 100k, I had to replace one again recently and the other was starting to get noisy. Also had to replace the transfer case. transmission cooler, water pump, transmission lines and exhaust manifold. The thermostat was a bear to replace because it is mounted in a tough place to get to. Does anyone know of any other forums that talk about tow vehicles?

My 2003 Extended Trailblazer just got destroyed last night in an accident. I'm ok but my neck is a little sore. It was someone else's fault so I hope to get resolution and find a replacement soon. I will not be able to spend any more than what I get from insurance. The trailblaze performed well for towing except the parking brake (even with new parts did not hold very well at the ramp). Had to rely mostly on the parking gear. It got about 12 to 13 mph while towing boat (about 2000 lb). Best mileage I ever recorded was about 17 on highway trip not towing. The 4 wheel disk brakes worked very well on hills (no trailer brakes) and there was plenty of power for hill climbing as well with the inline 6 cylinder engine. I did have quite a few major mechanical repairs. By the way, the air bag did not deploy with hard frontend hit at 40 to 45 mph. Any recomendations or experiences on various tow vehicles that might fall into the price range I will be looking for, will be apreciated. I am looking to weigh various pros, cons and tradeoffs in regard to towing perforance, reliability, mileage, SUV vs Pickup, etc. It sucks that this happened just before the opener. But I am greatful that I escaped any major injury and the people in the other two vehicles did as well.