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  1. guffins fisherman
    When winterizing a Merc 5.7 IO, is it best to change the engine oil in fall prior to winter lay-up, or in spring prior to first splash? At first, I thought fall so as to have fresh, clean oil in there for the winter. Then I thought it best to change it out in the spring so as to drain out condensation that may have formed during the winter temp. fluctuations. Any thoughts?
  2. guffins fisherman
    At the risk of splitting hairs, I said raise the switch, not the pump. Quite often they are separate units. A check valve could work too. Never tried.
  3. guffins fisherman
    The pic to go with my previous post.
  4. guffins fisherman
    Myself, my 9 year old, my year old lab and a buddy hit a marshy creek in eastern LO on Sunday. Not a ton of birds, but still had fun. Ended up with one drake Mallard, a drake Woodie and a pair of Ringnecks.
  5. guffins fisherman
    Where you located?
  6. guffins fisherman
    Elevate your float switch an inch or so. You will have a little more water in your bilge, but it will most likely make room for the backflow out of your discharge hose.
  7. guffins fisherman
    That is Ontario.
  8. guffins fisherman
    Yea buddy.
  9. guffins fisherman
    You have a PM.
  10. guffins fisherman
    I run both the walleye boards and the tx-22's. The info on the Blood run tackle website is really good and spot on. The walleye boards are really flexible as to their use, while the tx-22's excel in other uses. For instance, like everyone else has said, you can adjust the weight on the walleye boards according to what kind of weight or line is behind them. Whereas the tx-22's excel in really slow applications such as spring walleye due to the fact that they float upright and are very light acting on the line. For example, just the other day I was running long leads(260-200) with 30lb mono trolling deep choppy water for walleye. The walleye boards with the weight forward ran perfectly, while the tx-22's were having trouble getting out to the side of the boat.
  11. guffins fisherman
    You have a PM
  12. guffins fisherman
    Gotta love it when fishing is a win-win, and all parties are happy.
  13. guffins fisherman
    Due to adding 4' and doubling the HP on my boat, I am selling my trolling bags in order to upsize them as well. They are 33" across sitting flat, and probably about 22" across full of water. For reference, they took my 21' Trophy/125 Merc down to 1.5 MPH SOG at just above idle. I am asking $40 each, very minimal sun fading is the only wear I can see. Pick up in Watertown area, or ship at your cost. Matt
  14. guffins fisherman
    X2 on the bags. Nobody wants buckets banging off the side of their hull, nor do you want them or their wire handles anywhere near your prop. I run mine the same way the others stated, 2/3 down the side of the boat. Attach them to your bow cleat, or to your spring cleat. Run a tagline to keep them at the side or just under, and to retrieve them and off you go. Off the back is a BAD idea. Tangles with your fishing gear, tangles with your prop are inevitable.
  15. guffins fisherman
    I searched and searched for the same boat, but I knew they would all have the "doghouse." That layout is hard to come by but there are a few out there. I just bought a Proline, tried to look at a Pursuit and had the one listed below as my third option. A bit out of your age range, but no too far: http://watertown.craigslist.org/boa/5113393267.html
  16. guffins fisherman
    I have emailed the CL posting below twice with no reply. I am interested in looking at it, and fast. If anyone has any info, or contact info they are willing to share, it would be appreciated. http://syracuse.craigslist.org/boa/5088656660.html
  17. guffins fisherman
    I saw a boat once where they cut off one end of a full-width swim platform. They remounted the bracket that holds it up, they cut off enough to make room for the kicker to be mounted conventionally, and still had room for the cooler, etc. It may be a radical idea, but it might just work. Just a thought.
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    Put a tag line on it, and hook it to your stern cleat.
  19. guffins fisherman
    Took forever to bring in. We thought huge northern, muskie or laker until it surfaced and gave up. Kept running. Fun fight.
  20. guffins fisherman
    We fished outside the isthmus and near the green can outside Chaumont Bay on 7/6. No 'eyes, but did drag up this beast.
  21. guffins fisherman
    I have a place in Guffins bay. The water is up for sure. It started out so low that everyone thought that was the starting point for the year. It looks more average for like May time, right now, to me.
  22. guffins fisherman
    Apocalyptic rain, that is.
  23. guffins fisherman
    We got a hell of a storm system and apocalyptic this AM. Some say it rained like crazy all night in some places. Suns out now though.
  24. guffins fisherman
    We did one SMB, a sheepy and one perch today. Pretty slow.
  25. guffins fisherman
    What do you figure you want for it?
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