HB2

I could buy the best golf clubs made and Tiger woods could beat me with bat and a shovel . I have learned my rods ,reels , ,baits ,boats etc are tools to catch fish. And cheap tools in a master craftsmans hands will have better results than the best stuff with someone that does not know what they are doing . I wanted to build a 10 ft skein rod . Priced it and it was like 190$ went to Dicks and got a Wright Magill for 50$ and it's perfect . And here comes the big BUT.... If I had all the time and money in the world , I would give all my rods away and build all new. That would amount to probably 50 rods .

If that motor has 3 carbs like my old 55 Johnson it could be a few issues The rich / lean screws are in to far and it won't switch over from the adjustable low speed to the non adjustable high speed. Or clogged jets . Mightily be running on one cylinder because of a carburetor Bad coil. or spark amplifier . But if it was,running good before you got new gas , I would say fuel or carbs . But what do I know ?

You may not get exactly what you want . I have spent a lot of time and money on some Duds .

I have built about 40 rods in my lifetime Many 35 years ago . You could not get good light line steelhead drift rods . Now you can get anything you want . I keep saying I'm going to do another but I go to the store and can get a decent rod for 1/4 of the price . For bass / pike the rods of today are far superior to what use to be .The rod we spent 75$ for back then We can buy for 20$ Fly rods have come light years. you can get a good rod for 100$ I feel I'm a good enough fisherman that I don't need the best . In fact I get a lot of satisfaction catching fish on a rod I got off the sale rack for 9$ . But I had fun building and still using some .

My buddy blew a tire and side swiped a telephone pole on the way back from the mountains and totaled his boat . So we are looking for a 16 to 18 ft aluminum project boat only as he has a motor and trailer . He doesn't have a lot of Money to spend . THANKS !

Fresh back from 4 days at my happy place in the mountains . Great weather but it rained hard twice . Fishing was good but not great. Nice bass but only a few pike . 3 And 4 " Senco style black and green pumpkin were good but a 4 " Hula grub was,best . Pike took #5 mepps gold or black fury black bucktail . We ate well and drank a lot of beer . Good times,with my bestus friends . On the way home my friend had a,blow out on his trailer on a curve and side swiped a telephone pole with the boat and totaled it,. I saw it in my rear view,mirror and it could have been real bad . So we,are looking for an older aluminium 16 to 18 ft project boat only .

No need to get nasty about it . You will know pretty soon . Hopefully by spring . I know I'm and A... hole . I'm actually kind of proud of it .

Who wants to know what my best was?

I have had water get into 3 Min Kota motors . I fixed one myself , the other I brought to South bay which cost me 175$ and did the same thing 2 month later , so I fixed that my self . Not hard to fix . Pull the prop and carefully take out the 2 long bolts . Pull the case apart and if it has water . Spray with WD And PB blaster . And blow out with compressed air blow gun Check the brushes . You can get rebuild kit on line . I put some silicone on the O ring before I put it back together . Works great . It's a very common problem .

I believe to many guys get bogged down in the details of this and fishing in general . When I concentrated on fishing instead of everything else , I started doing way better in all types of fishing .

My goal is to by next spring have a high quality version available to you guys and maybe make a few bucks to justify my fishing addiction in my retirement . My vision is to change what we use to catch these fish . Or more importantly to me , to change the game . Kind of like NK and Pirates did . I came up with something that really works and hope to have it available to help put more fish in the boat for you all. I would think you guys would appreciate that .

3 dipsys 50$ 6 ball bearing swivels 8$ 3 flashers ( 2 the exact same white pro troll .) 40$ 3 of my rigs priceless 2 snubers 8$ And 50$ worth of wire going in the trash. The second Time it happened I said no more but I reconsidered. Then it happened again . So I'm.throwing it out so I won't be tempted . No more

I can tell you this . It is the hottest new Bait for King Salmon on Lake Ontario now IMO . It's pretty much all I use now . I would not want to be without it . And that's the truth . And hopefully by next spring if things go well .........

I'm hard on equipment And I'm probably not as diligent at checking it after every fish as I should . . So I'm back to all braid . Used it forever with 0 issues . I really don't see the difference .I catch just as many on it .

3 break offs in 2 years . 1 I kind of knew of the kink but I didn't think it was that bad . 2 broke when I popped it to change the lure . I didn't do anything extreme . It is Mason 7 strand 30# I'm back to braid . Never had an issue . And I catch just as many .

Ball was going down and it was just gone . Sometimes the cable crosses over on the spool . The cannon riggers are so fast I think when it hit that it jumped and snapped the cable . Why do the riggers of today have to be so fast ? People have no patience .

Did the afternoon run with Ken and Brandon . Ran out to 200 and headed north . After losing the probe and weight 5 minutes in , we trudged on . Anyway , we were 3 for 7 hits . 3 kings , one skip. Gary D rigs w/ white flashers on dipsey At 150 and 189 were the ticket taking 5 of the 7 hits . Ended the night with a double . I dropped two nice fish . Awesome night on the water . Nice to go on someone else's boat and be successful on my rig

I have used a lot of different hooks and my favorite are eagle claw 374 for the money . I keep coming back to them . Fish get off , that's the way it is , there is no explaining it other than maybe thay aren't taking it good and are nipping at it. Some days you loose a lot ,some days you don't loose any . That's why it called fishing

I really landed on my feet when my cottage fell in my lap there . Everything I could ask for .

I fished Sunday , did well on kings ,, and marked very few fish . You don't have to mark them to catch them . Especially this time of year . You should always fish like the fish are there .

Hamlin Sandy