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I have a 2012 Tohatsu 6hp 4 stroke kicker that is in need of some attention. It only wants to run for a minute or two before stalling out. It is hard to start and seems to have that "lean sneeze" backfire/smoke through the air intake when it stalls. I have gone through a bunch of steps in trying to fix the issue, including: - soak carb in cleaner overnight, disassemble and clean out all jets and passageways with compressed air - check oil level in crankcase(it was fine) - replace fuel pump - try running on both a remote 6 gallon tank and the fuel line connected to the main tank of the boat(yes with 1-way check valve, etc) - replaced female fuel connector on both 6 gal and main tank lines - run motor in test tank with a can of Seafoam mixed in 3 gallons of gas. This definitely seemed to help, I actually thought I had it fixed, but I took it out on the lake for a test run and it was doing the same thing... So now I am looking for a place local to Rochester where I can have an outboard mechanic take a look at it. TIA!

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Another beautiful Sunday, fishing with my son on Father's Day. Went 7 for 11 this morning, all kings, mostly on the Mountain Dew spin doctor and green fly off the dipsey diver. About 75-80 ft down, but over much deeper water than last week. We caught all our fish between 225 and 400 FOW today, mostly north/south troll between Webster Park and Hedges. Did pick up a couple of good eaters on the wonder bread and ladder back mixed veggie NK28 spoons off the downriggers, but all 3 of our 10+ pounders were on the dipseys. We're not doing too bad for not running any copper or meat rigs! Lake is warming up, and the fleas are out now...The fish seemed to like it faster today, 2.8 at the ball was the speed to be at...

Thanks! That's really nice to hear! He is definitely the reason we are successful on the lake! I just drive the boat LOL!!

Nice that you were getting hits in the shallower water, we couldn't buy a bite until 140-150. I usually run NK28's, but I have a few stingers as well...Got the laker on a spin doctor fly rig, the gamblers and cowbells with peanuts don't come out for us until we've been skunked for 4 hrs plus LOL...

Beautiful morning, overcast with a nice breeze. Went northeast 80' to 200', then on a general north/south troll, never got much farther east than Hedges...Went 6 for 8 including a nice 20lb+ king with a whole family of lamprey hanging on, and a nice Coho that came home with us! We had a hot hour after the rain moved through, was slow before and after that. The rigger bite was the best, with a fish on all 4 of our rigger lines. 2 on carbon black, 1 on wonder bread and 1 on mixed veggies. The other 2 were on spin doctor/flies off the dipseys at 75 ft down. Mostly green patterns. There's a ton of fish showing at about 100' but they were not biting for us...All our hits and fish were between 140 and 200 FOW.

We fished Sodus last week too, did pretty well. Beheaded a few lampreys as well...The Carbon 14 spoon off the riggers was our best producer...

I checked into it, unfortunately I would need a VIN # to register in Maine. I have searched all over this trailer, no VIN # anywhere...

I see you did yours in 2010. I have heard it was literally as easy as you said back then. Something changed about 5-6 years ago, now they want you to get the weight slip 1st, then go to DMV with the slip, that form you showed plus a couple more, and receipts for the parts/pieces you used to build the trailer. I am not sure why the rules changed, except it's NY...Go figure!

Yeah that's a little easier and more straightforward than the NYS process. I have to get the trailer weighed, get an official weight slip, then fill out a reg form and a homemade trailer form, and a sales tax/use form and take all that plus my receipts for what I spent building the trailer to the NY DMV and hope that it is all ok with them. I have spent about $400 total in parts to get it up to snuff, so hopefully they just accept it and register it as homemade....

Looking for advice from anyone who has registered a boat trailer recently that didn't have a previous registration, and also no VIN stickered or stamped on the frame. I bought an older used trailer a few years ago knowing the PO didn't have the reg, and used it for a smaller 14' aluminum boat, just ran it with the plate and NYSI from my 17' boat trailer as needed. Now I am fixing up the trailer to sell as a package with the 14' boat and outboard, and I want to be able to offer it with a valid registration. I know I need to go to the CAT weight scale near me and get a certified weight slip, but the DMV info I am looking at says to be registered as "homemade" I need to supply receipts for the parts I used to build it. I have bought a few things like spray paint and replacement axle seals, but that's about it. How strict is that rule at the DMV in order to get the trailer registered? Thanks, Mike

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Beautiful Sunday morning to troll, took my nephew out for the 1st time. It is surprising how much the water temp changes with a south wind, we started in 85 FOW but didn't find that 44-48 degree water until we were out in 150 FOW or more! We went 2 for 4, with a nice eating size king and a beautiful spring steelhead. I think its safe to say my nephew is hooked now... Brody catch steelhead.mov

I had the same issue last summer, 03.8 for temp on my X4D probe. It was out of warranty by 6 months, but I sent it in to Fish Hawk (Grayden Electronics is the actual name of the company I believe) and they said it couldn't be fixed, but they did offer me a sizable discount on a new probe. They also sent me back the old probe so if the new one craps out, at least I will have speed and depth...Although temp is really key variable I am looking for. I had a lengthy email exchange with Trevor, he did say there will be a new revision to the probe due out sometime this year to hopefully address the thermistor failure issues. He wasn't sure when exactly, but at least that tells me they are working on the problem. Overall I was really pleased with their customer service, but I was disappointed the thermistor crapped out after only 2 seasons of use...

I didn't hear back from you, if you still have it let me know, I am interested in buying it.

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Sorry just seeing this. Where are you located?

Webster NY

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