fishinwrench

You've dragged your feet too long I'm afraid. Those boys are booked solid until well after the best bite window.

Depends on where you're guiding, I suppose. The boys around here are making 400-600 a day, plus tips. And not burning much gas. A few have already paid off their loans for the entire year by Livescoping Spoonbill.

If you're bass fishing, a #1 or #2 hook usually results in a fish hooking itself....at least partially....which makes strike detection alot easier on a crawdad fly. Of course that's with standard hooks and dumbbell eyes. Not sure about using jigheads.

Cool !

What all are you going to be selling? We'll have to stop by. 👍

Everybody has their price.

From what we've seen from you lately....you could be doing guide trips. 👍

Damaged props are INSURANCE CLAIMS so I just replace them. I've not worked with Cool Breeze personally, but I've never heard or been told anything negative. To my knowledge they are the ONLY prop shop we have here at Lake O.

Cool rig 👍

Way cool. Sounds like he had a full life👍 Sad nonetheless 😢

That explains it👍. He only sensors me when he is drinking. 😎

I have a fresh powerhead for that one. Does he have the title?

It has never been so easy/friendly to make money on your own. Relying solely on some company to make your living is a bigger gamble than camping out at a crap-table.

2024 Boat production is at a standstill. There aren't enough outboards available to power them. Boats are outlasting today's 4-stroke outboards at a rate of 3/1, so for every boat produced there needs to be 3 outboards available before the warranty expires. Boats are lasting longer.....but motors are not. So yes, when you buy a new 2024 Outboard motor..... you're actually buying 3 of them....So the company still turns a profit if you're motor is replaced twice.

Has the flow you're fishing had a good spring rise yet ? None of the rivers that I frequent have even come close to blowing out as of yet.

Why do we need PRIONS anyway ? One of you religious nutjobs needs to put in a call to the creator and pray for understanding. Which female ate the wrong thing, and caused him to add this element into our existence? 🤔 Why not just a standard bug that can be cooked away? 🙄

If you noticed on the paperwork under the broken & bent shift cam follower and shaft, that part fits 40/50/60 HP models. THAT'S WHY it is still available. When you find yourself in need of a part that ONLY fits one certain model...... that's when you run into trouble getting the needed part. And Mercury Marine is FAMOUS for that. 🙄 The 40 has a different (skinnier) driveshaft than the 50 &60..... so that's why an upper driveshaft seal & retainer is NLA. The 50 & 60 have the same driveshaft therefore a seal/retainer is AVAILABLE for those. That 40 is a Black Sheep (literally). Only produced for Johnny Morris to sell on those Trackers at a semi-reduced price. Had the gentleman upgraded to the 50 on that rig.....we wouldn't be here. 👍

The guys in Florida just make mailboxes out of their Verado's after they realize the parts they need are unavailable 🙄

I don't have a dog in this fight but I'm not eating it... No way!! Deer meat isn't that good anyway. Let's not just assume that store bought beef/pork/chicken is any HEALTHIER ! 🙄

Yep, that's the game they play 🙄 This pretty little 2016 40hp had a broken cam follower & bent shift rod because a customer attempted to replace a water pump impeller on his own, and didn't know what he was doing. (Got a little heavy handed) Was able to get a cam follower kit and new shift rod....But guess what? Driveshaft seal and retainer are NLA. NICE !!! She's holding pressure for NOW, but if it ever doesn't......I guess it's time for the scrapyard 🤷‍♂️ A lesson for the DIY types......If things don't seem to be going back together smoothly, then STOP ! STUDY ! Before cranking her on down ! 😉 That DIY water pump replacement cost him over a thousand. And that sweet looking Mercury 40 4-stroke is nothing but a $9,000.00 disposable outboard.

Nobody wants to speculate on the core reason that we have diseased deer. When any animal becomes too heavily populated then that invites disease. It isn't enough that deer are so heavily populated that automobiles are striking them daily all over the place. Their dead rotting carcasses litter the roads everywhere. Still you have MDC agents working overtime, spending big bucks on fuel, and wearing out trucks investigating potential "poaching". God forbid anyone kill a deer without the proper tag ! 🙄 All the while it is obvious that a BUNCH of these bastards need to be killed off.

No kidding! I don't even wanna know......

You mean "Hoping For" ? Right? 😉 I don't bother voting. Anybody that trusts that the voting process is genuine.....is delusional. "Let's trust a society that we've been spoon feeding false & incomplete information to for all eternity......to choose our future leaders". Yeah Right ! 😂

If a buddy that didn't bother to get his tested before making sausage......gave you a couple sticks of summer sausage..... Would you eat it ? Do they make Test Kits so people can test them themselves....or do you have to go to some BS "test facility" ?

Dude ! 👌😙