fishinwrench

Disconnect the battery(s), slice the old crusty wire loom lengthwise...Rip & Snort.

Well if it wasn't you, and it wasn't me,......Then who was it then? 🤔 They are all consumer driven, right? That's the problem with society today. Nobody can think for themselves, they have to be taught what to think. I never requested electric windows on my trucks either....but now you can't even find a vehicle with window cranks.

I quit tying Hellgrammite patterns after being turned onto Case Plastics "Lil' Helgie". And yeah, it casts like a dream on a 6-7wt.

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Funny story that kinda relates.... I grew up in boats and never even knew what a "blown powerhead" meant until one of my uncle's drunken buddies borrowed his boat, and the only thing he knew of that came in 16oz. bottles was Stag beer.....so that's what he added to the fuel. 😅 I rebuilt that old turtle head Johnson at age 14.....and that's where it all started.

Tell me about it ! Everybody demanded an outboard that would run a mile on a mere sniff of fuel, and that would avoid allowing any "harmful emissions" into the atmosphere..... And would do so QUIETLY ! Your wishes were granted....and now you get to live with it. 😂 Not ME though. I'm still happily running motors that were made before all of that ignorance started. 👌😊👍

Yeah let's not. You can't blame THEM for Mercury Marines hugely flawed design. You obviously thought it was fine too.....or you wouldn't have shot across the lake @ 50 mph with it. In all reality, if there were no active codes and the engine seemed to start and run just fine.....then they did their job the way they were trained to do.

Technically you're supposed to, but plenty don't. An officer would have to be a genuine hardass to write you up for it. If you're out late in the evening or after dark you DEFINITELY need to be lit up. License or not. Everybody needs to take the boaters safety course, no exceptions. If you haven't done it then you should want to.

Ha! No. I ain't playing that game with The Man. If they show up here with some kinda plan to catch me committing a crime, they'd better have their ducks in a row. Larry Doodlemouse ain't got NUTHIN on me ! 😎

It's real easy to keep surprises like that from happening.

Find the fastest water areas, and then Bow & Arrow cast a #10 wooly bugger or Leech into the little bathtub sized eddy's along the banks.

How long has that nasty bottom feeder been in the freezer?

I've seen the slo-mo and although he was undeniably running too close to the bank, his beloved hydraulic steering system played a big part of that little hic-cup. He attempted to correct.....but the cylinder didn't respond. Wrench tip:. If you run hydraulic steering..... always run the motor back and forth (lock to lock) before you take off, especially on cool mornings. And if the steering wheel doesn't lock tight in both directions don't leave the ramp until you top off the fluid.

The word "embellish" is putting it mildly. (over 100....means 1/2 a limit). However, that sounds about on par with all the other tales they tell. So she gets high-fives for consistency. ✋

If the goal is to navigate shallower then making them WIDER would be a good move. Why are all of the "White river boats" so rediculously narrow ?

That's a tad pornographic. What does her mom think of that nickname? 😅

Strike detection is the confounding factor when fishing anything subsurface for stillwater bass. They are notorious for slipping up behind the fly and just slurping it in. And they typically won't hold on to it for more than 2 seconds. You really have to be on your toes with a leader that is as short, straight, and tight as possible, or you'll never detect the bite soon enough. Whatever leader you choose, try to always keep every bit of the slack out, and keep the rod tip right at the waters surface so there isn't a bow of slack line between the rod tip and the waters surface. Learn to tie a no-slip loop knot that is only 3X the size of the hook eye. That will let your fly dance sexier and I guarantee it will get you more bites than tying tight to the fly.

Enough so that when you pull out line for a cast, it doesn't backlash.

If it's clogging up your water relief then it's clogging up your thermostat too. Just because you're pissing doesn't mean it's being properly cooled. Does the motor have a overheat horn/buzzer?

I've told this story before, but I'll tell it again for the benefit of whoever may have missed it.... The pastor's wife at the church up on the hill was always crowing about how many crappie she was catching, and how she had caught and cleaned so many fish that her hands were sore. Hundreds she claimed. One of the church members recorded her and hotlined her posterior. So a MDC agent along with a deputy showed up with a warrant and searched her place. All they found after ransacking the house, garage, and boathouse, was a bowl in the fridge with fillets of 5-7 crappie soaking in it. Of course everyone still believes her about her ongoing conversations with Jesus. 😅

Around these parts you don't have to go out partying to attract multiple women. Just put out a YARD SALE sign.

Jet PUMP is the proper term. But who cares. If someone acts like they don't understand what you mean it's because they are playing word games. Just like the term "tunnel hull"......which is redneck speak for "ghetto pontoon". 🤣

People sell hot tubs and sauna's cheap as hell around here. Pretty much just want someone to come and haul them off. My wife has hit me up a dozen times to go get one and install it on the back deck. I say "no" everytime. She pouts for 3-4 days and eventually gets over it. Rinse and repeat every May/June. 🙄

Which tournament was that ? How much did he lead it by? You're not going to win a derby up some shallow creek unless it's late fall. How cool ya gotta be to have a special boat just for October tournaments ?

The old 150hp rule was a really good rule. I never understood why they canned that.