MrGiggles

A socket/ratchet set on the trunk of the car I was driving at the time. Made it 5 miles on a very twisty road, I saw the glitter of chrome in the rear view as I went under an overpass. I dodged traffic for a few minutes and picked up all I could, found all but one or two sockets.

Makes you wonder what makes them so unreliable. You have 4 cylinder motorcycle engines that will spin 16,000 RPM, and still last 100k miles even if you beat on them. In every other application 4 strokes will beat the pants off of 2 strokes in terms of reliability and longevity. You rarely see an old chainsaw or dirt bike that hasn't had a couple top ends put on them, but a 60 year old outboard is often good to go with some carb work.

Automotive EFI systems are smart enough to detect the lean condition and correct for it, outboards may not be. Cars also don't typically sit for months at a time with the same fuel. In the event of a big failure, car engines will burn a piston from pinging, but it's rare. With knock sensors and all of the redundant engine management, it's very hard to do, unless it's turbocharged, those are way more prone to it. Low speed preignition is a big problem on turbo direct injected engines, I still don't think they have figured out a way to stop it, they say the right kind of oil helps. Ford went back to port fuel injectors in addition to GDI, which also helps with intake valve coking, and may lessen pinging. Ethanol is very resistant to pinging (E85 is like 108 octane), but it has less potential energy, requires more of it to do the same amount of work. Flex fuel vehicles have ethanol sensors that constantly check ethanol content and adjust fueling as necessary. If you ran it in a typical car engine, the worst that would happen would be crappy running, and a lean code would set from the PCM dumping fuel while trying to correct the lean condition. The knock sensors should dial back timing way before engine damage can occur. It's also worth noting that marine engines run at 100% load 90% of the time, that would be like a car going up a steep grade running as fast as it can without losing speed, engine damage is way more likely to occur in those conditions.

Wrench, why you gotta tempt me...

Wish I could find that post from Caplinger. Think it was 2012 or 2013. There was another post on here from a guy that found a Musky skeleton on the banks of Stockton. Can't remember when, but it wasn't that long ago. I think there's a few in there. Probably came through from Fellows, the same way those Pomme fish get into the Osage. Then there was the picture from Facebook. Their search function is terrible so I doubt I could find it, definitely a Musky, whether or not it was actually caught in Stockton, who knows. None were tigers though.

There was one posted on Facebook not long ago. Of course that's Facebook, take it for what it's worth. There was also one caught at Caplinger that was posted here a few years ago.

I got a whole lot of parts for that motor if you ever need any. Unfortunately I just sold the lower unit.

If there is enough fishing pressure, they can do really well. People worry about fishing out a pond, when the opposite is usually true. Keep almost everything you catch, bass too, and the pond will benefit greatly. It's easier to stock more than it is to remedy overpopulation, about all you can do there is kill them all and start over.

I think historically I have caught more of the lighter colored fish, but the 20+ inchers are pretty much always the dark ones.

Do these different strains have a different coloration? I've caught some that are lighter colored and splotchy, more like Sauger, and others that are very dark, like the one that got arrowed in MoCarp's photos. Maybe the older fish are darker, or it has something to do with water clarity, I don't know.

I went over to Pomme last night. I did have 6 keepers after two hours, and must have sorted through 50 dinks to get them. They were biting ridiculously good. I haven't been over to Stockton in a little while, but was finding pretty much the same thing.

Primers and bullets are real hard to come by too. 9mm, 380, 5.56, and 7.62x39 are in short supply. 9mm especially. Most of the local pawn shops are either picked clean, or priced higher than MSRP, one owner told me that Covid has sold more guns for him than Obama. Covid paranoia started a panic buy, factories were shut down for a while, that made it worse, and it's an election year on top of that. Perfect storm.

Stockton is about 5 feet low too. I planted about 5 acres of food plots this year. They are hanging in there, just barely. The drought really stunted them though, the turnips are doing okay (picked some purple tops yesterday, they're about the size of my fist) but the rye, wheat, and peas never really amounted to anything. We haven't had much rain at all since the beginning of September. Got .6 last weekend and just a sprinkle yesterday morning.

Breakers get weak over time when they're repeatedly tripped. They may need to replace it.

I think it's more that is saves the mode that you were on, and you have to hold the power button on a Bird for like 3 seconds before it will shut down, and it takes a while to boot back up. It can take a couple minutes for it to connect to GPS too. I would use it, as I get some interference when both the bow and console units are on at the same time, but I don't think my older Helix has it.

I have a 1400 sitting in the cabinet that I need to fix someday. If you load 3, it'll shoot one, load the next, and kick the last out the bottom. The plastic throat in the mag tube is busted. That's one thing to check for if you're buying one, seems like a common issue. Load a shell in the tube and make sure it fits snug in the tube.

Guess that makes us all dummies, for not being able to read a sun dial.

I haven't been to Truman since early June, at that time both Osage Bluff and Fairfield were totally full. Haven't been back since, Covid has really put a damper on fishing this year. I hate crowds. Makes me miss last year, might have been flooded, but at least most people stayed home.

This time of year is normally tough. First week of October is usually when it gets good.

16-20ft is a pretty safe bet.

Now is one of the best times to go. Bottom bouncers are the go-to for most. I prefer cranks or jig and crawler.

Is that Helix a SI, DI, or GPS model?

A light drag helps with trolling. You'll get better hookups if the fish can actually get ahold of the bait, and not just rip it away as soon as they touch it. I set them just tight enough to keep them from free spooling, sometimes the clicker alone on a line counter is enough. I don't know if it makes any difference casting though.

Facebook is undoubtedly a larger community, but with way more morons and BS. I much prefer what is left of this community.

I've never fished the island much, but the cove to the north is a good one for crappie.