Lvn2Fish

Yesterday I was yelling at the TV! don’t grab the line ! Why are you grabbing the line ! Snap .... “ there’s nothing I could have done “ well... you could have not grabbed the line to try and land a 10 lb fish lol

It’s all good it’s a boat . Not actually going to fight , although I can dream about it . I never thought anything was fine .I’m actually the only one who thinks something is amiss . Would have never taken it in if I thought it was fine . To have my boat for a month and a half , put it in a pond and start it and tell me it’s fine . Only to make it on a 5 minute ride and she comes apart . Yeah you and everyone else can blame Mercury and I will too . But dang , something is wrong now something was wrong when I dropped it off , hell something was wrong a year ago when they did the same thing. Just sucks that you can take it for service and if it doesn’t throw a code no one even bothers . Rant over good day

@fishinwrench well things went from bad to worse today . After getting my clean Bill of health I made it about 3 miles . Engine cuts out a few time and while running about 50 I hear a metal clunky noise turned around and put it back on the trailer . I guess I’m driving to lake of the ozarks this week to take it to Danny Burns . Hopefully it’s not the top half of this darn motor . We shall see . I’m ready to fight someone at the other place that shall not be named yet .

@Bill Babler Can the MSHP issue citations for failure to follow these navigation laws , or is it just the coast guard ? Not sure how all that works since I’ve never heard of one being issued .

That’s exactly what I said Bo . There was a big discussion on Facebook and everyone wanted to talk about what he should have done . And I’m the only one that said follow the laws of navigation . You are right and thank god no one was coming up lake following the law .Pretty sure that is exactly what got a father and son killed on table rock last fall . Hell it almost happened to me at the confluence of the big and little niangua several years ago . I even got flipped off right after the guy almost killed me lol 😂

They tested the gas said no water at all . I told them to drain the oil res. Let it separate and let me know . They didn’t seem to happy about that request but what the hell . If they can’t or won’t do it I’ll get a glass jar and have at this week .

Yeah that oil isn’t cheap ! Really nothing about owning a boat is haha . But dang I love to fish ! I’ll update you on what they say tomorrow . My track record this last year with finding people that actually know what the hell they are doing is terrible! If this doesn’t work then I may have to talk you into coming out of optimax retirement 😂

They are draining the fuel at the mechanic since there is about 30 gallons in it probably . They still have the boat . I’ll call tomorrow and have them do the same with the oil res .

Thanks for giving me starting point ! I really appreciate all the technical help you give all of us .

Ok I’m kinda at a lose of what to do here . My 2008 optimax 200 hp has an issue . When the motor is under a load either fast idling while in gear or running on pad there a surge or “miss “ in the motor . I can feel it for sure behind the wheel . The problem seems to be worse when the temperature is cold . I took it to the mechanic last year and was told there is nothing wrong or they couldn’t get it to happen while at the shop . This winter it seemed to be worse than the year before . So again I took it to the shop only to be told it’s the smoothest 200 they have seen . Wrench you put a new compressor on the motor a couple years ago . Im really at a lose of what the hell is going on . The mechanic swears nothing is wrong . But I’ve owned a boats long enough to know that something is a miss . The sending unit for the gas gauge is not functioning, so I always just put some gas in when I go ... possibly bad / old gas !? It’s currently still at the shop I told them to drain all the gas and I’ll go from there . Not sure really what to do from this point on . My gut says it’s fuel related but I’m no mechanic. Maybe an injector clogged from the shrapnel from the blown compressor ?! Hopefully you can give me a clue Glenn ?

Typo my bad I meant below whitten

You’re going to be disappointed if you drive all that way and fish the least productive and most boring stretch . If I was going it would be Friday : drive down camp at beautiful Greer campground . Wade fish the river Friday’s afternoon . And possibly hike to Greer Spring . Saturday morning drive to Alton to rent Canoes . Forget the raft idea . Arrange shuttle or drop off with Huffy . Float Greer to Turner Saturday . Camp @ Greer again l. Saturday night . Then mess around Sunday before making the drive back to the LOU .

Do the top from Greer to Turner Mill . The fishing and floating below Riverton is kinda sub par compared to the top . You won’t catch many small mouth on the stretch I mentioned but the floating and trout fishing is awesome . The river really flows from Greer to Turner and is my favorite section of the river . If you’re wanting to keep trout then just do Turner to whitten or Riverton . Call Huffy and chat with him . Usually I take one car and he shuttles it to the end for me.

I looked at the gauges this morning they are definitely shooting up , although I wouldn’t call it a blow out yet ... but we will see when it all hits the river in the next day . I finally figured them out and now it’s all going to change

Kerr to Galena was flowing around 900 cfs definitely no dragging down there . Delaware to Shelvin was fine . I had to walk my boat through the rapid with the big tree on the island . And another spot where it splits I had to walk . Probably could have floated through either of them if you know the line . I just didn’t want to dump in that cold water by myself

Well I fished the James 4 days last week . First two days were on Springfield Lake . Day 3 Kerr to Galena , and day 4 Delaware to Shelvin. First two days on springfield lake were pretty tough . Found a huge group of fish in a small backwater but they were stingy . Only caught two little guys each day . Day three we did Kerr to Galena my first time on this stretch of river and I was impressed by the bluffs and fishable water . Only had one bite that pulled loose that day . Saw several really nice walleye cruising around but they were not interested in the JerkBait . Day 4 was Delaware to Shelvin and I finally got on some fish . This was early this week and I’m sure the water had warmed substantially. The water color was off compared to lower on the river but I believed that helped the fishing . First spot I got into them and caught 4 on 4 cast biggest being a 15 inch Smallie . Every spot the river got right I would catch them . Hooked into an absolute beauty a little further down . Finished the day with 14 fish with a nice spotted bass and 2 smallmouth over 15 inches .

Monster Musky in there

That’s crazy I would be as far away from Ha Ha Tonka as you could probably be . And I’m not talking about Warsaw

Long extension chord and you can get creative . I travel all over with mine and usually have 2 50 ft chords.

Hey thanks for all the information man !

Springtime when the fish start biting probably Mayish

I’m looking through the paddlers guide trying to plan a float on the Little . Looking to fish and take my time . Hoping a few of you guys might recommend a section to try . Parking at the top and bottom would be required .

https://health.mo.gov/living/environment/fishadvisory/ Mercury and PCB’s which I believe is some kind of fire retardant. It’s all based on what the fish are eating throughout there life. There is a maximum recommendation on how many meals you should eat for each species. Disclaimer !!!! not in anyway saying what anyone else should or shouldn’t do .

Surrounding area also . Nixa ozark republic and probably a bit in rogersville