Which one of you?
Who put the jinx on me? I know it's one of you guys. Lol. Let's just recap the week. Most of you know what happened Moday. Yesterday while fishing my cranking battery died and somehow my jumper cables are not in the boat. I had a dead battery bc my onboard charger decided it doesn't wanna work. It shows full charge but it's lying. I had a fishing tournament this morning and halfway through the morning I start getting some kind of alarm on my boat. I think it's an oil alarm. I had to get someone to go get my truck at Davis Corner and drive it to Flippers so I could load my boat. Then I get home and back my boat in the shop and as I pull the truck forward a hose that runs antifreeze busted and my driveway is full of antifreeze. Also my boat number got drawn for a new carhartt jacket but didn't win bc we didn't make weigh in.
A few honorable mentions; I had a tournament on OH this morning so I've had to fish a lake all week that seemingly has about 10 keeper bass in the whole dang lake. I haven't caught a limit total all week. We did have one keeper this morning before the boat messed up and was at least catching some short fish and lost one around 3lbs. The tournament had 24 boats and 8lbs won the tournament and 2.30lbs was big fish. I'm afraid to get in my car and drive to work tonight. Ok my rant is over. If I find out which one of you put a hex on me just remember that payback is a you know what. |
It was Skillet.
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The good news is It can only go up for you now. Was it a 3 limit weigh in or a short tournament. Not a lot of weight. Hmmm.
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Old Hickory at her finest. You love her or hate her. Most hate her Lol
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That's bad luck if I've ever heard it. Was alarm solid or beeping. I think solid is overheating. |
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He don't even haf to be in the boat with you, all you gotta do is think his name....and the hoodoo done gotchu. |
Yup, I woke up yesterday morning and thought to myself, I’m gonna totally ruin some random persons day without even knowing it!!!
I fished Friday and did really well. We got on the water at 6:30ish and fished till about 11:30. I had 5 keepers, nothing big. Biggest was 16.5” and fat still. Might’ve been 2.5lbs. Only had one fish that looked to have come off bed, it’s tail was whooped and very bloody. All my fish were caught on a 1.5 squarebill or shakey Head. It was a hot and heavy bite till around 9:30. After that, not a keeper bite all day. We did ride up to Johnny Cash’s old place. I’m curious if it’s frowned upon to dock a boat and walk up there since there’s nothing really there now. I wanted to, but didn’t feel like calling the ol lady from jail. 🤷🏻*♂️😂 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Have you tried going to church more? Seems to work for me. |
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You could be like me and not have the time to even try and screw things up on the water.
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Wear a UT hat next time it works for Bill Dance!
I premix my fuel now got tired of worrying about oil injection and have a temp gauge so I unplugged the purple wire. |
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I mix my fuel too. 50:1 with just a touch extra. It doesn’t smoke real bad, but I do enjoy the smell of two stroke at 5am!!
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Which one of you?
Speaking of Bill Dance, there’s a tournament out of Sanders Ferry Park in June that him, Jimmy Houston , and Roland Martin will be in. They had auctions to fish with them on Old hickory lake but the bids were deeper than my pockets can go!!
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Yes !! <'TK><
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In a 2 stroke the fuel/oil leaves the carb and enters the crankcase... This is where all the monkey motions of your crankshaft, rod and crank bearings get their lubrication from the fuel/oil. Then the fuel/oil leaves the crankcase and enters the cylinders to be fired. Bottom line SMOKE is GOOD! And fattening up the oil a little does not hurt. And let's be honest you only really see it when you first start up but mostly disappears after you get underway ... And for those of you like me, the smoke brings back memories from an early morn with your Dad when you were a kid. Well I probably smell this smoke more than most working on these old kickers. And every time I twist the flywheel and smell the Smoke I remember my Dad. Now today we have designer oils with a sundry of aromas with our new synthetics , Lucas, Klotz, etc. It's kind of like being around folks smoking "E" cigarettes ..:eek: ... <TK><:) |
I second both you guys. The smell of the smoke in the early morning takes me back to my childhood and my grandfathers old Cajun with the 115 tower of power merc on it.
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I miss that smell. My new boat has a 4-stroke on it. I have always told my wife my favorite thing about fishing is the early morning, smell of the outboard and the sound of the red-wing blackbirds.
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This is an update on my motor. I have a Mercury 175 EFI. These motors will not pee very well until the thermostats open. I noticed on Saturday that my motor was not peeing as well as it should. I brushed it off as my motor wasn't warm. It would pee ok at 5000 rpms. But I did check the hose for blockage that day and it was clear. Yesterday I checked it again and it was clear. My tube connects tge motor to a plastic piece on the calling(spelling?). I took the plastic piece off and it was 90% clogged with what appeared to be moss. I cleaned it out and the poppit valve. I took the boat to the lake today and ran it for 20 minutes and it ran great and peed great. It also had a little more water pressure.
Here's what my non mechanical mind thinks happened. I think the hot water was building up in the motor because it couldn't escape and I was getting a temperature warning with the beeps. Does this make sense to any of you guys that have any understanding about boat motors? The boat appears to be fine now. |
Mud dobber’s love to nest in the pee tubes of our engines. Carry 10-12” of weed eater line to ram up the pee hole in the Spring.
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A little more info .. <'TK><
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But with that said ... It could be totally stopped up and you could still have sufficient water flow through the engine and the primary discharge of the water is either through the prop or exhaust housing port depending on Brand, model and year. Now if the Tail Tell was stopped up your water pressure would increase not decrease. Example. Like putting your thumb over the end of a Garden Hose, restricted water flow but increased pressure... As far as the temp sensors, The are usually located near the cylinders and Heads which get the hottest. I am always suspect of Water pump impellers when it comes to over temp and flow indications. TR didn't you just have your lower unit rebuilt again .. I am sure your mechanic installed a new Water Imp. It's right there on top when he dropped the unit... <'TK><:) |
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After reading your post my guess is that the clogged hose didn't cause my alarm the other day. Maybe I should have ran the boat a little longer today to see if I could get an alarm. I ran it for 15-20 minutes with no issues and loaded it up because I didn't have time to stay and fish |
Great ... <'TK><
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