I love HF – I think the Harbor freight of 10 years ago had alot worse quality. I have their US general box and various sockets screw drivers pry bars floor jack and never had any issues.

KNIPEX – 71 01 200 Tools – CoBolt Compact Bolt Cutter (7101200), 8-Inch . Best in the game . Not cheap. Was 39 bucks when I ordered it in 2023

Stanley wrote:

I usually buy the kits because they come with everything and is easy. This year I bought separate because I found some Yamaha filters for $5 each instead of $20. It sure is a messy job on my Yamaha 150 due to the drain plug on the side compared to my Yamaha 115 I had previously where the drain plug was on the back and you could trim the motor up and I had a tube that screwed into the hole and then you could trim down and control where the oil went.

Make sure you get a new harmonic balancer if that’s an older year Yamaha 150 4 stroke . Most guys don’t know that . I stopped a guy on P4 this springs that was squealing so bad and he had no clue.

I have a water pump kit for an 05 as well I’ll make ya a deal on if you need one ! Great motors though !

I do the lazy man thing and just get a whole new hitch instead of switching balls haha.

Talking about trannies meant something completely different 10 years ago ……. Someone had to say it

I made two L shaped brackets off the knobs of my graphs on my old crestliner and connected them together with a small turn buckle that had some locktite applied to the threads. Redneck – but was mostly hidden and took alot of the bounce out of it . Sometimes have to get creative.

I’ve seen wayyyy too many people make it to retirement and die . Take care of your family – have some back up plans . I pay cash for toys but will never look down st someone who doesn’t . Time on this planet is never garunteed and whose to say when you’re on your death bed at whatever age maybe you’ll wish you had A little more fun while you could.

A boats one of the best investments I’ve made. Countless memories .

For what its worth mine hated Hornady American whitetail ammo.

hillhiker wrote:

Mercury does not install the NMEA gateways on the engine and their engines do not have NMEA connectors unless your talking electric outboards. It’s a helm accessory that plugs into the junction box and then into the NMEA backbone. The junction box would have multiple connectors that look like the one under the yellow cap in your pic. If there is a NMEA harness running down the gunnel to the back of the boat it would likely be a NMEA fuel sensor or a transducer.

hillhiker wrote:

Mercury does not install the NMEA gateways on the engine and their engines do not have NMEA connectors unless your talking electric outboards. It’s a helm accessory that plugs into the junction box and then into the NMEA backbone. The junction box would have multiple connectors that look like the one under the yellow cap in your pic. If there is a NMEA harness running down the gunnel to the back of the boat it would likely be a NMEA fuel sensor or a transducer.

Junction box ? How do you know if its hooked to the outboard ?? Its possible its hidden in the gunnel I guess. Everything like always is packed in there so tight with little access.

False alarm – I believe I don’t have the gateway . It should hook into this if my research is right . Very limited info on it . The NMEA cables must be for the through hull transducers . Thanks for the help regardless

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Hmmm don’t see the gateway ? Any idea where they hide em ? Maybe I don’t have the smart craft merc stuff on my engine . I would assume they’d go to these dead end plugs on the motor ? This is just a holder . Anyone got any info ? Having a heck of a time tracing this NMEA jumble .

Maybe it’s just for the through hull and water temp and I was mistaken on the engine info ….

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B-man wrote:

Should just need another tee, the adapter and possibly an extension depending on how far away stuff is.

You didn’t sell this with the graph right??

No extension – its right under the dash 1 foot from my Birds.

Nope did not sell that. Going to go lift the cowl and see if thats in there though !

B-man wrote:

You should be good with just the adapter if it worked before, but I’m not seeing where your NMEA drops to your outboard?

Did you take a tee out for the pic? (when you say it was connected to “it” do you mean your outboard gateway?)

You have power to the backbone (the spade connectors in your pic).

What did you sell with the graph? Just a NMEA cord? If so that’s no big deal. If you sold your gateway it would be expensive to replace though lol

Theres a nema cable under my dash that comes out of the gunnel – I disconnected the T that I have pictured with the power and I sold that.

So I would need to buy that T and to power it back up again , and the bird cable correct? Or just the bird cable ?

I took the side panel off and snooped around a minute , I cant see where all this jazz connects ! Wonder how visible it is on the Mercury 150 or what it all came factory with?? Anyone know ?

supercat wrote:

Yes that is a nema backbone I hooked up a bird to a lowrance nema in the past the problem that I remeber the way that lowrance looks and sends info is different they both work on the backbone but some info will not cross to the bird. I would call humminbird and ask them for more detail.

Interesting – so you need to power that back bone to get info off it ? I sold that with the old graph (Doh ! )

This was connected to it then to my Lowrance if this helps.

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I have a fleet 22 Silverado 1500 . Oil changes every 5k miles. It’s just over 100k. Pulled the dipstick on the last oil change – no oil on it . A co workers add oil lights been on twice … 5.3 liter . On our team of about 12 we are down 3 from transmission issues . The transmissions don’t grenade but it’s some valve body .

I have a tikka t3 lite in 7 rem mag . That thing hammers my shoulder – I never used to be recoil shy but good lord . Also struggled finding a round that 7remmy liked.

I’ve switched to a 308 and can shoot much better – I’m not much of a long range guy past 300 yards anyway . Can’t say the performance on elk – had some shots on cows but passed on the opportunity.

There are red green channel markers cans on the pipe , go down stream and around the island and up .

^^ Whenever someone says something about getting crowded on Pool 4 I just say welcome to the river bud . ( Usually someone from not around there on my boat ) . Just the way it goes.

Bearcat89 wrote:

Yep now I don’t like him ha

It was me a buddy and my kid who was like 9 at the time. He was mad at us, but he never once boated up to us and had a civil conversation, just seen my buddy land a good fish and he was swearing and being a dink, then tried to blow the spot out. It was pretty sad actually.
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I have ZERO tolerance for that kind of **** . . Ive had a guide question me whered you hear about this spot howd you find out about it ? There isnt hardly any secrets on Pool 4 if you spend enough time on it .

I often wonder how they treat the co anglers – could you imagine botching a net job ? I bet that doesnt make the cuts ha.

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I stopped halfway through season 1, a little bit of Max Wilson goes too far for my liking.

He was a piece of work a couple years ago when I had a run in on the water on p4 with him and his partner. He wasn’t pleased we were fishing his spot. And he let us know, then blew the area out so we quit fishing it. Lost all respect for him not that I had any. Maybe that’s the reason he has haters.

Yep now I don’t like him ha

BigWerm wrote:

I stopped halfway through season 1, a little bit of Max Wilson goes too far for my liking.

I didn’t like him either at first – but don’t mind him now . Let’s his haters motivate him . Those boys can run a livescope that’s for certain .

We’d ride atvs literally small town to small town as kids as fast as they’d go . 45-50 mph all the time . Hell we had a Honda CB 250 and a three wheeler in the pack as well . Blew the CB 250 up like 10 miles from home once with no cell phones we left him under a shade tree to get help lol .

I can’t stand to watch most tournament style fishing but this was a well done show for sure ! Loved the Pool 3-4 coverage. Hope the new season comes soon .

I saw it time and time again around home XYZ farmer got some new side by side with full cab and all the heat and air, drove it town for about a month and back to driving the pickup. The cab noise gets old quick . Seem like a death trap to me if in an accident. No issues with them on the road though , to each their own.

Just curious on how you pour the transoms ? A lot of them are open on the bottom ? Or atleast crestliners you could stick your head in the access hole and check out the wood .

Anyone know the story of it ? I’ll be honest I really want to board it snd snoop around but know better . It’s registered this year .

Ps plenty of white bass in the stretch ahead of it .

I wear a baseball style hat all summer – there’s times when I think the old timers had it right with the floppy or straw hats though. My ears cheeks nose neck can take a beating . Hate sunscreen – not a big buff gaiter fan either .

Yep – I don’t mind people going by on plane – I prefer it actually so you don’t get the huge wake like said. But there’s a large difference between 25-30 mph on plane and some dipshit trimmed to the max going 60 mph. Probably makes a good TikTok though.

isu22andy wrote:

Got the silky 8 in 10 lb today . Honesltly impressed. Seems very close in diameter and smoothness to 832 . Grass green Color seems a little lighter than neon 832 . See how it holds up .

KastKing Silky 8 is holding up well – color fades quick though ! I honestly don’t see much difference between the 832 other than the color fade .