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    Table Rock Lake

    We are staying at Table Rock for 10 days. We didn't get out until 10:30 am Thursday and we didn't run into fish until right at noon when we eased around a point into standing timber. The bass were chasing bait to the top and skittering across the top after then. My son caught the first and the...
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    What color soft plastics work for you?

    I bought some caffeine swim n shads in different colors the other day and tried one for quite a while without any luck. Then I hooked on one that was a different color and caught a bass on the first cast. This got me wondering how many of the different colors of the swim n shads never caught a...
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    Not very happy with MinnKota right now.

    When I bought the deck mate anchor winch I noticed right away that there were a few things about the design and engineering of it that made it look like the folks from Minn Kota had never actually used one. Yesterday I cranked up the anchor line only to find the clevis at the end of the chain...
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    Guest battery charger

    I am thinking about buying a Guest 2613A charger. I just don't like the idea of the short cables that come on the charger, six foot power cord and four foot battery cables. Can the battery cables from the charger stay hooked up all of the time while the boat is underway without having to switch...
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    New fishing rod?

    I have been using heavy duty power plus rods from Bass Pro and my wife has been using medium action Ugly Sticks. We have two piece rods because they are easier to carry around if you take them apart and wrap a couple of strips of velcrow around them. I fished with my son a couple of times from...
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    Charging battery now

    The old 50 horse mercury will charge the starting battery as it runs now. Is it feasible to try to charge the trolling motor battery at the same time? How would they have to be switched in to do this? Would the motor have to be connected to the starting battery all of the time to avoid damage to...
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    Tuning the tach. ??

    I installed a tach. for the 1986 Mercury 50HP motor on the pontoon boat. When we got it on the water I noticed that it was reading way too high. It read 2000 with the motor shut off and was pegging 7000 rpm at cruising speed. Right now it is reading around 900 rpm with the motor off. Can it...
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    Bearing Buddies

    This is my first trailer with bearing buddies so I have a few questions concerning greasing them. I use blue grease that turns grey between greasings. I have been just adding grease until some grey grease comes out along the sides but then I got to thinking that maybe the grease inside is all...
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    Hooked in the mouth

    My wife likes to catch fish but we don't eat them very often. After some of them swallowed the hook we tried to find a hook that they won't swallow. I tried the circle type hooks and long shank hooks but by the time we used the ones that were small enough for pan fish, they swallowed a few. Then...
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    85 Mercury 50 hp won't idle in gear.

    I took it out on the lake and after it warmed up we idled out of the no wake area and everything was fine. Then all of a sudden after the first time I accelerated the idle speed jumped up but then it would stall out when trying to idle in gear. . The compression checked good on all four...
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    Anchor winch pedistal?

    I am thinking about making a pedestal to mount the anchor winch on, so that the line will feed through the railing on the stern side. The old Bass Buggy has railing and fencing all the way around and the bimini top rests on the top rail so the anchor line needs to feed between the top and next...
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    Water seperator location?

    I read somewhere that you install the filter and then pump fuel into it. So I was wondering if it would be possible to mount it before the squeeze bulb or not? It would be handy if I could mount mine between the tank and the squeeze bulb but I will do what I have to. Thanks!
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    Old wiring

    Still trying to get the old 50 horse to charge the battery so I checked the rectifier that I installed last year. It was bad again. While checking the 2 yellow wires from the stator I noticed that one of them had that green corrosion above the terminal end. The wires ran up through a piece of...
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    Fuel venting?

    After we loaded the boat on the trailer the last time I noticed that the 12 gallon fuel tank was puffed up like a buttermilk biscuit. I loosened the cap and a lot of air escaped. So I was wondering if it is affecting the way the motor gets fuel. I thought that little plastic thumb screw like...
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    1985 Mercury 50 hp idle problems

    I had problems with the idle being too high and adjusted it down and adjusted the throttle cable to hold it against the stop. Then when I got it on the water it stalled at idle from being too low. So I adjusted it a little faster but it still stalled. Now I'm going to see if it will idle at...
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    New list

    I had it on the lake today and got the bunk slicks installed on the trailer. I need to adjust the idle back up a bit because it died after it idles for a minute. Then I noticed the gas line dripping at the twist on connector, Mercury motor. The trolling motor has a pin that has slipped to one...
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    Fuel line connector.

    Have any of you found a good way to keep the twist lock connector on the end of the fuel line clean and dry while trailering the boat home from the lake. For some reason the connector gets milky looking and slick to handle before it is time to connect it again. Then it picks up whatever dirt is...
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    Bunk slicks

    The last time in we had to back in a long way to get the boat off the trailer and back on. I ordered some bunk slicks and plan on installing them the next time out. I ordered two sets of 3"x16" packs of ten, and figure that if I space them 8" apart they should be enough to cover the front ten...
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    Shake down cruises

    Everytime we put the boat in the water I make a list of things that need work. I just ordered bunk slicks and a better anchor winch. I'm working on getting the motor to idle down slower and then I want to fix it so it charges the battery. One time somebody asked what are the handiest things to...
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    1985 Mercury 50 HP idle too fast

    I picked the boat and motor up from the shop yesterday and got it on the water. It started and ran good. The only thing I didn't like was that it was ideling way too fast. I looked in the manual and couldn't find anything about idle speed adjustment, only idle mixture adjustment. I would think...
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