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  1. billy the bass

    8hp kicker bogs out in water

    Hello and Thanks for reading. I have a 2005 8hp Mercury hand tiller that runs great hooked up to the muffs but when I take it out on the lake and get the throttle about half way to max throttle it doesn't progress in speed. On this model you can press a button and rev it up in neutral and it...
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    Columbia River Winter Walleye

    Got back from Rufus woods last week, mostly for triploids but we did spend a few hours bottom bouncing with spinners and tossed a few jigs out but no bites. I'm heading back there in a few days, staying closer to the dam (grand coulle) should help but I'm still confused about trolling spinners...
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    Downrigger line- cable vs braid "super line"

    I've had wire line on my cannon for as long as i can remember and haven't had many problems but I've seen a lot of new lines coming out and they say braided line is better because it will not kink, doesn't stretch like you'd think and it doesn't make a vibrating noise in the water which could...
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    Merc 8 skips speed

    I have a 2005 Mercury 8h manual start, low hours. It came with the boat I bought 2 years ago and its always done this. When i start trolling idle speed it stays at 1.2mph. I can turn throttle quarter turn and nothing happens until i hit a certain spot and it revs up to 2mph. I can't gradually...
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