Well, MrBig, I took out my first pile of rocks today. I know you're gonna hit em sooner or later, but does it have to be the second time out.
Someone once told me there's two kinds of concrete. The kind with cracks, and the kind that's gonna crack. Well, I suppose there's two kinds of lower units... the kind with dings and the kind that's gonna get dings.
Boy you shoulda seen that hustler prop...oooooh oooouch. It was kinda funny though. I took er back to the landing to inspect the damage, and there's two other boat owners inspecting there damage as well. If you're ever out to Bald Eagle look out for the rocks in the middle of the north end of the lake.
I AM glad to only have to spend $65-70 on a replacement hustler. The guy next to me with the 175 vmax yamaha, has a f'd up stainless steel one that'll cost him over $350.
For those of you interested, my 1850 sportfish with a 140 suzuki, 325lbs of people, and a 30 gallons of fuel, with a 13 1/4 x 23 pitch. Maxed out at 37mph and 4500ish rpm's. I guess I would have been ditching this prop anyway.
****, when I picked up the boat at Crystal Pierce. I asked what size prop it had, and they said 23. I said wouldn't 19 be better. Three different guys said no, the 23 is right and they wouldn't go under 21. So I reluctantly bought a 21 for a spare. I'll be down there monday picking up a 19.
Trust these guys on FM way before you trust some salesperson.
Incidently, the other guy that toasted his prop, had a 1800 lund fisherman with a 175 vmax. He said he was doing 60+ mph (boat speedometer). I had no idea there would be that much difference between a 140 and a 175.
OH, and he hates his bunk shorelander.
There was this other guy that had a really cool 8 place vertical rod rack that plugged into the seat base. He got it from cabellas for $50. It was pretty neat.
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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Well, MrBig, I took out my first pile of rocks today. I know you're gonna hit em sooner or later, but does it have to be the second time out.
Someone once told me there's two kinds of concrete. The kind with cracks, and the kind that's gonna crack. Well, I suppose there's two kinds of lower units... the kind with dings and the kind that's gonna get dings.
Boy you shoulda seen that hustler prop...oooooh oooouch. It was kinda funny though. I took er back to the landing to inspect the damage, and there's two other boat owners inspecting there damage as well. If you're ever out to Bald Eagle look out for the rocks in the middle of the north end of the lake.
I AM glad to only have to spend $65-70 on a replacement hustler. The guy next to me with the 175 vmax yamaha, has a f'd up stainless steel one that'll cost him over $350.
For those of you interested, my 1850 sportfish with a 140 suzuki, 325lbs of people, and a 30 gallons of fuel, with a 13 1/4 x 23 pitch. Maxed out at 37mph and 4500ish rpm's. I guess I would have been ditching this prop anyway.
****, when I picked up the boat at Crystal Pierce. I asked what size prop it had, and they said 23. I said wouldn't 19 be better. Three different guys said no, the 23 is right and they wouldn't go under 21. So I reluctantly bought a 21 for a spare. I'll be down there monday picking up a 19.
Trust these guys on FM way before you trust some salesperson.
Incidently, the other guy that toasted his prop, had a 1800 lund fisherman with a 175 vmax. He said he was doing 60+ mph (boat speedometer). I had no idea there would be that much difference between a 140 and a 175.
OH, and he hates his bunk shorelander.
There was this other guy that had a really cool 8 place vertical rod rack that plugged into the seat base. He got it from cabellas for $50. It was pretty neat.
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G.
Oh, yeah. Caught a few dinky crappies.
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