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Good advice Nitrofreak. When Nitrofreak said on the return trip pull the trailer back to the same position it was when you launched, he means see where the water level is on the bunks. There may be more or less of the trailer in the water depending on the steepness of the different ramps you launch at but the amount of water covering the bunks should be your guide. If you're in too shallow it's going to be a bear wrestling the boat on the trailer. If you're in too deep, the hull will not line up correctly with the bunks. For me, I know the water needs to be 2/3 covering my innermost bunks for the boat to go on smoothly. Practice, practice, practice. Then one day you can curse at the people at the ramp who can't load or unload their boats.

100:1 is actually less than 50:1. 100:1 seems to be the correct ratio from what I've seen on the web. How do you eyeball 100:1? This is off amzoil website: Although many of today's two cycle engines use oil injection to automatically mix oil and gasoline, many due to size, weight, cost, or other considerations use premixed gas. For an excellent smoke free, odor free injector oil, consider Amsoil's HP injector oil, or for engines with exhaust power valves such as power sports applications, try Amsoil's Interceptor synthetic two cycle oil, or Dominator two cycle racing oil. The formula for mixing two cycle oil properly is actually quite simple. Think of all units as ounces. If your two cycle engine manufacturer recommends a 50:1 ratio like many outboard motors, it means 50 parts gasoline to 1 part oil. Newer engines might call for 100:1 ratios. This means 100 parts gasoline to 1 part oil. A weed eater or chainsaw might call for a 16:1 mixture, or a 25:1 mix. Let's solve the formula . One gallon of gasoline equals 128 ounces. A pint of two cycle oil is 16 ounces. Suppose you have a six gallon fuel tank. Six gallons gasoline x 128 ounces/gallon=768 ounces. Divide by 50 for a 50:1 mixture ratio. 768/50=15.36 ounces oil (approx. 1 pint) Divide 768 by 100 for a 100:1 oil mixture. 768/100=7.68 ounces oil (approx. 1/2 pint) So for six gallons of gasoline at a mixture rate of 50 to 1 or 50:1, use 15.36 ounces of two cycle oil. This is only slightly less than one pint. For twelve gallons of gasoline at 50:1 ratio, use one quart or a little less than 32 ounces. Likewise a six gallon gas tank mixed at a 100 to 1 mix ration would use 1/2 the oil, or 1/2 pint. Obviously the less oil used, the less pollution your engine will cause. The slight difference between the calculated mixture, and the amount in the containers is insignificant. See the table below for the amounts of oil and gas for popular two stroke mixtures. Two cycle premix ratio chart (NON multimix) Ratio Gasoline Two cycle oil 16:1 one gallon 1/2 pint 16:1 six gallons 3 pints or 1.5 quarts 24:1 one gallon 5.5 ounces 24:1 six gallons one quart 50:1 six gallons one pint 50:1 twenty five gallons two quarts 50:1 fifty gallons one gallon 100:1 six gallons 1/2 pint 100:1 twenty five gallons one quart 100:1 fifty gallons 1/2 gallon Also water pump may be working but not working efficiently. Did you have a compression check before you bought the motor. If the compression is off the motor can still run, but not properly.

Once you realize it's all your fault, life will go much smoother. Restaurant business is a very stressful industury and I wouldn't wish it upon anybody. I have worked in restaurants as a contractor for about 15 years and have seen it all. If it's so bad quit and get another job, but you'll find out that unskilled labor jobs are very similar. If it's not so bad that you can deal with it learn from your experience. It will make you a better person. Oh, and they're not screwing you, they are covering up there own mistakes.

Aluminum boats are normally less expensive. Normaly weigh less vs the same length fiberglass hull. They have less draft which means they sit higher in the water. This can be beneficial in extremely shallow water conditions allowing you to access areas you may not be able to get to with a fiberglass boat. It also causes the boat to be blown around alot in the wind making boat control more difficult. Fiberglass boats tend to have a better ride. I have an aluminum boat because I fish some shallow rocky rivers. My hull has some battle scars which would have been a major issue if it were fiberglass.

There's a website called pleaserobme which takes your "not at home" info from different networking sites and broadcasts it for all to see.

Today. Just finished winterizing the boat.

Congrats. Been 12 years for me. You'll be amazed how much better you'll feel.

Lures 'em in with the cute little bunny picture then...wait for it...BODYSLAM!!!

Welcome to the darkside. As far as the rod and reel. If you like it keep it. You have the rest of your life to spend tens of thousands of $$$ on bass fishing. No need to overcomplicate it now. Once you've met the bait monkey there's no turning back.

You may be right. I am not trying to gather knowledge. I find it entertaining and they have these.

Saw some skim ice this morning on some local ponds.

Well then maybe you need to buy another gun. They offer it in all the popular calibers.

Brandi

I realized after that month on FB why I lost contact with those people from my past. If there was anything special about those relationships they'd still be around. Part of it may be the older I get the less I care. I have just enough going on in my own life between work and family, that everything else seems so trivial.

First off, find out if you can qualify for a loan. Most lenders are going to require you to pay off loans to qualify unless you make a boat load of money. Secondly, In most areas it's a buyers market, which means you, the buyer, has the pull in negotiations. Spend the time and look. Rule of thumb is buy the least expensive house in the most expensive neighborhood you can afford. With all the foreclosures and short sales, this shouldn't be a problem. Lastly, If you want to relocate to the Chicagoland suburbs, I'd be more than happy to sell you my house.

and...Every calendar's days are numbered.

I've never caught anything on a Spook. Kudos to you

Me? I've caught fish entrails, a pushbroom and various other types of garbage, and turtles. My father on the other hand...has a tendency to snag birds. Alive, dead, it doesn't matter. Back in the early 80's we vacationed in San Diego and were fishing off one of the piers catching mackerel and feeding them to the seals swimming under the piers. My father casts out his line and hooks into a pelican. Well it turns out this pelican was a regular at the pier AND it had only one leg. It had apparently been hooked before. If I remember correctly, the bird was somewhat tame and a guy at the pier who was buddies with the pelican was able to coax the bird in and untangle it. He has also caught seagulls, loons, and ducks.

Yes but I'd still recommend installing a circuit breaker. The newer MK's have an internal overload in the motor to help prevent them from burning out which is resetable by removing and restoring power to the motor.

I was watching Storage Wars. People are tweeting about watching Storage Wars. Just annoying with the reader going across the screen while I'm watching Brandi bounce around on the screen. My "social networking" is on this forum, a local fishing forum, and a HVAC/R trade forum. Had a Facebook account, for about a month, 3 years ago to see what the hype was about. Thought that was the stupidist idea...until now.

Why on earth do people "tweet" about the tv shows they are watching, AND why are the networks running the tweets on a reader across the screen?...and why am I reading them getting annoyed...and posting about them on the internet. I just don't get it. Please enlighten me.

Ardent reels don't have the "expensive" feel of many other brands. Don't discount their quality though. As far as performance I can only vouch for the F500 and it's built like a tank and has never failed me.

Which is the same reason KVD did so well at the classic last year. Repeated casts to the same stumps. Me, I don't have that much patience, but when I fish with my son, we will always folow up casting each others spot and it often pays off. As far as a bite to land ratio. If it's not 90% I'm doing something seriously wrong.

gobig, You took all the fun out of this thread by making too much sense.