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Recently Mercury changed their oil requirements back to DFI Optimax oil only on all Merc DFI engines.

I have been reading allot about the new SHO also. Here is something I found shocking recently when they tested 2 brand new boats with a 250 Pro XS and a 250 SHO. Same driver, same model boat, same setup. The Merc beats the SHO overall in fuel mileage, and is a bit faster it looks like. The oil cost ...

El Cap will be on fire in mid October, this is great timing. El Cap is already turning on now so this one will be a fun event and a great cause.

Thanks Art and Rick for scheduling these things. And a special thanks to all the staff at Anglers for running the event and staying late for these things, some have went until almost 10 pm. My kid and I have enjoyed them over the last 2 years very much. She gets a real kick out of the casting kids c...

Great commercial. Notice how they still dont dare compare this engine to an Optimax!
Fast and Black forever baby.

These are very well ran events and it is awesome to have the lakes to yourselves. The payout is great and so are the 2 meals they provide. All you SOCAL guys need to come down for sure.
See you there.

Michael, terribly sorry to hear about that man. God knows who did it and will bring the wrath down on them! I think that is rare at Russo's from what I seen a few weeks ago. The guy who took me fishing left his window down on his truck, and his keys right on top of the console in plain site, on purp...

I just fished the Delta and Clear Lake last week with 2 pro's and they both had a compartment for me. It may distinguish between true pro's and guys who just have the money to fish as a pro. Both of my guys were top notch and left no doubt they were true pro's. Thanks Phillip and Jason, you guys rock!

As it has been said, family first! I coach my daughters softball 10 months out of the year. Rec ball followed by all stars, and then winter ball. With very careful planning, I still make about 20-25 tournaments a year, given I have to fish a night series and a local club to feed my competitive side,...

Thanks guys, I have 2 offers, but now my wife changed her dates on me this morning so I dont know if those guys will able to go on these days. I will now be up there from June 30th until July 7th. Guys my new days I can go fishing are Thursday 7/2, Friday 7/3, and Monday 7/6. I would love to hit Cle...

I am coming up to NORCAL to visit my inlaws and will have a 3 day window to fish on the delta. I would love to get on the water 1 or 2 of these days July 7th-9th. I am in the Navy here in SD and I am afraid to drag my boat up there to fish those few days, because of the other 8 days we are there the...

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I need some input, I was out fishing Saturday Delta I pulled up to a spot and took the boat out of gear motor died went to restart the and nothing it turned over and yes I did check the kill switch, I checked for spark and no spark . So what do you think the problem is ? It's a 2002 200hp Evenrude ...

mark poulson wrote:Does the Opti 115 have a secondary tank? I only fill the tank under the cowling in front of the motor.
That's the thing I miss about my 4 stroke. No oiling.

The 115 has only one tank and it is the one you mentioned.

Several reasons for a bad turn out, at least from the SD guys today. There is an ABA at Otay, and a Fed at El Cap this weekend. 3 clubs already had club events today, at Hodges. The final straw is probably how tough the bite has been there lately. They should have changed their date when they change...

Dan, do you only service Shimano's? I own all Pfleuger's and have a couple that need detailed cleaning.

Try using a big bright colored square bill crankbait. I like the tomato craw colored Lucky craft BDS4. That fish in that tree has probably seen a bunch of jigs, senko's spinnerbaits etc... But I bet he hasn't seen to many giant crankbaits busting through his brushpile.

What time do we get to fish till?
Thanks Rick!

I can't believe they are going to fish the Arkansas River for the Sooner Run in 2010. There are to many great lakes in that area, and typically they fish Grand. I will be back in Oklahoma by then, I may have to go check that one out. They better hope for lots of rain that spring, or they will all ne...

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I heard the same thing, that they found a bass boat doing circles with noone in it.

Thanks Garrett. I haven't heard of a 10 caught at San V in awhile. That is awesome. The thick grass in the lake has allot to do with it I bet.

Does anyone know how this went yesterday at San V?

Where do you order these? I didn't have any luck on Google. It looks like every store has discontinued selling these for some reason. It is not even on the Bekley website.

The fill cap should be on the top, left side, of the unit. It has a large flat head screwdriver top. If the motor will not trim up, you need to vent it off using the vent on the bottom right side. Unscrew it counterclockwise and it will vent off and you can raise the motor by hand. Lift the motor al...

Thursday the 8th, at 7pm.

Unless things have changed, all BASS federated clubs required all participants to be at least 16 for insurance purposes. Non federated clubs may have their own rule so you would have to check with the club in question. Some allow non boaters to be younger than 16, but I think it is a state law to be...

I got one other one I didn't share, his name is Springfield!

I got one installed at Classic Sounds in El Cajon. It cost me a little over 400 bucks and I had them install 5 switches to cover all of my most valuable storage areas. It has a dual stage shock sensor that can be set sensitive enough that if you barely touch the hull of my boat it activates with a p...

Right on, that is classic.

That is not he guy I seen, but it could be his father.
When was the article ran in the paper? I haven't heard that they caught any boat thieves.

Ok, with all the other boats being stolen I wanted to share what happened to me 2 weeks ago. I have a description of one of the guys, and the 2 vehicles they use. I had just pulled my boat out front to get ready leave around 4 am. I went around back to close the gate where I keep the boat, and when ...