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Leon Pugh

Are you just being frugal. If you are in a jam call me at 813 0321 or 333 4105 I might be able to offer some help.

Leon Pugh

I can't seem to get the swivel to pass through my rod guides

Line twist has never been problem for me, put it on the reel the proper way and it does not twist. Also you have to pay attention to how you rig your baits on the hook to make sure they are not spinning on retrieve.

Leon Pugh

I have never broken a all bright knot. Tip: get a couple of those metel spring loaded paper clips to use as extra hands to help tie the allbright perfectly. Depending on what I am doing I sometimes will use a 30 ft leader. I can use one leader all weekend.

Leon Pugh

Yes: If you run it dry, all o-rings and seals will start shrinking and could start cracking or splitting resulting in a failure not long after you put it back in service. Also if it is dry thermal cycling can cause moisture to migrate into places you would not believe causing corrosion of aluminum p...

Leon Pugh

1 in three gets my interest. If I can not fish by myself when necessary that circuits off my calender More Sunday events would help get me to attend. Lower fees and options get me to attend more events. Tournament directors like Randy Priingle are huge, we need more like him. Keep it up Shari and Ra...

Leon Pugh

Have you towed the boat since the stabill was installed, if not tow it for a few miles to insure it is mixed with gas. Be sure the tank fillers and tank vents are sealed. It is usaully easy to remove the vent hoses and plug the vents. A soft rubber ball works well for sealing the fillers. Put a piec...

Leon Pugh

Dom I have been using his weight for a couple of monthes and have caught more big fish this summer than I ever have in my life. It has always been tough for me to get quality in the summer on the delta. Now if I can just get consistent. Lately I have been using 2oz as some of the cover has got so th...

Leon Pugh

All manufactures word their recommendations to lead you to believe you really need to use their oil. Profits for them. Their are oils that meet the minimum requirements and oils that exceed it. I do not like knocking a product, I would rather sell you on the merits of what I prefer. From the researc...

Leon Pugh

Post a pic. of the plugs. What oil are you using now. Monitor oil versus fuel consumption for a while to determine what ratio the motor is using. I would expect to see about 70 to 1 average. I suspect you have some other issue. Synthetic blends usually are better than full synthetics in most applica...

Leon Pugh

I tried that trip once in December that Kent went on and I found out I could almost run on water, you would not believe how fast was back in that boat, My long johns did not get wet!. Did not take me long to check it out. :lol: I am looking forward to the new video. Danny are you going to be on the ...

Leon Pugh

Some days I catch 20 lb strings and some I have trouble getting 7 lbs. I am doing better overall this summer than I have in the past summer monthes Thanks to Miller Punch weights. I can get my baits into spots I never could before. I can not seem to get a decent top water bite this year. The weights...

Leon Pugh

A 24 is still much for a 150 on a Pantera most of time asuming it has a 1.75 gear. A 23 tempest or Trophy should get about 58 to 5900 and 63 to 64 with a tournament load. I have worked with a couple of late 90 Pantera's with both 200 efi and optimax and 67 to 68 was about all you could get tournamen...

Leon Pugh

I don't know about most but I feel we need a lot more Sunday events. I did some checking on various circuits and it came to my attention that Sunday event get larger turnouts as a whole. On the WRL circuits they seemed to run about 20 more boats. Gold City has already set up all their events next ye...

Leon Pugh

Check out this artical I put together, there is a chart there that list the voltages for various states of charge. http://www.westernbass.com/dotcom/library/view.html?id=3282 I like to give users options so they can fit items to their budgets. Solar BA7 about $75.00 Has built in digital volt meter, ...

Leon Pugh

A 101 thrust motor will run at max speed continuous for about 4.6 hours with 155 min of reserve capacity. At 25% load it will go for 18.4 hours, at 12% your are talking over 30 hours. Very few people will run a 101 for 8 hours at 25%. Two HDS and livewells will add about 8amps load and should be con...

Leon Pugh

Scott I don't think you read the post and article completely.

Leon Pugh

Jim pretty much said it all. Think of batteries as gas tanks for electricity, just like you need to determine how big your gas tanks need to be, you need to determine how many reserve minutes you need in you batteries. You can get more reserve minutes per lb of weight with lead acid batteries howeve...

Leon Pugh

Guy. We can flow test, electrical test and clean your injectors where I work. If the electrical coils in them have failed they will have to be replaced Bill McAnnally Racing. 916 676 0010 8636 Antelope North Road Tell Robert or Suzzette that I told you to call. Don't bring the boat just the injector...

Leon Pugh

found them, thanks guys

Leon Pugh

Actually the higher voltage does not need as large a wire as the amperage is lower. A 101 36 volt would require about the same wire size as a 70 lb 24 volt. Amperes determine wire size not voltage. If the 101 was 24 volt as well as the 70 it would require about 30% more amps. thus would require larg...

Leon Pugh

Every supplier I have found is out of Miller 1.5 weights for the last three months, the Hook, C&C and Fisherman's. They have other sizes. This weight has definitely helped me get more quality fish in the boat. Gets through mats that tungsten will not.

Leon Pugh

It is not normal to smell gas. Find the leak and repair it! Air it out with garage doors open or out side before charging. Gasoline fume explosions are actually very rare. It is difficult to get a rich enough mixture to ignite, Batteries fumes from charging are far more dangerous. You are right in y...

Leon Pugh

Dobyns 736 for frogs and 735 for jigs. If you can only get one I think I would use the 736 esp, in big bass water. For the money no one makes a rod as good as Dobyns, I sold all my Loomis and Powells.

Leon Pugh

Slow is allways better, but 10 amps is not exactly a fast charge either. see:
http://www.westernbass.com/dotcom/libra ... ml?id=3282

Leon Pugh

I am really glad to to here this and looking forward to seeing Glen out on the water.

Leon Pugh

Clear lake can get pretty small with a 150 boat field at times, Do it on the delta or Shasta.

Leon Pugh

Kent, Can I get in on this with my pantera?

Leon Pugh

I will not fish any circuit with that rule and to handicap the guy fishing buy himself is not reasonable, he is already handicapped. I had to fish two events these year because my partner which is also my son could not get off work. I will not find other partners, I am ok with the ones I have. I wil...

Leon Pugh

I am a automotive tech and have always leaned towards Ford for trucks. With My observations over the the last 10 years I would have to go with a duramax , great motor and trans. The Fords have the best diffs chassis frames and suspension. I also think ford does a little better with the electrical sy...

Leon Pugh

A group 34 battery is way to small for just about any Marine use. AGM batteries are a lower reserve minute battery than the same size of lead acid battery when they are new, as they age however the lead acid batteries fall off very fast, the AGM's do not. After twice the life of a lead acid battery ...

Leon Pugh

You do realize that unit is warranted for 2 years right. I am a bit unhappy with lowrance, I have had to units repleced because of water intrusion and the latest replacement is turning off when running.

Leon Pugh

We do not wait for anyone do we Jason :D . Jason check out the attendance stats for the Saturday vs Sunday tournaments. In the the WRL circuits I noticed that the Sunday events drew at least 25 more boats. Myself and several others I know would fish a lot more events if they were on Sundays. I am co...

Leon Pugh

If you want crucial or powell rods I have some used ones for sale. The sooner I sell them the sooner I can buy some more Dobyns Rods.

Leon Pugh

Gary, Sounds like the 742 or 743 would also be a good choice for very light crank baits. Whats your opinion. When it comes to Rods your 2 cents goes further than a buck for most of us.

Leon Pugh

Dobyns 703, 15 lb Chrystal spider wire, 20 ft 8lb seguar leader in clear water. in the delta or clear lake a 10 ft leader with 12 lb srguar. I can feel bites at 50 ft on a slack line.

Leon Pugh

+3 on the Dobyns rods. The new Savy series are unbelievable for the price nothing comes close. If their is no dealer near you, call them at (530) 671-1989. They add a new whole meaning to customer service.

Leon Pugh

No wonder it took you all summer :lol: I do admire your perseverance. Next time start of with block sanding with 800, do not use this on corners and crowns and then 1200, 1500 final 2500. Get a variable speed buffer and white foam pads for roughing compounds and black foam pads for the finish buffin...

Leon Pugh

Allright, this is got to be Gary or Bugs, nobody else still living knows that much about that Merc and its transmissions. I wish I knew as much about fishing as that car taught me about auto repair.

Leon Pugh

Thats easy to fix, just turn the rod over.

Leon Pugh

I feel that at the end of the day I will have made more presentations to the fish utilizing the flipin switch and there is less chance that I will forget to lock the reel and set the hook in free spool. It all adds up to more time with bait in the water. It is small thing but the little things all a...

Leon Pugh

If I had to use ANY fluro other than Seguar I would go back to mono. I have tried them all and in my opinion nothing else can be compared to Seaguar. I have found Fluro has to be replaced often, about ever fourth trip. It will start breakin to easy as it is used more. I think it has to do with the s...

Leon Pugh

I would like some opinions on good flipping/pitchen reels. I do want a flipin switch, 100 to 200 price range, I have been using accurist, 521's and older shimano's. Time to replace these antiques.

Leon Pugh

Well said Marty.

Leon Pugh

Murph, if a battery is boiling you are doing serious harm to it.

Leon Pugh

use a snell knot with a few extra wraps, it gives the shrink tube something to bite into. As mentioned above be sure to get the shrink tube with the glue inside, then no super glue is required.

Leon Pugh

Read this, It will answer most your questions.
http://www.westernbass.com/dotcom/libra ... ml?id=3282

Leon Pugh

The higher the water temp the lower the O2, The water is just as hot at night as in day now. The mortality rate is much higher now. Change out the water often and add a little ice will help. Also add about 1/2 cup of table salt to each water change. DO NOT DROP THE WATER TEMP MORE THAN 10 DEG. At th...

Leon Pugh

My self and my fishing partners have gotten spoiled after Fishing with Dobyns Rods. Now all of our rod are being replaced with Dobyns. I will be at the WRL tomorrow at Russos and will have all our old rods on display after weigh in if you are looking for a deal.

Leon Pugh

Here is their warranty website
http://www.dobynsrods.com/service.html

Leon Pugh

Dobyns 663 or 664 for walking baits, the shorter rod makes for a lot less work with spooks, does compromise some casting distance will also work well for 128's however I think a 704 is better for 128,s. 703 for traps. 734 for jigs.
Just my opinion.

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