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Hey guys, a bit of fishy pronz for your Wednesday viewing. the boys and I towed down to the James river for some warm weather and spring bass fishing. Virginia might be my new favourite state. There’s just something about spring in the south, the blooms on the trees down there are incredible. once again I love driving out of the mountains and entering the south to it in full bloom after driving all night. The sun comes up and it’s like you’ve been put into a Time Machine that jumps you from early April in canada to the middle of June. we’ve done a few of these trips over the years prior to the pandemic, and finally got our things back and order and let’s just say the chick outshone santee and guntersville by a country mile. The fishing was damn good, the river was quiet, the scenery was beautiful and the barbecue was delicious. We will be going back next year for sure weather the first two days had it hit 30 degrees with a breeze and a bit of cloud cover just beautiful out and felt so good to be in shorts again on the deck of the boat. Then a big front came through and it dropped to 8 degrees with wind and rain, that didn’t seem to stop the fish from moving to the bank. our last day we managed to sack up a 20lb limit, now that’s an indication of how things are working down there. Our first time on a tidal fishery, on a new body of water a simple spot tip from a friendly local at the tackle shop pointed us to the right area, once we caught a few we realized the pattern and from there it was just find areas of the river that looked and had the same features, emerging submerged pads, amongst hard docks/wood structure, right near the channel drop off, cast till you catch, find the fish, knows there’s a bed somewhere hidden in the muddy water, and work work work the area. picked up a new personal best for myself and my first 6+lb fish. I was getting the big ones on an evergreen flat side in pre spawn magic. A pain in the butt throwing it into pad beds that I can’t see but every third cast I’d manage to rip through the pads clean and sure enough, hammering away at it proved to get the bigger bites than the finesse worm presentations. lil bit of language in the video…viewer beware! IMG_6944.MOV

Yes we are talking about the seal at the prop and both fill screws upper and lower should have either o rings or crush washers

Not to sound evil but here's the proof that maintenance has to be done before putting things away. At worst, I hope for your sake the water in the mix didn't get to freeze, expand and cause cracks/splits in the lower housing. The same goes for pulling wheel bearings in the fall, sitting with hubs full of water isn't good either. Lesson learned.

Your creations and pride in workmanship are second to none. Beautiful.

wow that does look cool

I'd guess you've got water getting in somewhere.

Fibonacci would aprove.

I didn't get around to draining the lower unit oil on my outboard in the fall.. this is the first winter I had the boat (purchased in late spring 2022). I stored it in my unheated garage. I drained it today... What can I make of this? How bad is this? thanks...