mike rousseau

very cool... woulda been fun getting one on top water tho... nice haul fellas

cool... glad you found something you like lew now your gunna have to do even more traveling to hunt for skis...

i was actually looking into it.... theres quite a list of people who can lease including "fisherpersons" i think some lodges might do it... but then ill forever be making payments.... im going to inquire about a rebuild with my mechanic... and if it makes any sense financially im gunna go that way for now... and then a new motor is gunna be in the near future... hopefully for next season...and then i should be able to get the rebuild cost back by selling my rebuilt honda...

Those look awfully tasty mike... Glad you not so little fella still goes out with you... I hope my little guy likes fishing once he can hold a rod...

my dad/brothers ranger has a johnson 115 tiller and that thing is amazing...crazy quiet and trolls really slow for a motor that size...

No I'm concerned with fuel economy considering my motor runs from when I leave the launch till I get back 5-12 hours later... I also don't like their "no service for 3 years" gimmic... It's based on hours... 300 i think...And I'd put the hours on in a few months... They are a lot cheaper then 4 strokes...

Once you get used to it... You'll stay calm till you feel weight... It won't take too many lost/missed fish before you realize a blow up or follow is just that... And premature hook sets will just lower your catch percentage

figure 8... but dont be afraid to add twiches and jerks while doing the figure 8... got some fish on hellhounds doing that last year...

None... I have use of a ranger 620T if need be...

considering how long heavy flourocarbon leaders last your not saving a lot of money making your own... but... you get to use components and materials you choose... in the sizes and lengths you choose.... like i use 48 inch leaders in 130lb for trolling...those are hard to find sometimes... especially locally...

im not concerned with resale value... considering i put 500+ hours a year on my motor a new one would drop in value pretty fast... in 3 years it would be at 1500 hours!!!!!!! my concern is how much i can get for my dollar... ...

have to be an awfully big walleye or a really small planer board...lol

Is there a punch line to that? Or was that actually a question about planer board techniques for quinte walleye...?

the tubing makes em sexy eh??? lol

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i found a new 2009 50 yammy for 5999 in ontario... same as usa price on a 2012 or i stck with a 40 at 5000 usa thats my delema... 5000 for a brand new yamaha 40hp or 2000-3000 to fix a 40hp honda if someone asked me last summer to upgrade from my honda to a new yamaha for 2-3 thousand i wouldnt have hesitated... ,,,

+$1000 retail

you may be right... he said checked the head for trueness im gunna continue to assume hes on the ball... everyone in the area says they are the best... and their lot has a lot boats... they are highly recomended and trusted by everyone in the area... im trying to stay positive in thinking and im telling myself that my motor is the odd one out that was able to stump these guys...

from what i can tell its about $1500 max in parts...retail... and im guessing it would be the same cost as he estimated to completely tear apart the power head and put it back together...$300-500 so my 500 already in another 1500 in parts and another 500 in labour... so $2500 total on the high end... maybe a bit less... edit for crank cost... missed that...and bearing cost not included ...

everything hes done or said makes sense... hes not spinning his wheels cause he doesnt know his stuff... as soon as he described some of what he found i figured head gasket before he even said that... but it wasnt... now hes thinking something warped from ice cause i ran it in the winter months... so he wants to tear apart the power head to try and find out whats warped and fix it...

so you talking new power head basically? or whats involved? what kinda cost/hours would i be looking at ballpark...?

but if i knew that 1000 or 1500 and shed be like new again thats not bad... but im spending hundreds for "possible" fixes

im just concerned about a money pit situation... so far im out 800 in parts and repairs in 6 months... the next fix the mechanic is looking at is another 500...and hes not 100% sure that it will be ready after that... i paid 3000 for the motor... so in the end im close to the costs of a new motor... im just worried im gunna spend 1000-2000 to fix this 12 year old motor... and have no garauntee/warranty and get screwed again in a year or 2 with another problem...

im not loving mine right now...lol

Can you still get a normal size tiller handle...? With those huge new tillers I'd have to move my seat base up a fair bit...