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Yea until the co comes by and sees it. LOL. Wouldnt that be something.

we have a 2008 ford king ranch f-150 and the only problem was the front caliper ceased on us. they fixed it in no time. Chevy makes a good truck. We love our ford. chevy has a 5.3l vortex wich is unstopable.( we have a 97 blazer 4.3 vortex and it has 300.000+ km on it) ford has a 5.4 triton with the best low end tourque of all trucks in its class. both have nice style. You cant go wrong. We have a pontiac g6 witch is a great little car . toobad pontiac went under... Patrick

I have heard bas things about these reels. I heard the quality was missing. But thats just people from basspro opinion.

I just got a new revo premier off of ebay if that makes you feel better lol . Shimanos core IMO is overpriced. the revo premier weighs 6.3 oz holds 145 yds of #12. core is 6.1 oz hold 110yd 12#. i picked the revo up for 175 usd. with ship and exchange it came out to 215$ not bad for a 315 dollar reel(can$).THe core is 450 at my local store.( i know this particular store is overpriced)... But why pay an extra200+ $ for 0.2 oz less? I could just imagine what the core 50 mg holds.. 25yds of 10# lol. The revo has hcpr bearings wich bloe the ss bearings of the core out of the water. Abu has 6 core has 5. I am not biased in any way but this is just my opinion. I have it paired up with my cumara 6'8. Insane lite. Patrick

Well, i feel sorry for whoever bought the stradic mgfb for a lite weight stradic! A new model came out at ICAST called the stradic Ci4. It has carbon gears and all... it only weighs 6.1 oz!!! Thats like a daiwa steez! It only cost 199 vs the 229 for the mgfb. Its cool looking too. The only thing though in my mind, the gears would be weak because they are carbon fiber instead of brass or nickel. here are some pics.

ummmm. #1 why put a 4000 size reel on a 6'6? mabea a 2500 or 3000 max. And shimano has been lacking quality lately. broke 3 cumaras on 3 trips. Traded for some st croixs. My stradic was acting up. I sent it to bud benwell in peterborough, first he lost my reel in his inventory,then he sent me back a reel all scratched up. Im sorry that is not acceptable when you pay 200 bucks for a reel. I used to be a curado fan. I recently bought a revo premier from abu. INSANE reel. Only 100 bucks more. You get 200 bucks more value. When you buy shimano, you pay 100 bucks for the name. With brands like abu or pflueger you pay for the item.

who needs a girlfriend when you can have this baby?! Not only does it suck and blow but it takes you fishing!

ditto.

yea why is that??!! why do us canadians half to be the slowest to the honey hole If anyone watches next bite tv, they have a 300 verado. I think the max canadian is a 90 elpto. lol jk but I think its 250 on the tracker 21 ft tundra.? Patrick

lol yea. Thats not bad since I spent half my darn wallet on a terrova from minnkota. He din't want it, but i did so i bought it . I Have not mounted it yet but im sure the autopilot will be worth the money. We have a 55 thrust . Not enough power in heavy winds. we got a 101 this time. Heck i think it will get the boat on plane Jk Patrick

Yea thats what i mean. The e-tecs have been soooooo unreliable is not funny. So much for 3 years no service and no break in period... The reason that i want a 175 on a 150 rated boat is beacuse I DID the us coast guard calculations with the keel and beam etc... it came to 176... But for insurance purposes I was thinking to stay with a 150. I dont think I will be going with etec anymore. I talked to my local marine shop and theey said 30 % of the sold etecs came back with a blown powerhead etc. Thats too much.I wish merc would come out with a 150 pro xs. They have a 115 pro and a 175 pro. What the hell lol? most boats in the 1750 to 1850 range are 150 max. But since I have all the yamaha riggings and gauges, The vmax would be good choice. Their in the middle of the pack. Until e-tecs Find their main problem wich is blown powerheads, I will not buy them. Any other suggestions? I heard suzuki was a good motor. Correct me if im wrong but i think they have a LPDI (low pressure direct injection) I think its dumb but what do i know. Patrick

E-tecs are not suppost to smoke. Yea about the insurance thing... No comment. I think I'l sober up by cooking up some green beans and carrots from the steam off of my 4stroke. Thats another thing lol. When a treehugger sees you at the dock after a hard run when your motor steams, he will say a stupid comment like '' yea put another hole in the ozone''. thats when my dad starts the kicker and we have both steamin away lol

Lol. Yea we like our fourstroke. I dont get the point of them. I know you fourstroke guys will get mad at this but fourstrokes are overated. They might be quiet and somewhat reliable,but they are slow and heavy. A 2stroke has a power stroke everytime. A fourstroke has one every second time thus creating half the tourque. We dont need a quiet motor to troll...We have a 9.9 pro kicker for that. Are motor only hits 45 mph . Now,before you guys say''well the prop is not rite,or it is set to high or low on the transom. We have a jackplate and an ss prop that hits 5950 rpm WOT. We want that scream, and feel like your riding a shotgun.. Are boat is rated for 150 hp. After i did the calculation from the us coast guard it says we should have a 176.5 hp motor. So a 175 would be at best. After all Its whoever gets to the spot first rite! click the youtube link and you will know what im talking about lol. The fourstrokes are quiet, and a sip better on gas then the hpdi motors.. Thats it. thanks guys.

nice stradic mgfb. and a white one too! i miss those. glad you had fun!

what kind of yamahas? fourstroke,carbed 2stroke,hpdi?How many hp?

Hey guys, we are looking to repower our walleye boat. We have a 150 yamaha fourstroke from 2001. we wanted 2stroke direct injection power this time. I have heard some mixed reviews about the e-tec. Some have said the powerhead blows up! Some others have said they will never go back to another brand. Have any of you guys or girls had any good or bad issues with the e-tec? Another option is the optimax from merc. Now this is a good motor but is alot louder than the etec. I know many of you use the opti. How do you like it? The third and final option would be a hpdi from yamaha. Has anyone used the vmax? I dont need to worry about trolling at slow speeds because we have a kicker. thanks guys, Patrick

there should be an idle screw that controles the amouth of gas to the piston. get a macanic to do it or if you are familiar with outboards do it yourself. i had to do it on our portaging outboard a yamaha 4hp 4stroke. runs real slow. a drift sock will slow you down but can be a pain when you got a cow on and you get tangled with it.

you cant go wrong with a pflueger.great reel for an even greater price.

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wow thats wierd. i alwase thought pike where native to depot... we actualy targeted them on depot. have you ever been to ten mile lake north of dunlop.. i heard it was good fishing for lakers. requires a little portage though.

forgive my booboo. they where illegally stocked from depot. not ''accidently''

thnks for backing me up holy smokes some people can be ignorant. i might be only sixteen but how many sixteen year olds do you know who has over 23 000$ in tournament winnings and has a scholarship to mcmasters u?And has a part time job as a macanics assistant(laid off for now:( )

what?

holy smokes are you kidding me... i want to help people out and they still bash me. every thing i have stated is 100% honest self opinion and found out. i have been fishing all my life and have been going steady for 2 times a week for 4 years now. what do you have against me?

if your 40hp has those twist on holders to put your boat on the transom. they have little holes for a lock thus preventing you from twisting them. bass pro shops and masterlock sells outboard anti-boltcutter locks.All in all be alert and safe.