Cosmos

Congrats, really nice boat. Enjoy it.

Finally made the move to a slightly bigger house/property. From a 1bdrm condo overlooking North Bay to a 160acres bush lot in unorganized township with a very energy efficient house, with 400 meter frontage on a river chock full of speckled trout!

 

Very happy right now and a little nervous. Boredom will no longer be an issue for me.

 

Now I need a chainsaw, ladder, tools, riding lawn mower, snow blower etc etc etc etc etc etc

 

woo hoo!

Congrats Chad.

It's always nice to have a lot of free space.

Thank you. That's one awesome report.

I caught pike, small mouth, crappies. People told that trout is in the lake as well.

I am really happy with my Humminbird 597 hd, but as you said - it tough to read with split screen - gps/finder mode. Had Lowrance 4 as ice fishing unit - it's pretty good too, but it's really hard to beat a big screen and good resolution.

Was fishing with downriggers today. Got 5 fish in boat. All fishing came on natural colors - perch and herring spoons in 90 fow, riggers were at 70 fow and 80 fow.

Jimmer,

Is this good enough: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4/Auto/3/AutoFluidsChemicals/LubricantsPenetrants/PRD~0381589P/Dupont+Teflon+Dry-Film+Lube%2C+284+g.jsp?locale=en

Thanks Jimmer,

I think lithium grease would work well in this application. Something like that:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4/Auto/3/AutoFluidsChemicals/LubricantsPenetrants/PRD~0381563P/3-in-1+Professional+White+Lithium+Grease.jsp?locale=en

Thank you guys,

I am adding picture of same starter as i have to clarify things. Hope this will help.

Just want to confirm before doing something wrong. Proper way to oil it will be pull a plastic cap and clean everything from that shaft and oil it after, right?

What about that spring which is under the cap, if i am turning it clockwise or conter clockwise - i can see the difference and can hear it as well. Looks like it's not pressing to hard or does press to hard depend which direction you go. Is any way how to set it right? What kind of oil i should use?

My starter diagram: http://www.boats.net/parts/search/BRP/JOHNSON/2003/J25ELSTA/ELECTRIC%20STARTER%20%26%20SOLENOID/parts.html

Cosmos, stop playing with the plastic cap on your johnson, only girls do that.

Will stop right away once it's back to normal.

Hopefully bernie will see this I am sure he has the answer or one of our other motor guru's we are lucky enough to have here.

 

 

Art

Thank you Art,

I really hope he sees this topic too. This problem is driving me nuts.

Hi guys,

Looking to get some wise advise from knowledgeable people. I do have Johnson 2003 25 hp with electric start. Motor was running perfectly fine, until I turned plastic cap on top of the starter's pinion gear couple times preparing it to season - stupid move but I wasn't thinking that this can do something to motor at that point. Now once I am starting it - it starts fine, but that pinion gear(sorry if I am not correct) didn't go down fast enough and for 1 or 2 seconds it's making weird sound. I was trying to turn clockwise small plastic cap on top of it same one I turned originally, but I can't set it properly. Can someone, please, give me instructions how to do that? Also I would like to know if I need to lubricate shaft with spring under that plastic cap?

Thank you very much

Spent 3 hours yesterday evening trying to catch a pike on Cooks, was dead slow. Saw couple perch following my lure - that was it.

Congrats and good luck. Awesome show.

Answering machine says the same - they are open at 6 am. You can call them day before (705) 323-9111 and arrange the time.

Very nice!

I bought mine http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-HeavyDuty-Post-Style-Boat-GuideOns/product/10208433/ from BPS on sale.

Easy to install and adjust, price was good as well.

Thank you for sharing. Awesome pictures.

Second for alumacraft and Yamaha.

Thank you

Spent a week on Onaping last year, Walleyejigger is right that the launches are on the south end of the lake. It is a very long lake so will take a long time to boat out to the north end. Lots of islands and bays so it is easy to get lost if you are not familiar with the lake, spent most of my time on the south end because I had small kids with me. Takes some work to locate the fish on the south end, beautiful area though.

Do you might to let us know - how was fishing?

I am just looking for some advice on lake Onaping in the greater Sudbury district. I`ve heard that it has excellent fishing, especially the North End. However I was not able to find any boat launches in the north end of the lake.

Can anyone recommend a launch + parking site closer to the North side? My boat is fairly light (14ft Aluminum), so if there is no launch- perhaps a road leading to the water with a gently sloping shoreline somewhere in the North End, we could probably remove the boat manually, but then of course we’ll need a place to park.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

awesome!!!

Thank you for video

Nice season Chad.