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John Bacon

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  1. On 2/3/2024 at 6:29 PM, Terry said:

    So if  it’s a 6x6 and I’m sure there is more then a square foot of tire on the ground it is at most 200  pounds per square ft. A good sized man will have  as he steps will put around the same weight per square foot

    im not going anywhere with this , just thought I would mention it. lol

    I theory, the pressure on the ice will be equal to the tire pressure.  Rigidy of the tire itself along with snow cover on the ice will through the calculation off somewhat.  

  2. On 8/6/2023 at 10:56 PM, Freshtrax said:

    Fuel line issues gave caused 80% of all issues I have ever had with an outboard.    I would replace from tank to motor. 

    Thanks, I think I can rule out the fuel line in this case.  My kicker can run on either an internal or an external tank.  I have issue regardless of which I choose.

    I haven't had a chance to clean the carb yet.  I did add Seafoam, but I think that's more of a long term solution than a quick fix.

     

  3. My kicker motor (5hp Mercury branded Tohatsu four stroke) starts but stalls shortly after.  Usually, it will not continue running after I push the choke button back in.

    Once I was able to get it to run for several minutes.  I had twisted the tiller grip to wide open trottle and pushed the choke almost all the way in.  I am not sure what that does in terms of throttle plate position.  It ran for several minutes with the RPMs continually increasing and decreasing.

    If I prime the bulb, I see fuel dripping out of a drain line.  I assume that this is from an overflow port in the carburator.

    I tried replacing the spark plug.  I had had similar issues in the past and was told that that was the solution.

    Does anyone have any other ideas on the cause?  Fuel filter?

    Thanks in advance.



     

  4. On 5/3/2023 at 3:30 PM, CrowMan said:

    Not sure how the IGFA considers this 53"  fish a world record ? Yes, the measurement is to the fork of the tail, but there certainly have been larger fish...no ?

    I'm not up on the latest goings on in the Musky world. There always seems to be some controversy when it come to records around this species...like the dispute over the famous (or perhaps infamous) Ken O'Brien Moon River fish...so maybe someone could enlighten me..

    https://www.outdoornews.com/2023/05/02/st-lawrence-river-muskie-caught-by-new-york-angler-is-new-cr-world-record/

     

    I am surprised that the record isn't longer too.  Aren't there places in Ontario with a 54" minimum limit?

    Perhaps there have been longer ones caught that just weren't officially entered.

  5. 4 hours ago, dave524 said:

    Was the Zoo board a BBS where you had to dial the number and connect ? I remember being a member of several bulletin board groups back in the 90's and using an Off Line Mail Reader (OLMR) called " BlueWave" so to minimize connection time, especially when long distance, back in the DOS days

    I was accessing it via "regular" internet in the late 90s.  But it may have started out differently.  

  6. 16 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

    I’m 100% pro nuclear, but it would be a horrific idea to spend god knows how much money build 5 Darlingtons only to find out that in 30 years time fusion is available and provides unlimited energy for the cost of building the plant.

     

    What if we wait 30 years and fusion still isn't available?

  7. On 1/5/2023 at 12:55 PM, Snidley said:

    It seems like the story of thiamase is complicated. If it inhibits salmon spawning it should have destroyed the fishery by now. Even with stocking the DNR's in Ontario and the US are using either brood stock or eggs harvested by milking staging fish. If the eggs were not viable there should be little to no success in stocking the beasts. Buy if you stock there will be salmon. At some point it might be worth DNR's looking to genetically modify salmon genes to make Thiamase a non factor in reproductive success. There might even be a place for stocking lake Herring so as to replace the current forage base with one that eliminates the problem at source and also provides an original forage base that is also a game fish that's fun to catch in it's own right. All of this would take money and we know that will be in short supply in the coming years so it probably won't happen. I can say that salmon fishing was much better this year than last year at least for me. 

    At Ringwood, we treat the salmon with vitamin B baths to combat the effect of thiamase.

    I have heard figures of 10% mortality from EMS (early mortaliy syndrome) relating to thiamase.  10% isn't going to destroy a fishery on it's own.  But an additional 10% on top of other challenges such as less than ideal river and creek habitat may prevent a species from establishing a self sustaining population.

      

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  8. On 9/19/2022 at 4:36 PM, Beans said:

    The one I caught in Frenchman's Bay near the little bridge in open water was a more greenier color...The ling I ate was from Lady Simcoe... I was told it was like poor man's lobster so I gave it a try...can't remember if I cooked it or my first wife R.I.P.

    Spawning male bowfin often have a lot of green on them.

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