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Great read, great catch & it's got to be said...... caught in your undies is very impressive, how do you secure the bait in there ?? most fishos use a rod & hook joking mate well done

I know it sounds silly but you didn't cross the thread. ? Or did it go on nice & easy, did the 3 in 1 oil affect the washer , just basic things I would be checking, old fuel can go off, don't know about jelly like though

I agree pitch of 7 inches is not correct, however I have noticed with tilt/ trim if it's not correct prop cavitates until you get up to speed & On the plane & then you get max speed, or when wot trim is up but down low speed you do get cavitation, so you have to constantly change your trim ( does all that make sense )

Put me down for 2 please

Don't forget good old garlic, probably not really a herb but goes with everything & dill goes particularly well with fish

Sounds like my Neighbour , as mentioned prior you are quite within your rights, I recently bought a prop muffler & I gotta say they cut tge noise in half, only cost about $15, good investment Have a look around & see if he complies with council ie is his shed too close to the boundary, 2 can play at that game ! But to be honest you want to try & get on with your neighbours if possible

I would say big angry type

Am I reading 9 rods for 1 person ? Be careful only allowed 4 , other than that good luck & I understand what your saying the anticipation is almost as good as the day, I struggle to sleep

Hi fisherjay, from what you describe could be many things, we had a similar problem, my advice is as other people have suggested, you need to pinpoint exactly where the problem is, is it the cables or is it at the gearbox, take cowling off & check cable movement both in forward & reverse, watch the linkages & make sure they are moving roughly the same distance in each direction, if you think this is fine then disconnect cables rom linkages & try & put into for/rev manually, spinning the prop so you know its engaged, if it goes into gear this way you know the problem is in you cables or throttle box, if it doesnt go into gear manually the problem will be in your leg linkage or dog clutch.which if your not mechanically minded is a job for huey, we had to strip ours right down & the pin in the middle of our dogclutch had a little crack in it & was bent slightly but this was enough to stop it going into reverse as the dogclutch is springloaded but only underload when in reverse not forward, also. whilst it sort of half went into reverse & this did spin the prop with the muffs on when we held some rubber against the prop you could hold the prop so we new the gear wasn,t engaged fully. Don,t know if this all makes sense but basically identify if its cable related or gearbox end first. Rod

Silverwater used to be crap but as mentioned now has a pretty good pontoon & they have dredged around there so it's not as shallow, midweek anywhere is better than weekends but Silverwater is not very popular any time so not a bad option since they have fixed it up

Second one looks more like a tarwhine possibly, well done either way mate

My guess is prop seal probably has fishing line around it, chews the seal at in no time & let's water in to gearbox , oil & water = milky

G'day hi-thrust , tricky problem , I would suggest a nicely chilled bottle of savignon blanc, get yr wife to sit in a nice comfy recliner , perhaps some moisturiser & gently massage her in the sore areas until pain subsides , apart from that I can't help with the minor problem of the moving the boat around . ???

Sorry mate only read the story above yr answer , now read it 4 times & found what ye talking about apologies