Problem 4th weekend!!

[Blue_Runner]

BS is a stand up guy...I hope you gave him some fresh flatty meat MJ. Look at it this way - you are just getting the bugs out. Should be smooth sailing from here on.

Also if you haven't sent a nice rod/reel to Davey Jones Locker, then you aren't a true fisherman. I've sent at least 3. Actually 4 if you count the one we lost last trip out....it wasn't mine.

Its just like fouls in basketball IMO. Chit happens.

Hey one time a dam dredging operation wedged me up against a dock as I was passing through a channel. I broke one rod in half on the dock and the rear bimini strap got hung and snapped in half as well. That was one heck of a close encounter! The dude had the diesel engine on that thing maxxed out and he was still pushing in on me! Cleaned my drawers and went fishing anyway.

[macojoe]

I have lost some before, never liked it

[bigshrimpin]

MJ - It's my pleasure to help out . . . I'm glad that we could work right in the garage. Not sure what to do to prevent those fouling plugs in the future . . . They were all black and oily so perhaps a healthier mix of oil and gas or adding the oil before you pump. Anyhoo . . . it was neat to see 2 bad plug wires arching on the block at night. I think you're good to go for a while . . . catch some damn flukes would yah!! I would give my left nut for my fluke permit back and a few days off to fish the secret spots. I'm so looking forward to Commercial Bass Season . . . night time fishing is going to be my only chance to get'm this year.

Hey you didn't tell me about the rod going overboard . . . so sorry . . . that was a sweet rod too.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by bigshrimpin

Not sure what to do to prevent those fouling plugs in the future . . . They were all black and oily so perhaps a healthier mix of oil and gas or adding the oil before you pump.

Bigshrimpin/MJ...long ago on my old gas-suckin' Rude, my outboard tech told me the following; when idling/trolling, tilt the motor a little forward so the "top" of the cylinders are up instead of down...he went on to say(as we all know), 2 strokers never burn ALL the oil in the cylinder on firing...tilting the motor up a bit reduces the amount of unburned oil building up in the "top" of the cylinder (which is where the spark-plug is) thus reducing fouled plugs.

After he told me that, I started tilting the old Rude up as he suggested and never was bothered w/fouled plugs again...have you guys ever heard this from anywhere else?...

[Blue_Runner]

Heard it from you Reel and I practice that method.

[phatdaddy]

are you burning the traditional plugs or the surface gap ones? i like ngk's but i am also on the vro still, so plugs are cheaper than a block./....

[bigshrimpin]

NGK-BUH8's

They are the surface gap plugs. Plugs were black and wet. Compression in the motor is 125 - 130psi in all 6. I'm going to replace them (or have MJ replace them) and then see what happens to the new plugs after a few weeks.

[dbetterred]

Ok, so I have to ask. As someone who actually flukes for money. What is your preferred rod (weight and length)?

Sorry to here about the one over the side! I've done it too, not recently though (knock on wood!!!!).