She got new power this weekend!!

[captMarty]

Anytime Troutkiller, although I'm not much of a Trout Killer I am certainly a big time Snapper Tapper!

[Troutkiller2006]

think snapper season opens up june 1 over here and they doing that stupid 2 fish limit again this year. is it the same over there? pretty sure it a federal reg

[captMarty]

Here it's open year round, in State waters. There's plenty of snapper in state waters within 10 miles of the coast.

[Troutkiller2006]

REALLY!!! why wasnt i told? i live in ms but la waters are 8 miles south of my house

[Troutkiller2006]

the guy i am getting my boat from (88 dually) has pretty much the same motor. 2014, i think, with 130 hours on it. he texted me some pics of his motor a little while ago, all screwed up. seems that mercury felt like his boat didnt need a head gasket! almost the same boat, almost the same motor and he lives in houma. lets hope that the similarities end there!

[captMarty]

WOW, they shipped the motor without a head gasket??? I hope they have improved their quality control. Was looking at the paperwork on mine and noticed the manufacture day was April 1, 2016, sure hope I'm not the butt of a cruel April Fool's joke! Yes red snapper year round in Louisiana waters, but don't go past the line, the feds are waiting.

[Troutkiller2006]

yea id call it a pretty big mistake! but pretty impressive that it ran that long though. thats a very well matched mating surface! and mercury is installing him a brand new powerhead

do you know that mississippi waters dont touch international waters? state line is mouth of the pearl and just about due east all the way to alabama. launch in long beach, go about 7 miles south, just past cat island, and you in louisiana!