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  1. Loonzter

    Pt. Jefferson fun

    Fished Pt. Jefferson harbor Saturday with my grandson, I love/hate when he outfishes me lol, soooo much fun! More fluke than I've seen anywhere else so far this season. Mostly shorts but we were able to bring home a couple for dinner. My buddy caught some of the largest sea robins I've seen in a...
  2. Loonzter

    Long Beach ramp

    A buddy and I launched out of the Long Beach ramp Saturday and fished all day in the rain (fish were already wet). Not exactly what we'd hoped for, we ended with 2 keeper fluke, several 2-3# bluefish, and a few sea robins. We through back at least a 1/2 doz. shorts. My hands got so pruney from...
  3. Loonzter

    Memorial Day Fluke

    If you were able to fish with gulp without the blowfish instantly destroying it then I'd assume they've moved out of the narrows. Doesn't really make sense to me but I got out twice last week and my gulp didn't last 2 minutes. Only caught 1 short fluke but brought home 25 more blowfish.
  4. Loonzter

    Blowfish and more BLOWFISH!

    Hold on Chevy I'll go ask my 10 yr old grandson, lol I actually was waiting to long, by the time I set the hook must often they had it down deep. my grandson told me to swing at the first tap and sometimes even if you dont feel a hit. If you've got a chum pot down they apparently swallow your...
  5. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    Trying to get tech -phisticated, 1st attempt a photo attachment. Anyway, time to begin the lubrication process. I'll see if I can get a decent shot of the top of the pivot tube.
  6. Loonzter

    Blowfish and more BLOWFISH!

    I started throwing them back when the fish box looked like a balloon festival. They were actually a real nice size 10" and lets just say if I didn't watch youtube for a novel way to skin them using a fork I doubt I've have much skin on my fingers . Lol Cooked up an awesome batch, flour, egg and...
  7. Loonzter

    Blowfish and more BLOWFISH!

    I finally got a weather window this week (thursday) to splash the boat. My grandson and I launched from Forge river and fished Moriches bay. I headed west to Smith's Pt bridge and we cast plugs by the piljngs hoping for Bass or Bluefish, no go. Headed back east and drifted the narrows (Buoy...
  8. Loonzter

    Porgy time

    Awesome news, thank you. Any info regarding life in the water is welcome. I was all pumped up with the mild winter we had that everything would kick in early this season, NOT! It seems all winter the temps were higher than average but this Spring seems the temps are all lower than average. Go...
  9. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    I don't have a smart phone but I'll see if there's something I can do. Ordered a spray can of Corrosion Block from Amazon this morning. Probably won't see it till the end of May but thats OK, with the fishing reports I'm seeing I probably won't be using the boat much till then anyway. I can see...
  10. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    Thanks Bobfish, just to clarify when you say you sprayed corrosion block into that area, do you mean the grease fitting you placed into the top of the pivot tube? On my Mercury Optimax the engine bracket at the very top of the pivot tube is also flaking rust. I'm assuming the upper nylon bushing...
  11. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    So I cleaned out the hose of my grease gun the best I could, loaded it with penetrating oil and allowed the grease in the cartridge to push the penetrating oil into the pivot tube fitting. I am able to rotate the engine back and forth but still not as good as I was hoping for. I'm hoping that...
  12. Loonzter

    What lube for that tube?

    Thanks Roccus7 I'll give this a shot.
  13. Loonzter

    What lube for that tube?

    So I have another thread going, tbl with a sticky pivot tube. I am curious what lube most of you use for the grease fittings on the tilt tube and the pivot tube of your outboard engines. I'm tempted to use the bearing grease that I use on my trailer's wheel hubs. However, I recently changed the...
  14. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    I've got another question, what grease you most of you use when greasing the tilt tube or pivot tube on your engine? Do you use the same grease you would use on your wheel bearings or something different?
  15. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    Cany, the penetrating oil injected with a grease gun was just one thing I saw on youtube. I'm hoping for suggestions to try and resolve my problem. The videos I watched regarding pivot tube issues explained the most probable cause was corrosion not dried grease. It would seem logical to work up...
  16. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    I assume it could be removed and replaced, however my fitting is on top of the pivot tube and there is no fitting at the bottom. I would feel reluctant to introduce a degreaser into an area that needs lubrication and could not be flushed out. I would think anything injected into the pivot tube...
  17. Loonzter

    Are they or are they not circle hook test.

    Well, if the hook is offset it can still hook anywhere in the fish (stomach). When the eye is offset the tension of the leader would be straight in line with the shank. In essence pulling the hook straight. Snelling a hook is not rocket science, in fact there are so many different ways anglers...
  18. Loonzter

    Are they or are they not circle hook test.

    From what I've read you do not want an octopus style hook. Using a circle hook with no offset eye allows you to thread the leader from the inside out through the eye. Thats from the hook point side of the hook eye out the other side before snelling. Doing this turns the hook 'in' when under...
  19. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    Thank you for your input, this is disheartening to say the least. I own one of those small grease guns you can get from Harbor Freight. I use it to grease the wheel bearings. I suppose I'll need an empty grease cartridge to allow the plunger to force the penetrating oil into the pivot tube...
  20. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    My trouble it not the tube the steering cable passes through, its the vertical pivot tube. After removing the steering cable from the motor I pushed the engine left and right and experienced significantly resistance. I'm assuming the stiffness is the result of dried grease or corrosion, or both...

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