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Hello everyone! I'm another lucky guy that's had the privilege of growing up here in sportsman's paradise. I moved to Mooringsport a couple years ago on Caddo lake, so that's where I do most my fishing. Any of you guys having as much trouble with this giant salvinia as I am?
welcome from north bossier city. don't fish much on caddo, except for johnson's ranch when they stack up in there. hope to meet ya on the water sometime!!
doc :)
WELCOME I fish Caddo Lake a lot also .I have been having trouble with this giant salvania for the last few years depending on which way the wind is blowing or the current is going it can make some of your prime fishing spots impossible to fish. hopefully we will have a colder than average winter again this year and knock it back drastically
I sure hope so. This is what it was like for me last year...Thankful its not as bad now but it comes and goes.
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Welcome from South La. !!
Hey man, welcome to the board!
I haven't been to Caddo in a quite a while. Didn't realize the green goop was so bad right now. :( Hoping for some freezing weather for many of our lakes...
Welcome..sorry to hear about the slavinia...Im on Bistineau and we been fighting it for years. As much as I hate cold weather..I wish it would freeze that crap out of there this winter.
I would take up ice fishing to get rid of that mess
Welcome from even further south in La. Any further south and I be speaking Spanish.
"gene"
Naw... Gene, you'd be speaking 'glub glub glub' and using gills yourself! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"
Welcome to the forum! Glad you're here with us. I am not like the other fellas wishing for freezing weather, don't care for it myself.
Welcome, Headstrong, from Rocky Mount in Bossier Parish. I fish Ivan Lake mostly. No salvinia there, thank goodness.
Headstrong,,,,You may know all this but just in case you don't........There used to be a couple, three, four weeks when the big Crappie would stack up just below the trestle/bridge (just north of Moringsport) that started about one or two weeks before Thanksgiving and ended a week or two after. I don't think it has happened for the last few years but historically its been going on since the lake was first dammed up. We used to kill 'em there for a while and then, like magic they disappeared and Johnson's was hot. There where always at least 8-12 CDC boats out there. Anyway,,,,Its easy to know if they're there if you ever drive over the bridge and see more than a few boats fishing near the first piling south of the bridge.
Welcome to the forum
Thanks for the tip percher! I'm taking off work the week of thanksgiving so hopefully I can get out on the water soon once the part comes in for my boat motor. The male fuel line connection on the motor itself started leaking gas and I can't locate the exact part online for my 25hp yamaha. I'm probably just gonna buy a fuel barb to run the fuel line straight to the fuel pump as a bypass to get me out on the water lol. As I read through some of the forums it's really cool to see guys helping each other out on here. Thanks for the warm welcome guys.
if I understand where your leak is (in the connector of your hose to the motor), in years past I have replaced an "O-ring" in that connector to stop a leak.....cheap fix.....Quote:
Originally Posted by headstrong87
Thanks for the help, I've replaced the connector on the actual hose but it still leaked. Here's a pic of the part I think I'm having problems with. Its the male end that's fixed onto my motor. Don't see an O-ring anywhere on it, unfortunately. I guess after years of disconnects it finally wore out? lol. Attachment 179470Quote:
Originally Posted by prefers shiners
Welcome headstrong, I think the "O" ring is in the female connector. Check to see if there are any sharp corners on the male end, it might have cut the "O" ring. Maybe the male has some damage to it. Or, as you say maybe it's worn out from many on and off cycles.
"gene"
never seen that part leak B4..... I would still check out the connector for damage to the O-ring inside it........there is not an O-ring on the male part on your motor.....just the connector......check it again....Quote:
Originally Posted by headstrong87
As PPG stated the oring on the female endQuote:
Originally Posted by prefers shiners
What year,hp, make and model are we working on?
Welcome to the sight.
Yea you guys are probably right, both of the female connectors I've tried are probably bad. That would be my luck lol. Its a 1995 yamaha 25hp 2 stroke motor, been a really good motor. I just went ahead and ordered both the male and the female connectors just in case it is the male end that's puncturing the o-ring on the female ends. I know this isent a boat repair forum but I sure appreciate yall. Hopefully I'll be back on the water soon. Just in time for me to freeze my butt off.Quote:
Originally Posted by jig rig