Big Lake 11-03-09
 

Myself, Rakedlake, and his buddy hit Heberts at 6:00am this morning. Was choppy and got a little calmer thru the day. We left a little after 1:00pm. We got 35 specs, 14 whities, and 6 reds. All caught on plastics and mostly under birds! Glad a 4 stroke Yamaha has good fuel economy.....we ran 75 miles (counting what we trolled) and burned 17 gallons! Sorry no pics!

Good trip for those conditions today. Sorry I missed you at the landing but we will catch each other one day

Sounds like a pretty good day on the water to me! Gotta love those 4 stroke Yammies, that will DEFINATELY be my next motor. I have a 2 stroke Yamaha right now.

Good job man!!;)

On my other boat I had a HPDI Yamaha......nice motor but I rather the 4 Stroke. That 150 4 stroke is a horse....

Great catch bro...not to bust your bubble,but the mercury optimax gets even better fuel mileage with alot more low and midrange power.I love yamahas,but mercury got the best fuel mileage on the market.:smokin:

:*****::*****::*****:This will get my buddy going

It is what it is....I am a hardcore yamaha fan,dont get me wrong,but the optimax sips the fuel. I've been around boats my whole life,my dad is a outboard mechanic and I work on them as well. I would have to say that yamaha is the more reliable motor,but they both break. I personally can't own a four stroke being around 2 strokes for so long...you just cant get the low and mid range power like a 2 stroker,period.

= it never happened. :smokin:

CapnD I figured you would like that post!!! What is that saying: If you want a motor to race to the repair shop get a MERC and if you want a motor to fish get a YAMAHA.
Sorry, no way a 150 Opti will get better fuel economy than an 150 4 stroke Yamaha. I could see the OPTIs getting more than the HPDI's......

Salty I know.....I do not take pics...POX had to give me a 5 minute lesson on how to use his camera on SUN.

hell yeah you jig head thief:rotfl:

Is this a threat? :smokin:

No me and ASR are podnahs

No.....CAPnD and I are buds!!!!! I am wanting to take him fishing so I can plug in all his fising holes on my GPS!!!:grinpimp: ENSCO 86:spineyes:
Seriously, CapnD we will make a trip next week....If you are busy in the morning getting the blinds ready we can go in the afternoon!

you fished today D?

Pox you left them in my bote.....remember the 3 day rule!!!!! I will call you tomorrow to meet-up....

I can prove it to you my friend.....I didnt belive it either untill I started working at a mercury warranty repair shop.

yes I did

Montauk....regardless,,,,,, I will keep my 4 stroke Yamaha and you can keep your OPTI or 2 stroke! MERCShttp://www.saltycajun.com/forum/images/icons/icon13.gif

Hey man Im not ragging you at all,I love the yamahas. The HPDI has alot of problems though.

ASR w told me to tell you that when he got his new boat he would race you to the birds with that Opti on his boat. I told him dont worry that nobody would be out there.

LOL

CapnD, I bet W will hook up two 36 volt troll motors to his new bote. For sure he will beat all the guides to the birds. He will not have to worry about getting cut-off anymore!:*****:

I heard motorguide was building him a 454 trolling motor:*****:

lmao that's a good one

That troll motor will require so many batteries he will only be able to fit a 10 gallon tank in his bote!!!

I didn't want to derail this thread so I started a new one for the outboard discussion.
Yamaha has a new 4stroke out for the bass/bay boat market to compete with 250 pro xs and 250ho etec.