Use Seafoam, add it to your fuel and see if it helps.

I think we are getting lost here.
BassHog has an Evinrude 2 stroke, the Yamaha mentioned is a 4stroke, there are no lifters on 2 strokes, the boat he has doesn’t have a portable fuel tank, but a built in, so there is no problem with venting.

I would say fuel pump, and have compression checked, if 1 or 2 cylinders are bad, it will start and idle rough.

If you guys are intereste in a power lift for kickers, I have an almost new Garelick hydro lift for up to 25hp.

They are very well built, Cabelas sells them for $ 1,100 I can sell it for $ 395

Don’t believe MrMuskie, he was home painting a boat instead of fishing……

How are you doing Doug ? Finally I’ve got into this site too.

Hi Bill, it’s been a while since last visit, I just joined this site, and I am very pleased with it.

I hate to be a pessimist, but you might have other problems with it. Those years the VRO (oil injection, if it is) wasn’t a good thing, I would suggest taking it to somebody to have it compression tested, even a car mechanic can do it, just unscrew plugs and connect a tester, which cost approx $ 50.00, and it’s a handy tool to have.
If compression results are fine, you can get to carburation issues, which could be more simple and less expensive to fix.