The season dates moved up for the northern areas, we were getting maybe 5 weekends in before ice up previously. Say what you will but I like it, gave me more weekends to get out.
The berkley big game rods work well so I’d imagine that catfish rods will too.
I’ve been slowly working my way into the big water, braid dipseys and 2,4,6 color lead for Superior is what I’m running now. Don’t quite have the time or the confidence to go over to LM, yet.
I use 5 gal buckets with a 4″ hole cut on the bottom clipped onto the tie downs on the transom. Works well to get my boat (’00 17′ Pro V w/ 125 Merc) down to 2.3-3.2 MPH for salmon and trout on Superior without running too high of RPM.
My buddy has the higdon pulsars. We don’t use them much but when it’s flat calm they seem to work fine. That being said, a jerk rig or two would be just as effective.
Through the lens of “right now” yeah $5/gal diesel sucks, but, the government is subsidizing gasoline right now so we aren’t seeing the true cost anyway.
I love the motor, it has plenty of power and fits my needs well. Your opinions and mileage may vary.
I have a 2022 Sierra with the 3.0 Diesel in it (14k mi). I love it. I get 27-30 on the hwy not towing. The efficiency dips under load though, pulling my 17′ pro-v I average 19-20 MPG, pulling a 7’x14′ steel enclosed decoy trailer to ND my average was 15 MPG.
Thanks for the replies. Plugs are new and it’s oil injected so mix shouldn’t be an issue. I checked the lower unit oil level and it’s fine.
The only place that it’s leaking out is above the lower unit at the drain point.