whichwaysup Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Been struggling to find the fish recently, but got out early Saturday a.m. and changed up my pattern. Caught all of these on Spook Jrs and was back home w/ my father in law by 8 a.m. before the crowds. Life is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullet Dredge Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Good goin. I see from your other posts that you recently relocated to the Wilmington area...midsummer trout are somewhat of a rare bird around here depending on where you are fishin. What part of town do you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Hey Mullet - It's been hard going to find those trout! We are in Wilmington itself. Not trying to be vague, but with netters trolling these forums, want to be pretty careful about what I share on the general forum! Love it down here, but it will be hard to imagine the fishing being better than the Pamlico. That place is NUTS if you can find the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullet Dredge Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Best advice for this area is be mobile. We have some excellent fisheries within an hour or so drive in different directions, as well as in the backyard. And wasn't trying to get any info on your fishin area in my previous post. Sorry if it came off that way, not my style. My livewell looked pretty similar to yours yesterday! 35yrs born and raised here. I'm on the north east end of town, Ogden area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Hey Mullet! Great to hear you are in the area! We need more folks posting and keeping this thread popping. Are you running an MBC boat? Would love to see some more Mavericks around! Don't worry - I didn't take your question that way - just learned (the hard way) what happens when you post stuff up here that is too specific. Less an issue on this forum, but on some other ones, the wrong post can get all kinds of unwanted friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Juice Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Nice haul! Top water smack down is good times. Need to get together and go one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullet Dredge Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 18 hours ago, whichwaysup said: Are you running an MBC boat? Would love to see some more Mavericks around! I have a 2000 16' Hewes Bayfisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Mullet - nice - will look for you out there - what color? Nag - DEFINITELY - just say the word (after I get the tilt fixed! see below) Hit them again this a.m. - managed two more 16" fish on top before 8 a.m., tons of action, but they were all short striking. Got one of the two on my flyrod on a popper - man, that's just a good time! Bad news, though, looks like my tilt/trim has locked up on me in the up position. The main piston won't come down (the other two immediately engage, though). Any recommendations on someone reasonable who could get me back on the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Juice Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Carolina Outboard in Hampstead. Talk to Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullet Dredge Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 4 hours ago, whichwaysup said: Mullet - nice - will look for you out there - what color? Plain white, two stroke Yamaha. Nothing special nothing fancy....prefer to just blend in. When you hit your trim switch, does the trim motor make noise? Or just click? Or nothing? I would imagine it is something simple.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 13 minutes ago, Mullet Dredge said: Plain white, two stroke Yamaha. Nothing special nothing fancy....prefer to just blend in. When you hit your trim switch, does the trim motor make noise? Or just click? Or nothing? I would imagine it is something simple.... Posted a question in the "general" forum, but here's the description. I had the motor fully up, with the single main piston fully extended. When I went to lower the engine, the piston retracted about an inch, and then stopped moving. At that point, the two trim pistons engaged (but obviously, the engine remained tilted. After I manually lowered the engine, the main piston worked fine again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Juice Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 You've got a leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yep - no doubt about that one. I knew it was coming. Hoping I can limp along until fall when the wait to get these fixed isn't as long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernieNC Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Think seriously about getting in line and getting it fixed now (or as soon as you can). Fall is prime time on the coast! I log more time on the water in October, November and December than the rest of the year combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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