check your prop shafts and stop leaving your line in the lake!

[FishingwithRusty]

been here since September and have taken the props off both motors a few times for different reasons and each time ive found line wrapped around the prop shaft. DAMN!!! ive not found this much line around my prop shafts EVER!!!!

so save yourself some money and check your prop shafts, braid will eat up a seal pretty quickly.

and f#*king stop leaving your line in the lake, if you hook line pull it in, stick it in you trash and throw it away later, the motor you save may be your own.

 

[stockcarm14]

The whole floor of my boat was full from pulling line in with my trap Saturday. I bet I hooked line 10 times. One of the times it looked kite someone had changed the line on their reel and threw it in the water with as big of a wad that I pulled in

 

[Triton20xHarris]

I'll also say that whoever has a blue Stratos with a etec on it prolly needs to check there's cause you have a good bit of 15lb invisx and possibly a swimbait wrapped around your prop. Y'all proceeded to drive right across my line at the riverpark Saturday. I let y'all have all my line cause it was old anyways.

 

[fischnrod]

It will also ruin a trolling motor seal and then the motor. I've had it do both to me and it gets expensive in repairs and I always throw it in the boat and discard later

 

[Mr. S]

I always throw my discarded and found line in a recycle bag I keep on my boat just for that purpose. I will agree with Triton20xHarris about other boaters coming too close to you when you have lines out. I was trolling to the ramp at Wolfteaver one afternoon just as I was about pass under the bridge TWRA officer came around my stern and ran across both my lines I was trolling behind my boat. She had to raise her motor and remove the line. Not much I could do about it then.

 

[stockcarm14]

I take my prop off the first of every month and change my lower unit dope every 3 months. I lost a lower because of fishing line so now I keep a close eye on it

 

[derek81]

FishingwithRusty - 12/20/2016 8:42 AM

been here since September and have taken the props off both motors a few times for different reasons and each time ive found line wrapped around the prop shaft. DAMN!!! ive not found this much line around my prop shafts EVER!!!!

so save yourself some money and check your prop shafts, braid will eat up a seal pretty quickly.

and f#*king stop leaving your line in the lake, if you hook line pull it in, stick it in you trash and throw it away later, the motor you save may be your own.

You do know kids frequent this board as well as us adults. We get the point and you can do it with out talking like that, at least on here.

 

[FishingwithRusty]

great! hope they check their props shafts and don't leave their line behind as well.

 

[SHane]

Agree about the language but I can see how that could ruin your day and attitude about other fishermen when you are trying to do things right. Always s few idiots that ruin it for the majority!

 

[derek81]

FishingwithRusty - 12/21/2016 7:40 AM

great! hope they check their props shafts and don't leave their line behind as well.

And if you get worked up over that I can't wait to see the vulgar post when you find an unmarked gill net while running around the lake. Found last year fortunately I was only idling to mark a ledge and killed the engine before it was too bad. There always seems to be some of those around during the winter months.

 

[finbully]

FishingwithRusty - 12/21/2016 7:40 AM

great! hope they check their props shafts and don't leave their line behind as well.

..and then they will qualify for a participation trophy too!!!

 

[silvertalon]

Not always but usually you can just shine a flashlight down the barrel of your prop (in a routine check), and will see the line end sticking out. Tip; make sure you torque your prop nut (on a Merc v6), to around 50 ft lbs. Those plastic hubs will settle in and cause a loose prop if not tight enough. Check the prop for axial play after 1st run.

 

[stockcarm14]

I religiously check mine and I still lost another lower yesterday because of fishing line

 

[Bucksbass]

Check the trolling motor also. Tore a seal up in a new Maxxum this summer.

 

[backlasher]

There is a lot of line in Chick. Unfortunately.