Charlie Richardson
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Got in Yesterday after a gruelling 2000 mile 1 way tow. Caught several hundred fish to 8#, but the big one eluded me. The biggest fish I saw the whole week was 10.2#. So the real bigguns aren't doing it quite yet. I was there hunting a teen class fish, so I was a little dissapointed. Still had fun though, hung a rel toad one afternoon and she ripped the split rings off my Fat Free Shad, Oh well such is life. Ol'spinecrusher made the 400 mile tow like a champ, so I figure all the maintenance paid off. The only problem was the engine would sometimes die just as I was getting up on plane. We would pump the bulb and it would be alright until the next time it sat idle for a while then it would do it again.. When I got in I went by the Merc dealer and he asked where I got fuel and I told him it was in Tuscon, and that it was an ethanol blend. Not to worry he said it is only vapor lock in the fuel pump due to running etanol blended fuel in warmer climate of Mexico. I went by the local station and added 30 gal. of local gas and launched it here and no problemo. He also said that when guys from up north come down here to Tx. with a tank full of winter blended fuel they have the same problems, he said sees it all the time. Good to be home, but wish I was still there...............Cmack