King Mackerel consumption

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Not to spoil anyone's king fishing, but I came across this on the Texas Parks and Wildlife website and thought it may be of interest (scroll down to Gulf...

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I have a 2004 140 suzi 4 stroke on a 94 171 and it's great. Like you said, the weight is the same (6 pounds less actually) as the 115 and I don't regre...

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They catch 30"+ trout pretty regularly in Baffin Bay jsut south of here. I go there occasionaly when the water is up - otherwise it's shallow with...

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Took a day off from school on Thursday and had a GOOD day drifting the Laguna Madre in my 171. The trout is 26", a personal best ... The others...

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I am - Corpus Christi for the last 5 years. Grew up in Pensacola, though and lived 15 years in B'ham and Atlanta before Corpus ......

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Hey Mubik,

It is an '04 4 stroke. The red line is 6200 according to the manual. I think the redline for the 115 is 6000 and the 90 relines...

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I like my 140 and my CG plate does say 135. I've hit a GPS 42 at WOT (6100 rpm) before, but that was alone, flat water, a slight tailwind half a tank...

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Welcome aboard. I also live in corpus. Looks like you're out on the island. Will that tuna tower fit under the Packery bridge?! ;-) Hope to see you...

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The Suzuki 140 4 stroke weighs 415 lbs or about 40 more than the 115 optimax. The Suzi has a higher HP to weight ratio and is a great engine. I have...

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What does the manual say about the max rpm's? Ideally, you should have wot hit within 100-200 rpms of what the manual says is the max rpm's for the engine,...

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Here in Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife monitors fish from bodies of waters for dangerous stuff, e.g. heavy metals (mercury), dioxin, etc. I don't know...

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Hello Shawn,

I'm down in Corpus and I have a 17 footer. I also go offshore on the really good days, but if you're wanting to go on those...

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Well I'm sitting here in corpus and it's 96, not a cloud in the sky, and its blowin' about 8-10. Most of the stores are closed here and the streets are...

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Also, is it a 2 stroke or 4 stroke engine? Pretty big difference in price, but also more gas savings with the 4 stroke. An '03 engine with 40 hours,...

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In addition to a spare trailer tire (you might want to get two spares since it's a tandem), I would also take a couple of cans of fix-a-flat. I had a...