new motor yeaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

[TheFishinPollock]

Wooohooo, buying a branddddddddddddddddddddddd new 125 opti next week!     Now if the ice would just melt so I can test it out !

[bob o]

congrats on the new motor, your going to love your boat all over agian

[Mike S.]

If anybody deserves it, it's you. I can't believe all of the bad luck you have had. Congrats on the purchase.  My partner has a 200 Opti, and I am amazed at how little gas it uses. Good runner too. 

[TheFishinPollock]

Yea Mike . Fishing tournament's last year no more than a coupla hundred yards from the launch kinda sucked can. Plus that 7 hour TM trip from East Jordan to Ironton kinda did me in.

If I set this thing up right. I'm hoping for 60 61 MPH outa the boat. With the geeked up 115, when it actually ran, I was at 56 57 mph. Other times it was 3 MPH 

The guys in my NBAA division and the TC division are gonan be shocked when I hit the gas and it doesn't explode. 

The worst part is , I call D&R the other day, just getting prices.   The salesman  and I are talking and I bring up the CC Leelanau open.  Tell him we were the guys that always broke down. He says "  Hey ! I know you guys"   

I always wanted to be famous in the fishing world, but not exactly in that manner.

[Slipkey]

Sweet!  Congrats.  Love my Opti.  Ten seasons now, rock solid.

[Mike S.]

I don't know if you've finished the deal yet, but you may want to call Van's Marine in Grand Rapids. They have a sale going on on Mercury outboards right now. I was pretty happy with the price they gave everyone me on the 150 , stroke I was thinking about. I'd call them. Maybe save some money and shorten the drive.

[Firefighter Jeff]

  Awesome Matt !!!!  So glad you were able to work out a brand new motor !!!!!   Good for you  !!!!!

[BIGSHOW]

Hey Mike. Just wondering. I have a mercury 150 optimax. How much are they new? Just curious.

[TheFishinPollock]

$15,000 and some change for the Pro XS Big. a grand less for the opti

[BIGSHOW]

Thats around what I thought. They asked me when I insured it. Thats what I told them for replacement cost

[djkimmel]

There's no such thing as bad fame. I think that is the saying...

Glad you're back! Good luck. Break that baby in right and enjoy the smooth ride more than a few hundreds yards. Though remember, the good spot isn't always all the way to the other side of the lake! (I'm saying that as much for me as anyone else...)

[VinceR]

Now you can spend more time fishing.

[TheFishinPollock]

Yea no more puttering around Mullett Vince .   Which is one of the first lakes we are going back to this year in the spring.  Mann that event just sucked for us.

[Mike S.]

Hey Mike. Just wondering. I have a mercury 150 optimax. How much are they new? Just curious.

I'm not sure what the Optimax goes for, but the 150 efi 4 stroke was $12,660 installed, but minus prop.

[VinceR]

Yea no more puttering around Mullett Vince .   Which is one of the first lakes we are going back to this year in the spring.  Mann that event just sucked for us.

My club is going there June 7-8, but I'm not sure if I'm going to make it.

[TheFishinPollock]

That is about the same time we were planning a weekend up there Vince. Gonna stay at that same hotel. Was a perfect place and the owners were really nice.

[Firefighter Jeff]

  Where'd you stay Matt

[TheFishinPollock]

Little notell,motel just outa town. UMMMMMM, can't remember the name, but it's across from a  log cabin restaurant and an Italian restaurant.  Wayyy plenty of boat parking and able to back it right up to the door and plug in.   Clean and really nice owners. She was excited to see all the boats show up as they have just bought the place. 

Vince knows the name. He's the one with a good memory.

[djkimmel]

Sounds like you're talking about the Star-Gate motel maybe if you're talking Indian River?

[Firefighter Jeff]

  Yep, that's the one Dan.  I heard there were new owners.  I've stayed there a few times.  Was just wondering.