Fishing Strawberry

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They were not the size from days gone by. A couple 16", a 17" and a smaller one. I wasn't excited by the size. I will be on Jordanelle Monday with some family friends.

I was there last Monday. Most of my kokes were in the 19 inch class and pushing 3 pounds. I think there’s some bigger kokes under the smaller ones at strawberry. I did lose a bearing on my way home and ended up costing me a spindle. Hesitant to go out with my new axle, but I have to just go for it.

if some one put on your axle you better check the bearings a shop put on a new axle on for me and did not have the nut on right  it went out at Flaming gorge had to go to green river to buy a bearing so we could get the boat to the water. had to rent a slip for the boat so I could go back to Salt lake to get a new axle.   keep checking your hubs make sure they are not getting to hot.   that will tell you if something is wrong

I appreciate your tips, sir. I am kind of a maintenance fanatic and I check my hubs frequently. I had the bearings on my bench to change when I did my Midsummer oil change, which I just got finished with. I personally feel that the bearing failure was because of Parleys. The Rear bearing was completely snapped. The trailer fabrication shop that did it for me. Welded on two new spindles with hubs attached already. I will be keeping an eye on everything a little bit closer now and keeping a spare Hub and components from here on out. Hoping to go to strawberry or Jordanelle to try it out within the next day or two. Having the Boat for three years and this is my first big mechanical failure. I can’t complain too much. I do have to give a shout out to Metalcraft trailers because he helped me get it patched up and off the side of the road as quick as I could. That day on the water was fantastic though. Tail dancing and airborne activity with each fish! Who did your repairs in salt lake?

I had a Metal Craft trailer for my Alumacraft.  One hub always had grease contamination.  I finally tracked it down to a small piece of welding slage on the spindle right where the inner seal was.  I filed it down flush and problem solved.

Do they offer oil bath hubs?

I don’t have a ton of experience with oil bath hubs. My only fear with them is with all the expansion and contraction with heating up and dropping the trailer in the water that if a failure does happen a greased hub allows for a little bit of time which is exactly what happened in my situation. I was able to pull apart the hub right on the side of the road and it wasn’t even hot. I could be incorrect and I am inexperienced in this area but on an oil bath you’re going to have a quicker extreme failure versus a breakdown if the oil seal fails? I’m interested in what other fisherman’s routines that pull a boat? What do you do to inspect before launching and after retrieving? Carry a spare hub?