1984 25hp Johnson

Sounds like a bad fuel pump to me

Also could be a leaking primer bulb

Not necessarily. I had a bad pump that only started starving fuel at higher rpms

Thanks. I'll check that out.

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Not necessarily. I had a bad pump that only started starving fuel at higher rpms

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I'll check that too, but FWIW, it doesn't do it at high RPM when I first get going. I can run WOT for several minutes, and then outta nowhere, it bogs down while at WOT...which sucks.

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Yeah can't totally be sure. Some smaller OBs with multiple carbs can hold several minutes of fuel in them at WOT before running out

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FWIW, I always run the fuel out before pulling it out of the water. Wouldn't that eliminate that scenario? Or would the act of pumping up the bulb prior to starting and choking it counteract?

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sorry for the high jack but don't you fish around lake catherine? I was going to try the eastern shore of it but was wondering if it's too shallow out there for a bayboat. Thanks.

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I don't frequent the area much anymore, but I used to fish there quite a bit. I did so out of a Nautic Star 1900, so no...it's not too shallow for a bay boat. We used to (coming from MS) launch out of the Rigolets a lot, and if Lake Borgne was too rough to cross to get to the marsh, we would use Lake Catherine as an alternative. There's pretty good fishing on the eastern shoreline. There's a few cuts where you can anchor and fish, or what we'd do mostly is troll along the shoreline and cast for reds. The water is usually pretty clean in there if there's an east wind, and you can sight cast that shoreline. But there's a lot of trout in there too, as well as the occasional flounder.

Thanks for the Lake Catherine info. BTW, I always have been told to never run the gas all the way out of the motor. Something about not having oil on the cylinder walls for the next crankup and the reeds in the carb jets getting stuck in the closed position IIRC.