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Steve Haynes - Professional Walleye
Angler
Dear AMSOIL,
I first would like to tell all of you what a wonderful event the AMSOIL
30th Anniversary Convention was. It was my pleasure meeting and talking
with dealers and race teams from all corners of the country. Kudos to
the entire AMSOIL family for a job well done!
After giving many boat demos of my unique hydraulic steering system,
there seemed to be one common question that many people asked me, "Why
do you use AMSOIL and what can I say to potential marine users to get
them on-board with our products?" That's an excellent question
because tournament fishing has exploded in the last 15 years or so.
There are literally thousands of tournament fishermen at various levels,
fresh and salt water, running big V6 motors. I know these competitive
anglers are looking for an edge and are perfect candidates for running
AMSOIL.
You can talk about performance. You can talk about reliability. But,
maybe the best comeback of all to get the attention of these potential
customers is, "You will have presentation and strategic options
available to you that your competitors will not have!" I don't
know of any competitive angler who could ignore that statement.
Big V6 outboards are notorious for fouling plugs. In the five years
I've been with AMSOIL, I've yet to even breakout a spark plug wrench.
This is especially important to fishermen who use their combustion engines
for presentation techniques. Whether it's hovering over a rocky reef
in northern Minnesota in 5-foot waves, or trolling the many offshore
fisheries that exist up and down both coasts, there are many scenarios
where AMSOIL allows an angler to idle his main power plant for hours,
days, weeks, or for that matter, YEARS! The best thing of all is that
there is no price to pay on the top end. My boat can idle all day and
when it's time to put the hammer down, I'm positive that I will be just
as fast as can be and will not be fouled out. I guarantee you conventional
oils would fall flat on their faces!
I would like to tell you a little third-person story of a recent In-Fisherman
event I participated in.
"Steve motored towards the starting bay on the final morning of
competition. In 29th place of 150 places after two days, he was concerned
about the weather forecast. With 20-30 mph winds, he didn't know if
he should make the 30-mile run to the fish he needed by 12:45 to make
it back on time, and probably fish in brutal 4-6 foot waves next to
a sandbar. The scenario would not allow Steve the option of shutting
off his main engine. To shut the Mercury 175 XST Optimax tiller motor
off, would risk being blown hard into the sand bar and along way from
help. He would have to let the big V6 two-stroke motor idle all day.
Steve made the decision to make that run. It took him a wild hour-long
boat ride to get to the spot in building seas. He caught the quality
fish he needed by noon. He made the bone-jarring 2-hour ride back to
the starting bay with his prop out of the water half the time. He kept
his large 2-stroke engine running for 8 hours in extreme conditions.
He got his top ten finish.
"AMSOIL allows me to make strategic decisions that my competitors
cannot afford to make! The Professional Walleye Trail may be the most
brutal environment of any fishing tour on the planet and AMSOIL protects
my equipment and gives me the mental edge to make tough calls. Over
the years, I have leaned hard on my oil and equipment. The reliability
and performance boost makes AMSOIL the only choice for my boat! Oh,
by the way, I'm still running those same plugs from Lake of the Woods!"
Steve Haynes #112
Professional Walleye Angler
I recently was faced with some extreme conditions at the In-Fisherman
Professional Walleye Trail Central Pro-Am, out of Garrison, Minnesota
on huge Mille Lacs lake in the central part of the state. An unusually
strong cold front was moving through the area, switching the wind around
to the north/northwest for several days with 4- to 6-foot seas. Of course,
on the first day of weather change, I had some important clients to take
out.
As we battled the wind and waves en route to where I had located a
very nice school of fish, it dawned on me, What if I cant hold us
in position? Sure enough, electric motors were useless. Even the 4-stroke
auxiliary kicker motor couldnt hold us in the proper position to get
any fish to bite. My only choice left was to fire up the main powerplant
(a Mercury 225 EFI) and hope we could backtroll into the wind and catch
some fish before the plugs began to foul and we needed to get back to
the landing.
Not only did we catch a lot fish, but we idled all day without a problem
or sign of the plugs fouling. To top it off, I did this for 2 more practice
days and 3 additional tournament days! It truly is amazing that Im
still running those same spark plugs after all that abuse.
Its one thing to count on your oil to keep your equipment in top shape
and performing at peak levels, but quite another when your oil actually
gives you more presentation options under brutal conditions. I finished
in the money because of AMSOIL Synthetic 2-cycle Oil. Thats the kind
of edge I need to compete against the top professional walleye anglers
in the country.
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