I was idling around right outside the marina, and i noticed that the diverter wasnt working so i pulled up on the beach, after looking over to check for depth, not knowing that the lake was soo dirty that even at ankle deep you cant see your feet, so i hopped out to hook the diverters negative back up t the battery and when i jumped out into 6 inch water i knew there was a problem. I hooked it back up and pushed the boat back into deeper water (up to my knees) and fired it up. All seemed ok, and the boat moved ok forewards and reverse at idle but when I took it up anything above 2000 it felt like there wasnt any water moving thru the jet because the motor just wrapped up and I didnt go anywhere so I idled back to the marina and got it ont he trailer, and checked the koader grate and didnt see anything, then jay suggested I pull the inspection cover off and low and behold, there were rocks stuck in every vane. So i got into it with a flathead screwdriver and got all of them out and rotated it by hand to check, and the blades looked fine, but i figured it it was cracked or bent, i was screwed anyways, so just run it, but once i got out of the marina, and got on it, it felt just like it did before so I was lucky. :-) I have pics of the rocks and stuff I still need to put up, but ill do it later.
I hadnt ever been to elsinore before so I didnt know what to expect, I heard someone say that the water was only like 8 feet deep in the deepest part, so id be suprised if others didnt get stuck, lol Damn canyon lake stealing all the water.
