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Guy on the riverbank told me to run the pump slower, saved my whole shift
Was working a tight stretch of the Blackstone last Tuesday, material was getting sucked up so fast the screen kept clogging every 20 minutes. This old timer fishing off the bank yelled over that I was running too hot. Told me to drop the throttle way down and let the vacuum do the work. I figured he was just some guy who'd never touched a dredge, but I tried it anyway. Screen barely clogged the rest of the day and I pulled more yards by quitting time than I did in the morning. Anyone else had luck ignoring your gut and listening to a random bystander?
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colesanchez13d ago
That line about him being just some guy who'd never touched a dredge hits home, because I've blown off bank fishermen plenty of times thinking they had no clue what they were talking about. Turns out a lot of those old timers have watched more dredges run than I ever will, and they can hear when a pump is working too hard from a hundred yards away. Good on you for actually trying it instead of just nodding and going back to what you were doing.
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