09-10-2006, 05:20 PM
The first three fish we caught were at about 10:30-11:00 and the rest were after possibly 2:00. We were using mainly shad colored diving crankbaits and one I was using was crappie pattern diving rapalla. I figure we were running about 8' deep cause that is about the point when you could tell that the bait was hitting the bottom.
The gas problem could have been because the wind and chop was pushing the motor. Its a 9.5 horse and we had to keep it almost full throttle to keep us going 3 mph.
Question. Do most of you trim up your motor when you run your trolling motor? I am boating stupid, never been around boats much. I just thought that mabey the outdrive is causeing too much drag.
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The gas problem could have been because the wind and chop was pushing the motor. Its a 9.5 horse and we had to keep it almost full throttle to keep us going 3 mph.
Question. Do most of you trim up your motor when you run your trolling motor? I am boating stupid, never been around boats much. I just thought that mabey the outdrive is causeing too much drag.
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