01-29-2004, 02:43 PM
Badfish, I have a 14' Valco Aluminum boat with a 6 horse Johnson. It's a great trolling set up but it's slow to get you to your hole. I borrowed a 15 horse motor from my boss and it trolled ok but really moved me accross the water. The top speed was about 16 mph. At that speed the boat felt really squirrely and you could feel the floor flexing with the waves. I would suggest no more that a 15 horse but probably a 10 horse. I'm going to try and find a Merc. 9.9 for my boat. It won't move me as fast but hey, I'm not trying to ski behind it. Hope this helps.
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