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Prop question for MJ
MJ, I was looking at your gallery and it looks like we have about the same outboard... (150 HP Yamaha?). I think mine's a ~ 1987. I remember you saying that your favorite prop is a 15 1/4 x 15. I still haven't splashed my boat but if I recall correctly it came with a 17 pitch prop. Here's my problem. I need to troll SLOW at around 3 mph for salmon. I won't know for sure until I get my V wet but I strongly suspect that my current prop won't let me go that slow.
Do you think the 15 1/4 x 15 will troll that slow on the Yamaha?
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06-05-2007, 10:25 PM
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Re: Prop question for MJ
Tuna, sorry to break in. Any problems with a wind sock?
We used to drag an anchor while trolling for trout if the motors we had were too big and wouldn't idle low enough.
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06-06-2007, 12:11 AM
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Re: Prop question for MJ
I had a 175 Yamaha and now a 175 Evinrude, I have a hard time on troll, here we like to do 2 mph and I have a hard time getting under 4 mpg.
I have asked before and have been told that maybe the 17 will be better cause it pushes less water then the 15?? so I am going to try with the 17 and see what happens? If I do better then I might put the 17 on when I know I am trolling, and stick with the 15 when I am not?? I Will let you know what happens? I am going to leave the 17 on and I am hopefully going out Sunday, I will troll to see what happens,
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06-06-2007, 12:25 AM
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Re: Prop question for MJ
easy way to troll throw a couple 5 gallon buckets off the boat tied to the rear cleats
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06-06-2007, 12:46 AM
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Re: Prop question for MJ
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We do that regularly in hot summer pullin' lead-core line ... you can figure ALMOST .5 mph speed reduction per bucket ... I like buckets cause you still got good boat steerage ;) ...
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06-06-2007, 12:46 AM
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Re: Prop question for MJ
You can also run a smaller diameter prop with a smaller blade area to decrease idle troll speed, but still keep some top end.
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