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I have a new smoker craft 16 foot fishing boat with a 50 HP 4 stroke outboard. It has a 10 and 3/8 diameter by 13 pitch propeller. It is very slow out of the hole and even slower with 3 Adults on board. Maximum RPM is around the 5000 to 5100 mark. I have been told by some other boaters that I...
I have a new smoker craft 16 foot fishing boat with a 50 HP 4 stroke outboard. It has a 10 and 3/8 diameter by 13 pitch propeller. It is very slow out of the hole and even slower with 3 Adults on board. Maximum RPM is around the 5000 to 5100 mark. I have been told by some other boaters that I...
I am a little confused over the correct postion of the transducer when the boat is in the water. Fish Finder sites all say to have transducer face down when in the water. All diagrams that I have seen show transducer mounted on transom with the unit being mounted parallel to the boat bottom. Is...
I am a little confused over the correct postion of the transducer when the boat is in the water. Fish Finder sites all say to have transducer face down when in the water. All diagrams that I have seen show transducer mounted on transom with the unit being mounted parallel to the boat bottom. Is...
Last night was out fishing with my new boat.Motor is 2010 Mercury 50 4Stroke. 6th time out. Leaveing the launch we stalled out motor in mud/sand. Checked prop. everything ok. Continued out to fishing spot. Motor ran excellent.Reached top rpm and speed. Trim worked fine. Stopped and still fished...
