Trolling bags

[backoneerie2016]

I have 2 - 36 inch big papa trolling bags on my 20ft cuddy. I can get down to 2 mph. Can I stagger the bags to go slower ? What else can I do with them to go 1.5 or so

 

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[yankmyline]

I would check your speedometer . Two bags should slow your boat lower than 2mph.

[backoneerie2016]

I would check your speedometer . Two bags should slow your boat lower than 2mph.

My speedometer on my lowrance says2 mph. Anything I can do about that?Maybr it's showinh knots instead of mph

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[Dmd113]

old school  trick tie a 5 gallon bucket off cleat & run off back of boat in addition to bags will slow you down more. Just down forget to bring in bucket before you power up!

[Smoke-n-Finn]

old school  trick tie a 5 gallon bucket off cleat & run off back of boat in addition to bags will slow you down more. Just down forget to bring in bucket before you power up!

And cut few 1" holes in bottom of bucket first, way easier to get back in and out of water. Or another or bigger bags.

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[backoneerie2016]

Drop the pitch on my property?

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[backoneerie2016]

I mean prop

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[backoneerie2016]

Drop the pitch on my prop

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[Dmd113]

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[lineman49]

If two 36" bags aren't slowing you down try adjusting your idle speed down a bit.

[Dmd113]

How shallow can you guys fish bags?

[bigblue]

On ‎2017‎-‎03‎-‎01 at 6:20 PM, yankmyline said:

I would check your speedometer . Two bags should slow your boat lower than 2mph.

x2 36 is a big bag on a 20fter

[backoneerie2016]

Hey guys, well I think I have figured out one of my problems. My boat has a 3.0 mercruiser in it and my idle is set I think too high. I'm gonna lower it 650-700 rpm

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[King Slammin]

Hey guys, well I think I have figured out one of my problems. My boat has a 3.0 mercruiser in it and my idle is set I think too high. I'm gonna lower it 650-700 rpm

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I did that on my last boat, a 25' hardtop. Lost a little top end speed but was able to troll at 2.0 consistently. Two bags out in my 19.5' aluminum allows me to run a touch higher in RPMs while still trolling at 1.5 ish. Bags are nice in choppy water too, kind of stabilizes the boat.


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[backoneerie2016]

I did that on my last boat, a 25' hardtop. Lost a little top end speed but was able to troll at 2.0 consistently. Two bags out in my 19.5' aluminum allows me to run a touch higher in RPMs while still trolling at 1.5 ish. Bags are nice in choppy water too, kind of stabilizes the boat.


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Did you set your idle while underway or did you set it fry docked?

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[King Slammin]

I did it in my slip. It's just a set screw on top of the motor.


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[backoneerie2016]

I did it in my slip. It's just a set screw on top of the motor.


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I meant dry docked.

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