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| Looking into purchasing a jet for fishing Delaware, Susquehanna and a few lakes. Was looking at 1660 Crestliner with 60/40 merc. Wanted to know if the 60/40 would be good with me and maybe 2 other people at the most or be under powered. Price point somewhere 20 or below is ideal. Thanks in advance | |
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Location: north central wisconsin | Heya, I'm presently running a 60/40 merc jet on a 1756 Allweld mod v jon. While a bit rear end heavy(I intend to add float pods), there is no performance issue. Unless going with an older 2 stroke motor, I would not put anything larger than a 60/40 on that boat. If it's a tiller, you may need/want trim tabs or pods/sponsons for ride/draft, but that sounds like a fine rig. My 1756 gets on plane with ease with my family of 5 and fishing gear(wife, self, daughters 6, 12, 14), and with one or two guys and i/musky gear, I run 25mph up river/26-30 down. Good luck and have fun with your new rig. | |
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Location: Tomahawk,Wis | Running a Legend SS with a 150 merc jet drive ..Great unit does about 42 mph ..You need to practice sliding through corners not steering into them.. | |
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| Reef Hawg - 7/22/2020 11:33 AM
Heya, I'm presently running a 60/40 merc jet on a 1756 Allweld mod v jon. While a bit rear end heavy(I intend to add float pods), there is no performance issue. Unless going with an older 2 stroke motor, I would not put anything larger than a 60/40 on that boat. If it's a tiller, you may need/want trim tabs or pods/sponsons for ride/draft, but that sounds like a fine rig. My 1756 gets on plane with ease with my family of 5 and fishing gear(wife, self, daughters 6, 12, 14), and with one or two guys and i/musky gear, I run 25mph up river/26-30 down. Good luck and have fun with your new rig.
Thanks!!! That’s exactly what I wanted hear!! Appreciate it! | |
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