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| Who does this with a 150-200 besides fuel consumption and hours what are the cons? |
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Posts: 437
| If its a 4 stroke there are no cons. Some of the two strokes do not like extended idling or trolling, but the 4 strokes are fine. I have trolled with my 150 suzuki for 8 hrs constantly and never had any hiccups. |
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| I have a 150 Optimax on my Ranger style bass boat. I troll with it on occassion. Always make sure that I run a concoction of QuickKleen with the gas when I'm doing that. And when I'm done trolling, I let the motor run wide open for at least 5 minutes to try to run the excess oil out of the engine. I'm not sure if it actually does, but it makes me feel better.
Outside of that obvious "con", when compared to a kicker motor, I have very little control over speed. I can get it between 2.5 and 3.0 with no problem, but running a steady speed is tough. |
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Posts: 192
| I agree with Vegas. I also have a 150 optimax. If I plan to troll all day long, I take a break mid-day and go for a 10 minute full throttle run, then do that again when heading for the dock at night, Those spark plugs for the optimax are around $26 each and they can really get trashed with a couple of days of trolling in a row. I think the full throttle run helps burn the crud off but I'm not 100% certain. Slowest I can go with mine is around 2.75 mph according to my gps unit. |
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Location: Minnesota | I troll in the fall with a F150 yamaha no problems |
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Location: South Portsmouth, KY | If it's a 2 stroke then no. I've learned the hard way as my boat has been in the shop because of it
Edited by muskie_man 4/2/2014 8:56 PM
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Location: Northern IL | The cons are it being the right tool for the job. Most rigs with that size motor have wheels, if that's the case control becomes an issue. Accuracy of depth and speed control becomes much, much more difficult to obtain. |
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| I trolled for eight years with a Mercury 125 two stroke with no problems. I just bought a new boat with a Yamaha 150 and I added pro-trollers to the back of my boat. I am expecting it to work great. |
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Trolling with the big motor