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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | I could be wrong on this but I think planing is a factor of weight in the boat vs. surface area and shape of the hull, so changing props will do nothing at all to effect getting on plane at lower speeds. A lower pitch should get the boat up to planing speed faster but I doubt that speed itself will change. Once you get on plane a four or five blade just may be able to let you slow down a little more than a three blade and stay on plane, but again, I think the speed you need to hit to get on plane initially will remain the same. I don't ever remember being in a fishing boat that could plane at less than what I guestimated to be 20 mph. |
