On Sun, 27 May 2007 15:32:17 -0700, "Norm Dion"
wrote:

The type of fishing I do ( lake trolling ) requires a very slow
speed but this particular setup, even at the very lowest idle,
provides too much forward speed for the lures I like to use.

You have a 2.5 hp engine and at low idle you can't slow the boat down
enough?

How slow do you need to go?

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 27 May 2007 15:32:17 -0700, "Norm Dion"
wrote:

The type of fishing I do ( lake trolling ) requires a very slow
speed but this particular setup, even at the very lowest idle,
provides too much forward speed for the lures I like to use.

You have a 2.5 hp engine and at low idle you can't slow the boat down
enough?

How slow do you need to go?

If you can't find a low enough pitch prop you could drag a
small drogue (bucket, whatever).

On May 27, 7:11 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 27 May 2007 15:32:17 -0700, "Norm Dion"
wrote:

The type of fishing I do ( lake trolling ) requires a very slow
speed but this particular setup, even at the very lowest idle,
provides too much forward speed for the lures I like to use.

You have a 2.5 hp engine and at low idle you can't slow the boat down
enough?

How slow do you need to go?

Sometimes you got to go pretty slow. Cedar lake (CT) late spring or
early fall, trolling a 1/8 - 1/4 oz rooster tail lure for trout, they
are slow and lazy there. My 8 horse, idled down still runs my 12
footer to fast for the flats there on the north side of the pond so I
use my 2 horse there for that.