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The following performance data was provided by Yamaha.
Performance will vary depending on conditions and load.

Minimum speed is too fast for tuna.

Eisboch
Uh...that's not minimum speed...that's the speed at 1000 rpm. :)

The F350's have a trolling throttle controller, +/- 50 rpm increments
(600 - 1000 rpm range) via the Command Link System.

My F150 runs just fine at 600 rpm, and according to my gps, I can
power the boat forward in still water at under one mph if I want. I
assume most modern outboards can run real slow, except maybe some of
the two stroke engines.

I know. Just trying to be a wise ass.
The Egg Harbor we had couldn't troll slow enough for tuna with both
engines running and in gear. It didn't have trolling valves, so I
often had to let one engine idle in neutral and use the other for the
*magic* tuna trolling speed of about 3 kts.

Eisboch
Hmmmm. I used to troll my tuna spreads at five to 10 mph for yellowfin
and blackfin tuna.



And you never got a hit, did ya?

Way too fast.

Eisboch
Caught lots of yellowfin, not so many blackfin, but did catch some of the
latter. That's the speed range the entire "fleet" off NE Florida trolled
for yellowfin and blackfin. And I noticed on several of Tred Barta's tv
shows, he's trolling for tuna at at least the speeds I mentioned. I
suppose I could find some "expert" mentioned those speeds on a legit site
somewhere...if I looked.


Oh. Those are the high performance, southern tuna.
I am talking about the lazy fat ones up here.

Eisboch



I've never been tuna fishing up your way. But Tred Barta has...or darn
close to where you are.




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