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<blockquote data-quote="scsdiver" data-source="post: 311851" data-attributes="member: 9105"><p>good afternoon we are wondering if we can get some opinions and ideas. we have a tracker 17tx with the johnson/tracker 70. we are looking at ways to be able to run on plain in shallower water. we primarily fish in mosquito lagoon and average depth is 12-16". currenlty we need about 20-22" of depth to get on plain and running we need about 16-18" of depth to run. we are contemplating installing some of the boyds float pods a jack plate and possibly swithing the 70 for a 40-50hp. we never run that fast usually we cruise about 20-22mph. we would like to be able to get the boat to run in 12-14" of water that is our target. i feel that our biggest difficulty is getting from idle to plain as the *** end drops way down to get up on plain i hope the float pods will offset this and allow us to get to plain more level. the motor swap would be two fold it would lighten the transom up and allow us to pole in a little shallower water and i hope would also allow us to plain shallower as it is obviosly lighter. any thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scsdiver, post: 311851, member: 9105"] good afternoon we are wondering if we can get some opinions and ideas. we have a tracker 17tx with the johnson/tracker 70. we are looking at ways to be able to run on plain in shallower water. we primarily fish in mosquito lagoon and average depth is 12-16". currenlty we need about 20-22" of depth to get on plain and running we need about 16-18" of depth to run. we are contemplating installing some of the boyds float pods a jack plate and possibly swithing the 70 for a 40-50hp. we never run that fast usually we cruise about 20-22mph. we would like to be able to get the boat to run in 12-14" of water that is our target. i feel that our biggest difficulty is getting from idle to plain as the *** end drops way down to get up on plain i hope the float pods will offset this and allow us to get to plain more level. the motor swap would be two fold it would lighten the transom up and allow us to pole in a little shallower water and i hope would also allow us to plain shallower as it is obviosly lighter. any thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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