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old school  trick tie a 5 gallon bucket off cleat & run off back of boat in addition to bags will slow you down more. Just down forget to bring in bucket before you power up!

And cut few 1" holes in bottom of bucket first, way easier to get back in and out of water. Or another or bigger bags.

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Hey guys, well I think I have figured out one of my problems. My boat has a 3.0 mercruiser in it and my idle is set I think too high. I'm gonna lower it 650-700 rpm

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I did that on my last boat, a 25' hardtop. Lost a little top end speed but was able to troll at 2.0 consistently. Two bags out in my 19.5' aluminum allows me to run a touch higher in RPMs while still trolling at 1.5 ish. Bags are nice in choppy water too, kind of stabilizes the boat.


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I did that on my last boat, a 25' hardtop. Lost a little top end speed but was able to troll at 2.0 consistently. Two bags out in my 19.5' aluminum allows me to run a touch higher in RPMs while still trolling at 1.5 ish. Bags are nice in choppy water too, kind of stabilizes the boat.


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Did you set your idle while underway or did you set it fry docked?

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