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Old 10-16-2011, 03:50 PM
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Default The happy troller

I was thinking of trying this for my 150 verado. Does anyone have any experience with this product. Any info would be nice thanks.
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Old 10-16-2011, 03:55 PM
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I have heard a few guys say they love them and other people say they hate them because the steering is hard to control when the plate is down. Also don't forget to bring it up before opening up the throttle or you will be heading to a welding shop to get the plate fixed.
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Old 10-16-2011, 04:07 PM
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I love mine. It is a little hard to get up by yourself, you have to lift the motor out of the water and manually do it, mind you a kicker motor by yourself is no fun as well.
The best thing I did with mine was make a notch at 45 degrees. I found when it was all the way down it was way too slow.

I would recommend this product.
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Old 10-16-2011, 04:17 PM
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Just got a used one for my 150 merc , we've had them before and they work well. Cut mine down a bit for better steering but haven't tested it yet. Needed to slow down about a haalf mile an hour for downrigging
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Old 10-16-2011, 04:18 PM
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Thanks guys. As far as being to slow not to worried the slower the better for what i want to use it for, also i have rpm control on my big motor so i should be able to adjust with that thanks again
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Old 10-16-2011, 06:43 PM
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Only worry will be steering !!
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Old 10-16-2011, 08:35 PM
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At the 45 degree setting steering is no problem.
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Old 10-16-2011, 09:08 PM
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There was a used one on kijiji calgary in the last few days. Rick.
Found it.
Here is the link. http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...AdIdZ322212457

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Old 10-16-2011, 11:09 PM
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Buddy and I used one with a 90HP Mariner for the last 10 years and it worked great. Steering wasn't bad when you got used to it. You should be zigging and zagging for effective trolling anyway.
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Old 10-17-2011, 03:09 AM
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Theyre very usefull... Work well. But you have absolutely no controll when theres 1' waves
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