RE: Trolling speeds?
2007/09/16 09:51:35
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It depends what you are using to measure your speed. GPS and fishfinders, for some reason, usually read different. I try to keep it about 1.5 acording to my fishfinder. I've checked with a portable GPS, and they show 2mph plus at the same speen. I generaly subtract .7mph from the speed of a GPS to figure the speed I need to go acording to my finder. I figured something was wrong when my buddy, on a different boat, told me the speed they were going and I kept blowing past them. Just keep in mind that almost everyone uses a GPS to display thier speed. Granted there are times that you need to speed up. In June I was getting fish in close trolling at 2.5. That was after I was told to go 3-3.5mph.