Recent content by icbronze

I use a 2 foot heavy chain off the front of my 1652. Depending on the current you can control float speed by varying the amount of line you let out with the chain. I fish rocky bottom, 6" to 7' of water and catch fish in current as other boats are floating right thru good fishing water.

I had pods welded on my 1652 Triton with 60/45 mercury jet. Drifting the Allegheny where I fish prior to the pods I would bang off the bottom in a few spots. Installing the pods got me the 1 1/2 to 2 inches I needed. I plane faster, boat takes chop smoother, no loss of speed. The only...

I have a 1652 Triton with 60/45 jet and installed pods this spring. The boat sits 2 1/2 to 3 inches higher. I got them to help me floating down river. The Allegheny has been low the last couple of weekends and places I would bump drifting through, I did not. My boat planes quicker, handles...

Thanks guys, he was not up last weekend. I will give him info next weekend and let him decide.

The boat is lowe 1860, a lot of water was splashing over the back, it got up but was porpoising extremely bad. Will a boat that size handle 425 pounds of outboard. I believe it is a 4. Would flotation pods help? thanks

I have a neighbor at camp who put a 115/90 jet on an 18' john so he could be the fastest on the river. His maiden voyage did not go very well. Is there anyway this setup cold ever work?