wingmasterjr11
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Hi:
I have a 1996 2002 Trophy that I re-powered last year with a 150 HP Yamaha 2 stroke. I'm relatively new to the boat and I fish Lake of The Woods located in northern Minnesota up by Canada with it. The water on LOTW can really get rough and typically your fishing in 4-5' swells and last year I really got tossed around. I was talking to some one at work and he strongly suggested putting trim tabs on the boat to get the nose down when I'm underway. I have been researching this area a lot and find opinions either way if tabs will help or not being tabs are a significant investment I thought I might get someone else opinion. also I do a lot of drift fishing pulling spinners with a drift sock, any suggestions on make it more stable in the water? I see lower profile boats and they don't get thrown around near as much as mine does.
I have a 1996 2002 Trophy that I re-powered last year with a 150 HP Yamaha 2 stroke. I'm relatively new to the boat and I fish Lake of The Woods located in northern Minnesota up by Canada with it. The water on LOTW can really get rough and typically your fishing in 4-5' swells and last year I really got tossed around. I was talking to some one at work and he strongly suggested putting trim tabs on the boat to get the nose down when I'm underway. I have been researching this area a lot and find opinions either way if tabs will help or not being tabs are a significant investment I thought I might get someone else opinion. also I do a lot of drift fishing pulling spinners with a drift sock, any suggestions on make it more stable in the water? I see lower profile boats and they don't get thrown around near as much as mine does.
When drifting you might want to put them down, then when leaving, sometimes you forget, and hafta quickly put them up. The same thing going on plane, you hafta put them down, then slowly put them up. If you're trying to keep the boat level in rough windy seas, you have to put one down, then if you happen to forget, & turn about, you'll get a rude awakening as your boat lists to the opposite side, till you get the trim tab up. To complicate this, the hydraulics respond slower then Smart tabs!