Manual jack plate starting height

[tphoyt]

Not sure I'd want to be at planning speed in 4" water in any type boat! Thats where I get out and walk....

That’s how get to the best fishin spots down in Fl. But it is a bit hairy some times.

 

[BWR1953]

Not sure I'd want to be at planning speed in 4" water in any type boat! Thats where I get out and walk....

 

[Scott Danforth]

yep, with the right tunnel cat, you can be planing in 1" of water. however you need to have a powered jack plate. And since the gulf can be literally 1-2 miles of flats to get to the honey hole of fish. its common in any of the gulf states.

now, couple a tunnel cat with a tower and you have a great fishing rig.....as apposed to a burn bar which is just nuts and dangerous

for those that dont know. a burn bar is a grab handle that rises above your console, you stand on the console, lean against the burn bar, and steer/throttle with your foot. the problem is, you hit one small wave, you get tossed off and you become chopped bait. for some reason they are big in Texas

 

[cyclops222]

Fish gotta eat to.

 

[KJM]

Cool, but how is that motor not sucking in air and/or sand?

 

[Scott Danforth]

Cool, but how is that motor not sucking in air and/or sand?

The twin hulls channel water up into the tunnel, filling the tunnel

The prop in this case is 13-14" above the water line, however fully in the water in the tunnel

 

[cyclops222]

I would call that a wet sand blaster in a hurry.
Water pump impellor lasts for at least 5 years.

 

[KJM]

The twin hulls channel water up into the tunnel, filling the tunnel

The prop in this case is 13-14" above the water line, however fully in the water in the tunnel

What about going slow speed? I guess she sits lower and thus immerses the prop?

 

[Scott Danforth]

What about going slow speed? I guess she sits lower and thus immerses the prop?

Tunnel cats will float in about 6-8" of water

You power the prop down with the jack plate on hole shot