1998 Mariner 9.9Hp Short Shaft $750Obo

[Ham]

I've got. Merc 20 jet and I''ve come pretty darn close to running a 6 gallon tank dry.

[gotmuddy]

I've got. Merc 20 jet and I''ve come pretty darn close to running a 6 gallon tank dry.

its the jet. my 25hp merc with a jet inhales fuel. still worth it.

[fishinwrench]

Sounds like y'all are doing more boat riding than fishing.

[gotmuddy]

Sounds like y'all are doing more boat riding than fishing.

I will spend an average of 1 hour motoring in a day of fishing. if I fish the mouth of CC I launch at buffalo city and thats 5 miles. If I want to fish the buffalo I launch at buffalo city and go up the buffalo 4 miles. sometimes I just go up a mile or two and drift.

[Ham]

What eats fuel is when they are running a bunch of water and I run up three miles and drift back multiple times In a day. The jet is slow and noisy as well, but I love running shallow w/o worrying about props. I ran about a mile in water less than 5 inches deep at WOT. Scary skinny.

[gotmuddy]

running more than 100ft in 5" of actual water wot is more than scary. your boat will still draft 4" if you have a fiberglass jon. I have ran 3" of water for about a 25ft stretch, but I prefer at least 6"

[grizwilson]

I will spend an average of 1 hour motoring in a day of fishing. if I fish the mouth of CC I launch at buffalo city and thats 5 miles. If I want to fish the buffalo I launch at buffalo city and go up the buffalo 4 miles. sometimes I just go up a mile or two and drift.

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Has the Ranger not stopped you on the Buffalo and explained the 10 hp limit?(with his shawnee with 25 hp jet)

[Ham]

running more than 100ft in 5" of actual water wot is more than scary. your boat will still draft 4" if you have a fiberglass jon. I have ran 3" of water for about a 25ft stretch, but I prefer at least 6"

Well, I did hit bottom twice running riffles, but had enough speed to slide thru to the slightly deeper water.i didn't stop to measure the depth, but if I had, I would not have been able to get it back on plane.

[gotmuddy]

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Has the Ranger not stopped you on the Buffalo and explained the 10 hp limit?(with his shawnee with 25 hp jet)

ive never seen a ranger or game warden while fishing in the past 3 years, however I only run a 9.9 on the buffalo.

Ham, have you had any hard hits with the fiberglass boat? I am sort of scared of hitting one with my new js boat.

[Ham]

I've hit the foot harder that I would like a time or two. No significant damage so far. I've got a couple of dings on the Supreme, but none of them happened while under significant speed. I tend not to run real fast thru boulder fields. I'm pretty brave when I'm running over a gravel flat though.