Originally Posted by
Kywareagle
Crappie habits and myself are on our third boat. We've had a 40 horse merc outboard 2 stroke, a jet drive bass tracker with a 175 horse merc inboard oil injected 2 stroke. We now run a 90 horse 4 stroke merc and We wouldn't trade it for ten 2 strokes. The fuel economy is noticeably better by a lot. It's also very very quiet. As in you can run full throttle and talk in the boat no problem. Also the ease of just gas up and go, no oil to worry about with every fill up. Now we do change the engine oil and filter every year, about 65 bucks. And like you we do not desire great speed for long periods of time. That 90 will push our 2072 war eagle about 29 mph which is plenty for us. In my opinion, there is no other option for us. We love it. Good luck in your search.
Ps Honda 4 strokes seem to hold incredible value in the used market.
pushes my Lund 1725 Explorer Crappie Edition 38-42 mph gps all day. And it's so quiet I've been known to come back to the console after fishing up front to find the motor is still running. Course, I'm near deaf.
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