Lowe Stinger

[Marine4life]

Thanks for all the responses. I will look at the Rangers as well. I really don't want carpet. Not fun cleaning up after big blue cats puke digested shad all over the place. Can someone give me an idea what the 175 will run for speed with either the 60 or 70 HP?

[nixon]

Although not a Lowe, I have a Bass Tracker 175 Pro Crappie with a 75 Mercury Optimax. I would think they would be relatively close on speed. With the factory prop and me by myself it would run 45-47. I trashed that prop on a submerged tree and when I went to order a new one I told parts guy I wanted a prop for a mercury 75 Optimax. I guess I should have been more specific. I guess I should have said a Mercury prop, instead he ordered me a Solas prop for said motor. That took it down to about 42(same pitch). Last year I installed a 24v 80lb I Pilot and extended the front deck back so I could put 2 new series 29 AGM batteries and onboard charger in it, in the front for TM. With this set up I could now remove one of the batteries from the back. Shifting all that weight to the front actually took it down to about +/-38....but it made it fish 100% better, especially in the wind. With that big motor (the 75 Optimax is huge, 386lbs dry) on back this boat always carried its nose high in the air catching wind and bouncing when fishing, now it does not. You might could experiment with prop pitches at this point and get some speed back, but its really not that important to me. I rarely if ever run full throttle anyway.

[Treeline]

My 175 with 60 suzuki..will run 32 mph.

[Gobob]

I have the 75 2 stroke on mine she runs 40-42, probably go faster if I had got the 70 hp Yamaha as it is a lighter motor, Didn't know the 75 was the sae as the 115 when I ordered it, Runs great , I would have went with the 195 with a 115hp but the main lakes I fish are 75hp limit , 40 mph is plenty fast for me, oh look a squirrel I get distracted easily lol

[Cray]

Although not a Lowe, I have a Bass Tracker 175 Pro Crappie with a 75 Mercury Optimax. I would think they would be relatively close on speed. With the factory prop and me by myself it would run 45-47. I trashed that prop on a submerged tree and when I went to order a new one I told parts guy I wanted a prop for a mercury 75 Optimax. I guess I should have been more specific. I guess I should have said a Mercury prop, instead he ordered me a Solas prop for said motor. That took it down to about 42(same pitch). Last year I installed a 24v 80lb I Pilot and extended the front deck back so I could put 2 new series 29 AGM batteries and onboard charger in it, in the front for TM. With this set up I could now remove one of the batteries from the back. Shifting all that weight to the front actually took it down to about +/-38....but it made it fish 100% better, especially in the wind. With that big motor (the 75 Optimax is huge, 386lbs dry) on back this boat always carried its nose high in the air catching wind and bouncing when fishing, now it does not. You might could experiment with prop pitches at this point and get some speed back, but its really not that important to me. I rarely if ever run full throttle anyway.

Nixon, if your stock prop was aluminum and you put on a stainless Solas, try raising the motor one bolt hole on the transome and see if that dosn't help. Stainless needs to run higher than aluminum because of how they bite the water.

[nixon]

Nixon, if your stock prop was aluminum and you put on a stainless Solas, try raising the motor one bolt hole on the transome and see if that dosn't help. Stainless needs to run higher than aluminum because of how they bite the water.

New prop is aluminum also. I'm not real big on stainless props, sometimes I get in some nasty stuff. Aluminum props are way cheaper than lower units. I did try a stainless prop a friend was trying to sell, forget the name now, before I ordered mine. That prop would actually lift the back of the boat so much that when you went into a hard turn under throttle the back of the boat would slide around on you. Kinda scary! Cray, it was on your advice that I moved my batteries to the front when I got the I pilot....best improvement I could have done. Fishes in the wind soooo much better now.

[LowePro]

I love my Stinger 195!!!! It is so BIG and so much storage. Step up and get the bigger boat. You wont regret it. You get another entire rod box. I have a 115 4-stroke on mine and was told that it would do 50mph. Thats incorrect, try 39mph with all my gear. Its definitely no speed demon, but sooooo nice to fish from! I like my carpet too. Originally i had the same mentality as you about carpet. Carpet is NO problem seriously. I do just as much catfishing as I do crappie fishing and there is an easy fix to the puke and slime. Big rubber mat from tractor supply. They are less than $50. Lay it across the back, cut it to fit, and cut holes where seat pedistals go. This way you can put it in and take it out as needed. Can take it out of boat and wash it off. And then put it right back in.

[Shad]

I love my Stinger 195!!!! It is so BIG and so much storage. Step up and get the bigger boat. You wont regret it. You get another entire rod box. I have a 115 4-stroke on mine and was told that it would do 50mph. Thats incorrect, try 39mph with all my gear. Its definitely no speed demon, but sooooo nice to fish from! I like my carpet too. Originally i had the same mentality as you about carpet. Carpet is NO problem seriously. I do just as much catfishing as I do crappie fishing and there is an easy fix to the puke and slime. Big rubber mat from tractor supply. They are less than $50. Lay it across the back, cut it to fit, and cut holes where seat pedistals go. This way you can put it in and take it out as needed. Can take it out of boat and wash it off. And then put it right back in.

Couple of questions. Does it have a stainless prop with 38mph? How do you keep the rubber matt from blowing around when running? Also, does the rubber mat have that strong rubber odor or does it go away?

[Jdubwom]

Sorry

[CrappiePappy]

I have a 2014 Lowe stinger 195 dual console for sale. White grey carpet 115 Mercury fourstroke mine will run 41 mph gps with the stock 4 blade prop. Only reason I'm selling it is I want a glass boat. 2014 trailer with aluminum upgrade wheels, 2014 motor.

I'll leave this as is .... but, any sales talk or transactions & discussion of price should be done via PM ... not in this thread. Or, if it's listed in the Personal Classifieds Forum ... all relative info can be posted & discussed there.

... cp