Trolling w/ a 70hp Suzuki four stroke

fatlazyless · 08-10-2004, 09:32 PM

Just bought a 1974 Starcraft Starchief which is an aluminum boat w' a 'retro' design from the 1950's, imho. The motor is a 2000 Suzuki 70hp four-stroke and this is a very different animal than any of the noisy, smelly, thirsty two-strokes that I've owned. Am thinking about setting it up as a downrigger boat as I have these two old manual 48" Big John, down-riggers on a swivel, ...hand crankers, that I bought two years ago and never used. Anyway, so how slow does the boat have to go to be a good salmon-lake trout troller and will this outboard, a suZuki 70-four stroke, go that slow? What's an econo-box, el cheapo fish finder w/ temp & speedo wheel gonna cost and what make & model do you recommend?

08-10-2004, 09:32 PM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,828 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 302 Thanked 1,033 Times in 752 Posts	Trolling w/ a 70hp Suzuki four stroke Just bought a 1974 Starcraft Starchief which is an aluminum boat w' a 'retro' design from the 1950's, imho. The motor is a 2000 Suzuki 70hp four-stroke and this is a very different animal than any of the noisy, smelly, thirsty two-strokes that I've owned. Am thinking about setting it up as a downrigger boat as I have these two old manual 48" Big John, down-riggers on a swivel, ...hand crankers, that I bought two years ago and never used. Anyway, so how slow does the boat have to go to be a good salmon-lake trout troller and will this outboard, a suZuki 70-four stroke, go that slow? What's an econo-box, el cheapo fish finder w/ temp & speedo wheel gonna cost and what make & model do you recommend?

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