Seth Swartz

I'm also from Morganton. James is definitely a tough fishery but it has some great fish one you figure it out, just this yeas someone caught a 8.2lb walleye! We have plenty of creek and river smallies around here. The Linville river that feeds into James has some great smallies. Steele creek also has some good ones. Although we don't have a lot of musky we do have them, hooked into my first one this year on Jons river but sadly lost him as i was trying to get him in the boat.

Alright guys so I just measured the prop to pad on the boat and its 3 1/2". That is as low as the motor will go on the jackplate and that's where the original motor was mounted as well. Any ideas where I should move it? Do you think it could still be a fuel issue and its not getting enough fuel? Although if it is I don't know what I could change because Ive changed everything including gas tanks with the fuel system when I was trying to fix the problem when I got the boat. I also checked if the hot foot was opening up the throttle and it appears to be, when I have the hotfoot at full throttle the little piece that moves in the motor (not sure what its called) is bottomed out. any ideas?

The anti siphon on the gas tank there was one in the fitting that came out the top that connect to the gas line. The primer pump bulb is brand new. Thanks for all the reply's everyone. I'm going to check to see what my prop to pad height is this afternoon and go from there!

I didn't not get the controls with this motor, I used the controls from the old motor and since added a hotfoot with a new throttle cable. I will check the prop to pad when I get home this afternoon. The engine compression is 114-115psi. It appears to be opening everything fully but I will check again I had trouble with the fuel when I got it and have replaced the lines, bulb, filters and have always used premium gas since I've owned it. I found the problem to be the anti-Siphon Valve and removed that, maybe that wasn't the problem and it still isn't getting enough gas? Could that be a issue not having that valve? also has brand new plugs with one trip on them

I do have a jack plate. I will measure as soon as i get off work today.

Whats up everyone! I'm having some trouble getting the performance out of my outboard that i feel i should. A little about the boat. i have a 1997 sprint 286 pro tournament that has a 2002 mercury 200 efi. The boat originally came with a 97 mercury 150 xr6 that pushed the boat around 52mph but i got a good deal on the efi so i figured id give it a try. The hull is only rated for a 175hp but the 200 doesn't seem like its giving it any issues. The 200efi came off a 20ft Stratos and when we test drove the boat when i bought engine we hit 61 in rough water. I have the 200 on my boat and I'm only getting 55mph consistently. I've hit 61mph in perfect conditions by myself with half tank of gas and I think I should be getting more. The guy I bought the motor from said the fastest it pushed his Startos was 68mph and I think with my boat being smaller I should be able to at least get that. The motor seems to be running good always starts up and idles well. if my tach is accurate the most I've been able to push it was 5600 rpm but its hard to get it there and I'm not sure why normally like to sit at 5000rpm at full Throttle. Any ideas what could be the issue and why it cant get the rpms up? Any recommendations on the prop I should be running? I have a 14-3/4x 26P Ballistic prop now. its the same prop the guy was running when i bought the motor