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  1. 07-18-2022, 08:30 PM #1
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    198p ranger

    How shallow will this boat run with Jack plate.
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    #2 07-19-2022, 11:35 AM
    I have one but never have tested how shallow it would run on plane. I have one cut i hit that is 4 ft but most my lakes are full of rocks
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    #3 07-19-2022, 01:43 PM
    I have ran mine across a couple of sand bars that were about 8" deep. Saw the sand bar coming up and had no choice but to jack it up and WOT.
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    #4 07-20-2022, 07:54 AM
    Thanks mechanic Bob I appreciate the information.
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    #5 08-26-2022, 07:32 AM
    i fish alot of skinny water with mine. she'll draft in 12" no problem
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    #6 08-26-2022, 09:45 AM
    I've ran mine in around a foot of water. I have also lost part of my skeg when I found a big rock in that super shallow water.
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    #7 08-26-2022, 10:45 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by pabasshawk View Post
    I've ran mine in around a foot of water. I have also lost part of my skeg when I found a big rock in that super shallow water.
    Well, one should never be running the big motor when that shallow.... less'n one was not aware one was that shallow...
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    #8 08-26-2022, 12:55 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by King_Fish View Post
    Well, one should never be running the big motor when that shallow.... less'n one was not aware one was that shallow...
    Wise words from the guy that just "Trimmed up, before he ripped into her." (I just could not pass up that chance to talk about your tilt issues! Love ya, Mean it!)
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    #9 08-26-2022, 05:13 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by King_Fish View Post
    Well, one should never be running the big motor when that shallow.... less'n one was not aware one was that shallow...
    It's all weed and mud and around 4 foot deap in the middle of the small bay I fish on Champlain, until I found that it had a shallow spot that had a big old rock right on top of it. I had ran across that spot a dozen times before I found that rise with a rock on top.
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    #10 08-27-2022, 06:26 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by pabasshawk View Post
    It's all weed and mud and around 4 foot deap in the middle of the small bay I fish on Champlain, until I found that it had a shallow spot that had a big old rock right on top of it. I had ran across that spot a dozen times before I found that rise with a rock on top.
    Yeah, and who am i to talk, after i ripped up my prop a couple years back, in an area i knew was trouble.... That's a sickening sound / feeling as well!

    The one consistent issue i have is breaking those stupid plastic intake screens. there is always debris in our rivers that i seem to be a magnet to. Have you guys found a SS replacement for those? I just hit up boats.net for a couple more sets...

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