Need advice on motor and right pitch for new prop( newb to this)

[Kerry99tri]

Ive been seeing a ton of guys posting numbers with there 18ft triton bass boats with 150hp motors..Saying there in the low 60mph and some mid 60mph range...Im new to this but im running a 125 merc on a 99 triton 180 dc(18ft) bass boat and im only seeing roughly 50mph at max rpms(5250).My question is, would a 150 give me that much for speed?? Right now im.running a 4 Blade throphy plus and i think it could be slowing me down...Been looking at the laser 2 3 blade...I wanna keep my rpms where they are now so i dont hurt the motor..What do you guys reccomend for pitch 23 24?? Also if i can get those 60mph numbers with a 150 i found a few for sale..Or what would a 3 blade do for me for speed?? Ive posted about this before and got little to no answers.Thanks

[13tzx190]

You need to prop your motor for max rpm. IMO any 18 ft triton with a 150 will run 60 mph if set up right. Running your rpms that low your not getting everything out of your motor now

[mdtritn21]

Put the 150 on it and get a 23" tempest plus prop and a 6" jack plate.

[Kerry99tri]

13tzx190 im running max rpms now....unless my gauge is off a bit..

[Bob McKenzie]

is yours the tr18? A tr18 is smaller than the tr186. I would get a 3 blade to start and raise your motor if you got a jack plate until you get to the minimum water pressure at wot. The older tritons like the motor high and fully trimmed out. I see your just across the border so if your fishing Erie and Lake Ontario I would stay with the 4 blade and the motor a little deeper. I've had my tr186 for 5 years now and and I can count on 1 hand how many times I've been able to reach wot on Lake Erie.