Trolling with twin motors?

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C Dory Year
2004
C Dory Model
22 Cruiser
I am just curious how slow can you troll on a 22 cruiser running on one of the twin 40s or 50s?
 
Not slow enough for picky walleye in my experience....but mine will do between 2.5-3 mph without much vibration. It depends on a lot of things though and I suspect the newer 40-60 hp outboard class with the low idle/troll speeds fancy EFI stuff it is probably even slower.
 
Ok interesting. Starting to think about moving back into a C dory, my last one had a single main and kicker. I mostly troll for salmon, I think I will need to be as slow a 2MPH at times. I like the idea of twins, but I will be spending far more time trolling than running.
 
we've caught a bunch of salmon trolling on one 50hp suzuki. I couldn't tell you how fast i run as I don't look at the mph, it's all about the angle of the dowrigger wire. sometimes I may have both props spinning to get the speed up to the happy spot where the gear is running right. Being able to run a trolling motor from the back deck would be hand though
 
I had twin 40's on my previous 22. With one engine turning, I could troll around 1.8-2MPH but not slower. If I wanted to troll slower (say for sockeye in a lake), I'd tie a sea anchor or off of one cleat. A homer bucket tied to a cleat will also work.
 
I fish for kokanee on my 255 Tomcat with twin 150's. To slow the boat down enough (1-1.5 mph), I have 2 large trolling bags deployed and idle on 1 engine. Where there's a will, there's a way...
 
Has anyone tried raising the motor a bit?But not too high as to reduce the cooling water flow through the engine?
 
I have no issues doing 3 knots and that’s slow enough for Stripers on the Bay. If I need slower, I toss a sock.
 
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