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[surfrat57]

Thinking about trading my 2017 Cougar FTD for a 2021. Two things I want to throw out to you guys.

1. I am a Lowrance user and would like to stay with what I am familiar with because I am getting too old and goofy to stumble through all new stuff. I want to run a 360 unit through a Helix as well. Should I be able to do that without any interference problems? I probably will go with a Ghost trolling motor.
2. I run a 25p Fury 4 on my Mercury 2 stroke now and I love the hole shot and overall performance. Has anyone run a 4 blade on the new V-8 Merc’s?

[Bass Cat Boats]

The Ghost trolling motor is brushless and should eliminate interference. 360 is great for structure anglers and Garmin Live Scope is great for target anglers.

You can run the Fury 4 blade, however we prefer just dropping a pitch. We find your suffering on performance using a 4 blade and reducing pitch does the same more efficiently in most cases.

[PPBASS51]

Can a Humminbird 360 be easily mounted on a Ghost Trolling motor or are there some special parts needed?

[surfrat57]

Thank you Bass Cat. PPBASS, I haven’t done a lot of research on that yet but I have seen custom mounts sold by a couple of outlets.

[cat19]

360 Mount to Ghost: I just completed the Ghost and Mega 360 install. I had the 360 mounted to a Ultrex so I bought a mount from Boatlogix to mount it to the Ghost {299.99} works great, very well built mount and it comes with the additional bracket that secures it to the lower shaft, no interference. After my install I found out you can use a Fortrex mount to mount to a Ghost. Not sure of the cost for the Fortrex mount. Hope that helps.

[surfrat57]

Since you guys are very performance oriented, what are your thoughts on 10′ Power Pole Blades vs 8′? I have 10′ on my boat now never ran the 8′. Any big difference in hole shot, boat performance?

[Matt Hayes]

Surfrat57, I sold my 17 puma and got a 2021 eyra, I would think the 25/4 fury would do alright on the new v8 but a 24 pitch may be better. I just got a 26 bravo xs for mine, and its running 75.2 @5990 the hole shot improved over my 24/3 fury. For some reason extremely loaded it still doesnt hole shot the best (this may be more of the eyra hull as its not known for as good of a hole shot at the others) I will probably send it for a bit of work and get some cup added. I did try a 25p bravo xs and I was on the limiter at 70. Lots of guys are staying away from the fury 4’s as they are known for slinging blades.. I’ve owned 4 and never lost an ear.. I also think your either a 4 blade guy or your not and I dont have to have all that top speed. The new v8 is impressive, Im doing my first oil change at 20 hours tomorrow. It was about $100 in parts.  So long DFI oil… lol No telling what I was spending a year on that hundreds of dollars I’m sure.

As for the graph options I had lowrance and their menus are pretty complex. I went with all garmin stuff and its pretty simple in operation. Might be worth a look. I really enjoy my live scope. I would match your graphs and trolling motor to whatever brand you end up going with.

[C130]

Louie, Put some lithium’s in your Eyra and it takes care of the hole shot. I have a 17 with the 2 stroke and recently put three lithium’s in for my trolling motor. It made a big difference in my hole shot. It’s only money:) What’s another $1300!

[surfrat57]

Thank you guys, my new order is in.

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