Fuel mileage

[walleyemagic]

What is good fuel mileage ?

24ft Thompson Hardtop

merc 305 i/o

combination of running and trolling 95 miles burned 1/2 tank of fuel. 30 gallons.

good or bad

would a kicker make that much difference?.

Thanks

[ray koziatek]

sounds exelent the 26 ft thompson i fished outa on erie w 350engine used about 2 gal hr trolling and God help him if he took a 15 mile on plane run..my 22 ft alum with 120hp gets just shy of 4 mpg at a 3/4 throttle and 1 gph trolling..we used almost 50 gal for 15 hr trolling and maybe 15 miles total running with the 26 ftr....my 8 hp honda gets 5 or 6 hrs a gallon trolling in calm weather.

[hemlockman]

What I have read and makes sense, is 10% of HP per hour. Thus a 350 hp motor gets about 3.5 mpg. Your 305 sounds about right for mpg I would think. Just my 2 pennies!