Hunting Northern Indiana most round trip conditions where under 5 miles, except a few weekends Hunting the Maumee River in which I spent the day running and gunning which ended up near 15 miles through-out the trip. Hunting Kentucky and Barkley Lakes most round trip conditions where around 3 miles because of greater access to boat ramps. Usually I barely put a dent in the 3 gallon tank with a 9.9 hp. I am planning on dragging the boat down to Houston in the next few months. Most google map conditions I have measured against are around 15 mile round trip in the bays I have scouted. Unfortunately most boat ramps are along the International Water Ways. I believe I will be going with a new flat plastic 6.6 gallon or greater tank, a small up to date handheld GPS Garmin, and a SPOT/Safety Satelite Tracker Responder.
Regards,
Kristan