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Gilles
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Best Trolling Motor
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Mar 13, 2004, 11:13 PM »
How big of a trolling motor should I get for a 18 foot fish/ski boat and what brand is the most durable? Does anyone have experience with minn kota all terrain reconditioned motors, Cabelas has them on sale?
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jigginstick
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Re: Best Trolling Motor
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Mar 14, 2004, 06:03 AM »
From all I can read the Minn Kota Maxxum is the motor to have now. You'll really like variable speed control with the most pound thrust you can afford
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jyoung
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Mar 14, 2004, 08:11 AM »
I have 17 1/2 foot crestliner and I run a Minn Kota Maxxum 24 volt 74lb. thrust Bow mount trolling motor and I love it, It has never given me a problem at all.
It has tons of power, I usually only run it at 30% on a normal day and if it get real windy and chopy I'll put it up to 60%.
If I run it at 100% the boat will do 2.7 mph on a gps.
As for the recondition trolling motors, A friend of mine has the same boat and the same motor and he has had nothing but trouble with the speed control.
I feel that there is a reason why it had to be recondition and for the extra money just by new.
Tight lines, Jeff<*)))))><
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Gilles
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Re: Best Trolling Motor
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Mar 14, 2004, 09:38 PM »
The maxxum is definatly the way to go, thanks for the input.
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baginwal
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Re: Best Trolling Motor
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Mar 17, 2004, 09:46 AM »
I am also in the market for a trolling motor for my 18 ft starcraft. I would like to go with a bow mount. Any recomendations? I know some are wireless, cable driven or electric. Also what pound thrust is sufficient? Do most of you run at 12 volts or the bigger boys 24V, etc. Thanks
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jyoung
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Re: Best Trolling Motor
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Mar 17, 2004, 10:17 AM »
baginwal,
My boat is about the same size as yours and as I was saying in my previous post the Minn Kota Maxxum 24 volt 74lb. thrust is more than what you will need.
As for cable drive or wireless or electric drives, I personally like the cable drive because I know that while I toe down on the pedal I'm going to the left and when I heel down I'm going to the right.
On the electric drive(wireless or otherwise) you always have to keep an eye on which way the head is facing.
So for me I would rather concentrate on fishing and not on which way my trolling motor is facing.
Let em go and let em grow, Jeff<*))))))><
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baginwal
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Mar 17, 2004, 10:39 AM »
Jeff,
Thanks for the info. I never ran a 24 volt set up. How do you rig this?
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jyoung
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Mar 17, 2004, 11:58 AM »
baginwal,
What you are going to do is take the positive from battery 1 and run it to the negitive on battery 2 than take your positive from your trolling motor and run it to the positive on battery 2 and than run the negitive from thr trolling motor and run it to the negitve on battery 1, This what they call a series curcuit.
And your batteries will last longer as a 24 volts system in series than in parallel with a 12 volt system with the same thrust trolling motor, That is the advantage to running a 24 volt system.
I hope this helps, Jeff
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Cider
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Mar 17, 2004, 12:43 PM »
I have two transom-mount Minn Kotas. An Endura 28 lb and an Endura 47 lb thrust. They have been very reliable for me. I like the telescoping arm feature. Just wish they also had the tilt tiller arm like the Maxuum does.
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baginwal
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Mar 17, 2004, 01:47 PM »
Thanks Jeff.
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Hack58
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Mar 17, 2004, 10:35 PM »
The 74lb Maxxum is the way to go. We have an 18ft Tracker that we put a Merc 9.9 on to fish Dogwood. With the Weedless Wedge I can go through more with the trollong motor than I can with the 9.9, and in clear I can outrun my Buddy's 14ft Smokercraft (with a 6hp) just using the trollong motor (and I'm carrying 3 people + the weight of the 60hp & gas tank).
My brother calls it "like being saddled up to a submarine"!
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baginwal
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Mar 18, 2004, 07:13 AM »
Thanks Hack58. Submarine??? LOL
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Semper Fi
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Mar 18, 2004, 03:05 PM »
Cider, what size boat are you using the 28 lb. Endura on? I've ordered a 14' aluminum Roughneck jon boat and am looking at a 28 lb. Endura for it. I have a 25/20 jet coming on the boat, so I'm looking at a positioning motor and maybe a trolling capability.
Semper Fi
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Cider
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Mar 18, 2004, 03:23 PM »
SF - I don't have my boat anymore. I sold it last year and will be looking for another boat in the next year or two. I use my trolling motors on my 16' Old Town canoe. The 28 lb works great on glass like conditions. When it is windy I use the bigger motor which originally was boat for my big boat. You could get away with the 28 lb, but I would go with one a little bigger.
I will be looking for a 14 - 16' boat with a 10 hp engine sometime. Probably a Lund, Starcraft, or Grumman. Nothing too fancy though. I don't care about all the "extras" like live-wells, bucket seats etc. I just want a basic v-hull fishing boat that will get me where I want to go and keep me dry from the neck up!! I am limited by hp in most places I fish so it was pointless for me to hang onto my other boat.
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baginwal
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Re: Best Trolling Motor
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Mar 18, 2004, 04:46 PM »
Semper Fi,
We have the endura 28 on our 14 ft aluminum Sylvan sea snapper rowboat and it works great. Plenty of power to get you around.
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