Trolling motor advice
Dec 2, 2019 14:21:13 #
Grandpa Knows How
Loc: OC, California
Before you spend any money on your trolling motor, check out you battery and see if you can lift it and carry it an appropriate distance. Depending on what you get, they can be very heavy. Keep in mind, you’ll be removing it regularly to recharge unless you have nearby electricity. Possibility to connect a small solar panel. Usually lots of sun when fishing.
Dec 2, 2019 14:57:51 #
If you put a motor on do you have to register the boat and maybe the motor?
Fire extinguisher and air horn?
Fire extinguisher and air horn?
Dec 2, 2019 15:36:04 #
Grandpa Knows How
Loc: OC, California
Check with your state’s water craft laws. Depends on length and horsepower for most states
Dec 2, 2019 16:24:45 #
Not in Cal. If you even use an electric trolling motor on a kayak you have to register it with the state and get cf#s. Really sucks. saw1
Dec 2, 2019 16:36:51 #
Raw Dawg Ron
Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
Some places require no combustion engines at all. Got both and a big wide john boat with a large fold down top to shade the dogs. Oh the trailer thing, just fixed second axle on 30 year old aluminum trailer. This antique john boat has boated king fish and sail fish too. Crazy fishing fever offshore too!
Dec 2, 2019 16:40:29 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
Re: Oz's questions...in Oregon, ANY motor, electric, gas, whatever, requires registration. Even my little 5' Hobie "lawn chair on two pontoons", that I built a frame for to give me a transom and foot rest and outfitted w/ an ancient 12lb Eska trolling motor ! Gotta be the most $$$$-grubbing revenue-grab on boaters ever, anywhere. Even those with Intex Mariner and Sevylor inflatables that have a motor mount must be registered, as well as pay a "Clean Boat fee".. (a fee that funds "Inspection Stations" that "check" for invasive species, currently $12, I believe) that now extends to rafts and kayaks, as well ! Anything to generate $$$$ and justify their bureaucracy, I guess.
Sorry for the rant, it's just so never-ending and getting to be costly to enjoy my boats.... I now have four required to be registered (two of which only hold me !) and have clean boat tags every two years, plus two more river kayaks required to have clean boat tags, yearly......this sucks. Hope your State is not so regulatory and greedy.... better check !
Sorry for the rant, it's just so never-ending and getting to be costly to enjoy my boats.... I now have four required to be registered (two of which only hold me !) and have clean boat tags every two years, plus two more river kayaks required to have clean boat tags, yearly......this sucks. Hope your State is not so regulatory and greedy.... better check !
Dec 2, 2019 16:45:14 #
FixorFish wrote:
Re: Oz's questions...in Oregon, ANY motor, electri... (show quote)
In ks if it has a motor it has to be registered as far as I know, anything that uses paddles for propulsion does not.
Wouldn't be the first time I was wrong, just the last I knew of the regulations.
Dec 2, 2019 16:49:56 #
Sail boats I just looked.
I suppose that is due to most of them having small outboards?
I suppose that is due to most of them having small outboards?
Dec 2, 2019 16:51:06 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
PS-- registration comes with all the usual boating requirements such as, yes, a fire extinguisher, throw cushion, air horn or similar, lights ... even though I am using an electric motor exclusively ! Fire ?!?!? And where do I stash all that on my "lawn chair" boat, or even my Sea Eagle 285fpb (motorized and registered) ??? Aaaaaa !
Dec 2, 2019 16:54:53 #
Raw Dawg Ron
Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
The tag office gave me a break this year? Old holey john boat got a antique sticker this year. Did not even know boats could get antique stickers. Sticker Shock! Had to ask twice, it was a lot less!
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Dec 2, 2019 18:07:20 #
GlennMc928
Loc: Tualatin OR
A 50 Lb trust Mini Kota should work just fine for a boat like that and in a river with current and tide. When I was a kid my first boat was a 17 foot bass tracker with a 40 horse motor and a 55 pound trust Mini Kota and it did just about every thing I needed in the current on the Calif Delta.
Dec 2, 2019 19:00:24 #
I’m a solar nut and a fisherman. YES electric trolling motors are great. Another cool thing is to spend a hundred or so bucks on a 100 watt solar panel to keep batteries charged. You can camp and not need power outlet. Every few hours of sun on the panel would give you probably 20 minutes of propulsion the next day. I use a solar panel ( 80 watt 12v) on my trolling motor battery. If it’s hooked up while In boat it is charging. I also sleep on a CPAP with battery when hunting..fishing...at my ranch place... and use 80 watt panel to keep battery full. At home I have 19kw of panels on my roof.
Dec 2, 2019 20:06:10 #
Pickle
Loc: Duplin co, NC
Just remember when you put a motor on your boat it needs to be registered to be legal.
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