bapabear wrote:
It will make a major difference in the wind. When mounting it, check the movement both up and down. I had to make some major modifications to my rail, and make a mounting platform to clear the anchor. Note: My boat is not a bass boat. I will try to get photos later today. The two greatest additions to my fishing experience are 1. a boat (60 years ago) and 2. my spot lock trolling motor (one year ago). I bought an optional foot pedal with mine. After my first trip, that pedal sits in my garage. I just use the remote hung on a neck lanyard. It does take a bit of a learning curve, but I had the normal operating stuff down in no time. I am still learning new stuff that I can do with it every trip. My boat is a 17 foot klamath, a fairly light boat with high freeboard that blows in the wind easy. Even with that, I have deliberately pushed the motor pretty hard, using spot lock for over 3 hours and the autopilot most of the day. I still had enough power to troll at .8 mph for kokanee half of the second day with my 70 hp 24 volt Terrova. I have Walmart marine batteries to run the 24 volts. Two primary and two backup. The 4 batteries are worth the extra weight in the boat as I have backup and can charge 2 overnight at the RV when docked at a no power marina. If you do that, get a quality cart to tote the batteries. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving.
It will make a major difference in the wind. When... (
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I forgot to mention, be sure to use adequate size wire for the run to the batteries including propers size splices and connections.