Garth Almgren wrote:
Around 10/7/2004 6:10 AM, JohnH wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

Absurd. Trolling motors can be electric, or they can be gas outboards.
My Parker has an engine bracket with a built in mini bracket for an
outboard trolling motor. Many of the guys who troll seriously for
stripers in the Bay use outboards for trolling motors. Obviously, your
experiences are limited.


A very small minority of bay fisherman use a separate, small outboard for
trolling. I know two who have separate 'trolling outboards' mounted, but seldom,
if ever, use them for trolling.

A large majority of Puget Sound fishermen use a separate, small outboard
for trolling. If you ever come and take a tour of the Everett marina,
you'll see that every third small boat that isn't a sailboat has a
"kicker" for fishing.


No offense, but JohnH is not a particularly experienced or skilled
Chesapeake Bay fisherman, and, by his own admission, tends to head out
on the Bay during the week, when it is, by his standard, "less crowded."
That in itself is pretty silly, since the Bay is a large body of water
and even on the weekends, you rarely see large numbers of boaters in one
smaller area unless you're very near Annapolis or over on the other side
of the Bay in the bar and restaurant zone. Most drift-troll fishing
areas aren't crowded on the weekends.

In any event, on the average weekend day when I am out, I might see 25
boats trolling boats the size and style of my Parker (and of course
larger and smaller boats), and about a third will have small outboard
trolling motors in use. In my mind, that's "many."




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