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Bow-Mount Trolling Motor Recommendations
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:44:47 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:36:37 -0500, "Ray Bates" wrote: I'm in process of rigging a new fishing boat (18', wgt approx 1400 lbs incl. boat, motor gas and equipment) and want to put a bow-mounted trolling motor on it. Any recommendations? Are the ones which are wireless controlled a good buy? Minn-kota vs Motor Guide? 12v vs. 24v (I'm a casual fisherman not out there everyday). I've owned Minn-Kota transom mounted motors before and liked them, but have no experience with bow-mounted motors. Anything I should be particularly cautious of? Yes - don't buy a Motor Guide - they are crap and Mercury's warranty on them suck. The are horribly engineered and prone to do interesting things like short out at the switch. Did I mention that Mercury's warranty on them sucks? Did I mention that Mercury's warranty on them sucks? I've heard that Mercury's warranty on Motor Guides suck. Is there any truth to this? |
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