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Ok so what’s the best for the money tiller handle trolling motor?


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Bow mount or transom mount?

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Pawn shop Minnkota.

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Minn Kota in whatever size you want


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A used Minn Kota like mine. Used it three times now that I can remember. If you are thinking of trolling a long time in bigger water with waves, get a used twin cylinder four stroke Yamaha or Honda.


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No this is for a motor less lake


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Minn kota but I'd get the largest one you can find. Highest thrust. I've never, EVER been in a boat where I wished the trolling motor was less powerful.


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Get a minnkota at least 55 lbs thrust and a good quality battery. They're all over fake book and craigslist.

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Minn kota but I'd get the largest one you can find. Highest thrust. I've never, EVER been in a boat where I wished the trolling motor was less powerful.

And rig it up on 2 batteries. Will last a long time.


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Wal-Mart has the Minn Kota Endura C2 55 lb. thrust for $195 and Minn Kota is offering a $20 rebate.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Minn-Kota-Endura-C2-55-Freshwater-Transom-Mount-Trolling-Motor-55lb-Thrust-with-36-Shaft/15686837?irgwc=1&sourceid=imp_0%3A5z%3AZ3UrxyOR6owUx0Mo3cjUki0qsQnPxcSQQ0&veh=aff&wmlspartner=imp_10451&clickid=0%3A5z%3AZ3UrxyOR6owUx0Mo3cjUki0qsQnPxcSQQ0


https://www.minnkotamotors.com/promotions#transom-mount-promo

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Used 1950s-60s Evinrude/Johnson Lightwin 3 HP outboard. 2 cylinder. Water cooled. 2 stroke so you do mix gas. Self contained 1/3 gallon tank that will troll for almost a full day. 35 lbs. but built like a tank. Easy to maintain. Lots of new as well as used parts still available. Dependable and purrs like a kitten! Great for canoes and small (<14 ft.) boats on smaller bodies of water.

Many are still around, especially in the midwest, and many are still in nice shape. I've paid between $50 and $250 for the ones that I have had. My Grandfather's 1954 Evinrude still gets a lot of trolling use every year! Find you a nice olive drab "Ducktwin" and you will really have a nice piece. Those can bring as high as $1000 now for a nice restored one.

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Will add: The electrics are nice and quiet but often don't do that well in the wind and you have to lug around that PITA deep cycle battery. The 4 stokes tend to be a little heavier as well, at least liquid cooled ones and they have no "soul". They are quiet and smooth trollers though. With the 2 stoke you get the exhaust and odor that many don't like. Too me it is almost like pipe smoke... I kind of like the smell in measured doses! Same reason I still like old Hodakas too... grateful I was around for the 60's and early 70's!!!

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There is no such thing as a one size fits all situations, as in type of fish your targeting, or in the type and size/weight boat you are using it on. Problem with even the smaller gas outboards, is trolling speed control when very slow speed is required without dragging something behind to slow you down.
The largest size electric with multible batteries certainly isnt a requirement on every boat, nor is it advisable to do that.
I have 2 boats, one is a 17’ fiberglass center console Key West, and the other a 14’ aluminum jon boat made by Alweld Boat Co.
I have 55# thrust Minn Kotas on both of them with one 12 volt deep cycle battery on each. I primarily troll with live minnows or small jigs for Crappies, requiring a very slow speed of plus or minus 1 mph. You will not do that with a gas powered engine.
Think about this, how fast do you turn the reel handle when retrieving jigs when Walleye fishing, And why would trolling be any different?
I would be better served with an 80# set up with 2 batteries on the 17’ glass boat from the duration standpoint, but not the speed. The 55# will push that boat far faster than is required, just not for as long a time frame as the one on the lighter boat, and i could add a second battery. That said i have no problem getting 4 hours of steady trolling with it with a fully charged battery.

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I fish with a 14' Crestliner, with a Merc 20, electric start. It will do 20mph, and troll slow. I like to keep it simple.


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I have had Minn Kotas and Motor Guides. Minn Kotas have been more efficient and quieter. Motor guide of years ago used to be tougher can't say about now. I had an MK put on my new boat.

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What do you guys like for Battery?


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I put a 100 watt solar panel on the middle seat of my Alumacraft P14. It makes a decent table and what I use for a battery is almost irrelevant. A Honda sized car starting battery is as good as a deep cycle because I never use enough juice from the battery to run it down far and the charge current of the solar panel at max won't stress the battery. For Just under $90.OO I got the panel and the regulator that prevents over charge and provides a pulsed float charge which helps prevent sulfation. I suspect that a 12 volt 8 AH battery ( like goes in small UPS') might be enough. I am pretty sure that a 12 volt 18 AH battery would. The Honda starting battery that I have used is more than enough and physically, it is not much bigger than my lawn tractor battery.

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There are some pretty good sized pontoon party boats being pushed around our little 40 acre lake place up north using 12 volt Minn Kota's. My first MK was a direct drive 65 if I remember right and on a small boat, it was actually faster across the lake than the planetary gear larger prop MK that replaced it. The direct drive was a little quieter as well, but not enough of a difference to matter much. We can't motor troll on our no wake lake, but casting with that slow turning electric we can sure work over the shoreline. Starting and stopping the outboard was a bother. I really like the long extension telescoping tiller handle on the newer Minn Kota units.


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These 55# MK's have the 5 spd or the variable grip ? MB


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