kicker pics

[jdog]

im looking to put a kicker motor on my 16 ft starcraft but im kinda puzzled how you guys run kickers any pics would be great thanks

[headcheese]

what do you have questions about?? i dont have one but am shopping for one.

i plan to get a tiller kicker probably on the port side. might get a connecting rod to hook it to the main motor too. also i have heard of people steering with an autopilot bow mount trolling motor.

if you have a smaller boat i would make sure your transom is strong enough to handle the extra weight.

[jdog]

thanks for the reply i was thinking about attaching next to my bigger motor and i was wondering if they had attachments to steer it from the back seat i guess my first post was pretty short i have a console steering in my boat but i have a seat in the back i was wondering mostly how people steer there kickers and what kind of attachments are available

[crappiegetter]

They have things you can buy to steer the kicker motor from the same controls as your normal running motor. Worth looking into if you want to steer with your steering wheel.

[PerchJerker]

I've had a kicker motor for years. I like driving with my hand on the motor, so I run tiller-control kickers and I don't tie them to the big motor. I like Mercs, which have twist-grip shifting, so the same movement with your wrist shifts gears and operates the throttle. Very nice. And .... when doing open water trolling I sometimes use my big motor as a rudder to steer the boat, it's not as precise as using the kicker but for open water it works fine.

At first I ran my tiller control kickers on the port side of my boat. With my current boat, I started with the kicker on the port side but I had it moved to the starboard side and I like that better ...... I'm closer to all the controls and accessories on my console dash, and I can put the other 2 guys on the port sides and not have them between me and the console. And I like the boat control and steering response I get on the starboard side. The only downside I've seen to the starboard side is that the boat lists a bit in that direction, but I rearranged my batteries to offset it.

Hope that helps. Unfortunately I don't have any pics.