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Trolling Motor Selection

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I have finally saved up the money and obtained approval from my wife to get a bow mount trolling motor, only one problem.

I am looking at getting a powerdrive v2 and I cannot decide between a 50# or 55# thrust motor.

I have a 1985 Alumacraft Lunker, it is an interesting boat. It is wide and heavy, i ended up putting a 40 horse johnson on it, which is the max rating, to get it to plane. At any rate I dont want to get a trolling motor that cant pull me around but the price difference is big enough where I am considering giving the 50# a shot.

I know going bigger is best, i learned that with the outboard, but I only have enough to get the 50# right now and need some experts to chime in on whether it will work.

I will mostly use it for casting muskies, jigging walleyes over structure, and slow trolling

any help or opinions would be great

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Chris Barlage Community Regular

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From what I saw on minn kota's web site the only way you get the 50 is just a plain jane motor in a 48 in. shaft. MSRP 579. The plain jane 55 in a 54 in. shaft is 589. So if that is what you are comparing go 55 lbs. I see the 55 with the us2 ducer is 679 in a 48 shaft and 689 in a 54 shaft. They don't list the 50 lber having a us2 option. So if the transducer is not a selling point for you get the basic 55 for 10 bucks more at 589.

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The difference between 55 and 50 performance-wise would be negligible. Go with the 50 since its what is in your budget.

I always love how people like to spend other peoples money.

55 is the biggest 12 volt motor you can get and I used a 55# on my 17' Alumacraft with a 90HP motor on that back for years. I would have much rather had a bigger motor, but it worked fine.

Your boat is considerably lighter than the one I had and would be just fine.

Save the money, get the 50#. The ONLY thing I would be relatively concerned about the 50# is the 48" shaft length. Since you boat is a 14' it SHOULD be fine, but the 54" shaft is nice when you get into bigger waves to keep the head in the water.

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A couple of weeks ago, I purchased a Power drive V2 50lb thrust and 54 shaft for $429 plus $50 in store bucks. Used that $50 to buy the quick release mounting plate. That was an online sale that I had shipped to the store. I then was able to get a used co-pilot from TruthWalleyes for $50. Don't ever pay MSRP.

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The difference between 55 and 50 performance-wise would be negligible. Go with the 50 since its what is in your budget.

I always love how people like to spend other peoples money.

55 is the biggest 12 volt motor you can get and I used a 55# on my 17' Alumacraft with a 90HP motor on that back for years. I would have much rather had a bigger motor, but it worked fine.

Your boat is considerably lighter than the one I had and would be just fine.

Save the money, get the 50#. The ONLY thing I would be relatively concerned about the 50# is the 48" shaft length. Since you boat is a 14' it SHOULD be fine, but the 54" shaft is nice when you get into bigger waves to keep the head in the water.

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I don't think the perfomance increase is worth 100 bucks.

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