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By Crow Hunter · Posted
Wanderer, thanks for your reply. I do intend for it to be 24 volt, with a thrust of 70-80. Spot lock is a must (my wife is looking forward to not being the anchor person any more). With my old boat we did quite a lot of pulling shad raps and hot n tots, using the trolling motor. Unlikely that we will fish in whitecaps, did plenty of that when I was younger. I also need a wireless remote, not going back to a foot pedal. We do a fair amount of bobber fishing. I don't think I will bother with a depth finder on the trolling motor. I am leaning toward moving my Garmin depth finder from my old boat to the new one, just because I am so used to it and it works well for me. I am 70 years old and kinda set in my ways... -
Dang, new content and now answers. First, congrats on the new boat! My recommendation is to get the most thrust you can in 24V, assuming a boat that size isn’t running 36V. 80 might be tops? I’m partial to MinnKota. How do you plan to use the trolling motor is an important question too. All weather or just nice weather? Casting a lot or bait dragging? Bobber or panfish fishing? Spot lock? Networked with depth finders? What brand of depth finders? -
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By Crow Hunter · Posted
We have bought a new boat, which we will be picking up this spring. It is an Alumacraft Competitor 165 sport with a 90 horse Yamaha motor. I will be buying and installing a trolling motor, wondering if I can get some recommendations on what pound thrust I will want for this boat? Also, I will be selling my old boat, is there a good way to determine the value on an older boat ( mid-80's with a 75 horse 2-stroke Mariner motor) I will appreciate any help with these questions. -
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I went ahead and watched some of the MLF coverage. Wheeler didn’t make the cut but the bigger story was the Poche/Avera fallout. Kinda funny listening to both sides of the story and putting together the scenario, reading between the lines.
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TackleBoxMike
I'm very interested in a getting some kind of electronics. A Buddy has the Lowrance X67c Ice Machine. I've seen it work on LOW, It worked good at showing supended walleye's on the flasher mode, and It also showed the lure on the screen. Now the other interesting thing is it has a graph mode so a guy could use it out of a boat but it sounds like I'd have to pick up a transducer for the summer to use it out of a boat.
Now It seems like theres a newer model the X68c that has GPS Mapping also in the unit.
The added mapping is pretty cool but the map shows no contour lines on the lake map is there GPS units that show a lake with contour lines? and what do you guys thing of the lowrance unit? What GPS unit should I take a looks at?
I'm still thinking of possibly getting a Vexlar FL-18 or a Marcom LX-3 unit. I'm trying to learn what I can before I go to the Ice Fishing Show. I'll be checking all the electronics out. If you guys have information to help me make my decision that would be great? Please let me know how the diffrent electronics work for you guys?
Fishing Electronics Crash Course.
Thank you
TackleBoxMike
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