I recently acquired a Minkota Genesis trolling motor. It's on a 24 volt system and has 74 lbs. of trust. Unlike my past trolling motors it does not have a head that moves and has a foot control that I call a "rocker-type" control. It's like a gas pedal- if you push the toe you move left, if you push the heal you move right. That's all fine, but I have one MAJOR PROBLEM with this foot control- if you don't keep your foot on it AT ALL TIMES it will fall all the way to the toe or heel position and you won't go the direction you were going. There must be some way to fix this, isn't there? If not, somebody who has never fished must have designed this thing. I'd like to be able to take my foot off the pedal and have it maintain it's course- how do I accomplish this? Scoot
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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I recently acquired a Minkota Genesis trolling motor. It's on a 24 volt system and has 74 lbs. of trust. Unlike my past trolling motors it does not have a head that moves and has a foot control that I call a "rocker-type" control. It's like a gas pedal- if you push the toe you move left, if you push the heal you move right. That's all fine, but I have one MAJOR PROBLEM with this foot control- if you don't keep your foot on it AT ALL TIMES it will fall all the way to the toe or heel position and you won't go the direction you were going. There must be some way to fix this, isn't there? If not, somebody who has never fished must have designed this thing. I'd like to be able to take my foot off the pedal and have it maintain it's course- how do I accomplish this?
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