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I get disgusted with one thing during early season ice fishing, piling all the gear in a sled. Cameras, depth finders, heater, bait bucket, rod bags, tackle box, coolers, chairs; the list goes on and on. If you use an ATV, you can load up your sled and pull all the stuff out to your hotspot behind you but, it’s a hassle unloading everything out of the sled to get the pull-behind shelter set up. Plus, there’s no guarantee your expensive equipment will be in one piece with all that gear bouncing around in the sled. I’ve had a chance to test the full line of Otter Monster Boxes during hunting season and can’t wait to load ‘em up for ice fishing. The ice fishing gear I don’t need right away can stay safely tucked away until needed.
The lids on the medium and large Monster Box open fully so bulky gear can be loaded easily. And the large Monster Box has a dropdown section in the rear to accept three 5-gallon buckets! The lids are also recessed so you can strap more gear like folding chairs or big coolers on top. And, the lids are lockable in case you need to run into the bait shop.
You can read more details about the Otter Outdoors Monster Box here Otter Outdoors or simply ask here.
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?
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.
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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I get disgusted with one thing during early season ice fishing, piling all the gear in a sled. Cameras, depth finders, heater, bait bucket, rod bags, tackle box, coolers, chairs; the list goes on and on. If you use an ATV, you can load up your sled and pull all the stuff out to your hotspot behind you but, it’s a hassle unloading everything out of the sled to get the pull-behind shelter set up. Plus, there’s no guarantee your expensive equipment will be in one piece with all that gear bouncing around in the sled. I’ve had a chance to test the full line of Otter Monster Boxes during hunting season and can’t wait to load ‘em up for ice fishing. The ice fishing gear I don’t need right away can stay safely tucked away until needed.
The lids on the medium and large Monster Box open fully so bulky gear can be loaded easily. And the large Monster Box has a dropdown section in the rear to accept three 5-gallon buckets! The lids are also recessed so you can strap more gear like folding chairs or big coolers on top. And, the lids are lockable in case you need to run into the bait shop.
You can read more details about the Otter Outdoors Monster Box here Otter Outdoors or simply ask here.
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