I am buying an transom mount electric trolling motor. I pretty much have the one picked out that I want. It is the Minn-kota vector with the 3x steering and you can turn the head 180 degrees with the push of a pin for back trolling or fwd trolling.
My question is this.
The max lb thrust for a 12 volt is 55lbs. They have a 65lb and 74lb thrust that only operates on 24 volts. I currently only have one battery.
Would you reccommend going to the higher pounds and hooking up another battery? I have a 17 foot Lund and I fish the big lakes. Vermillion, Gull and Mille Lacs.
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 am buying an transom mount electric trolling motor. I pretty much have the one picked out that I want. It is the Minn-kota vector with the 3x steering and you can turn the head 180 degrees with the push of a pin for back trolling or fwd trolling.
My question is this.
The max lb thrust for a 12 volt is 55lbs.
They have a 65lb and 74lb thrust that only operates on 24 volts. I currently only have one battery.
Would you reccommend going to the higher pounds and hooking up another battery? I have a 17 foot Lund and I fish the big lakes. Vermillion, Gull and Mille Lacs.
How do you wire the batteries?
Thanks,
Dan
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