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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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EBass
Hello FM!
I had an issue for the first time with my FL-18. It reads the bottom fine then all of a sudden can't read the bottom and it flashes a yellow tinge all around with solid red/green bars 1/4 of the screen (like a solid bar at the top, then on the right, and on the bottom and on the left) then the bars move a bit. I turned it off for a min or two then it works fine for a min or two and back to the yellow tinge and red/green solid like half inch thick. (hard to describe)
I called Vexilar and they said to bring it in so they can test it. I'm wondering if my battery is shot, which very well could be the case. I don't treat my batteries very well. Use it charge it. But it could've been over charged a lot. Whoops. Anyone else out there ever see this before??
Oh it's a higher serial # so it's not the old bug that they used to have, but who knows. I use it all the time.
Thanks for any and all responses.
EBass
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