When I bought my first used bass boat in the fall of 1996, it came with a bow-mounted, foot-controlled trolling motor with a whopping 43 pounds of thrust. It was a “12/24” model, able to switch from ...
That’s not the only situation where they can excel, however. Spot-Lock trolling motors can be used to hold a boat against a raging current or to prevent you from blowing into rocks or other obstacles ...
In my case, the boat and motor were ok, but several seat covers were AWOL. I don’t cover my boat completely, figuring a self-bailing deck is one of the advantages of pontoon boat ownership. Combined ...
Use a trolling motor to methodically cover an entire area, or flip your way around the boat before re-anchoring to work some new bottom. A very good way to locate flounder and learn a fishing area at ...