Been thinking of one for a couple of years as a back up motor in case my main has an issue.

Had a Cabela's gift card so went for it.

Need to check out my 12v deep cycle battery and then try it out.

Might even have to pick up a smaller boat for it

Any suggestions?

Any Minn-kota user's?

Not in many years but will likely get me and the boys a little
Jon boat in the near future and it will certainly have one.

I borrowed a 60lb Minn-Kota pretty much every fishable weekend my last two years in college. Borrowed trolling motor and rented a boat for $5 a day gave me many a good hours fishing growing up.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Any Minn-kota user's?

I have an Ulterra, so a little different model. Solid brand all around.

I have a 24v minn-Kota Riptide on the bow of my 19' aluminum CC. It has been bulletproof and Makes short work of the currents we get during tide shifts.

I'd get another one if it ever quits.

What kind of suggestions are you looking for?

I've been using the same 30lb. MK motor for years on my 8 ft. Pelican bass boat for fishing lakes 10-50 acres. It's always been plenty of motor for the task. I loosened the head and spun it around so I could mount it on the front of the boat, since that's where I always sit.

I used to fish bigger lakes from a fiberglass boat and had MinnKotas and Motor Guides over the years. I fished longer and harder back then, and fished around a lot of trees, so those motors, and the mounting brackets, did occasionally suffer breakdowns, but they held up pretty well.

An electric motor will teach you a lot about batteries. Carrying batteries 250 yards to that electric motor means you remembered everything you learned.

Minnkota is a very good motor. 35# thrust is not really that much unless your fishing in which case it's pretty much enough. It will beat the living shit out of a three foot canoe paddle to cross 1/4 mile of open water in a pleasure boat.