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TCESOX

Posted 9/29/2014 9:53 PM (#732499 - in reply to #732486)
Subject: Re: Tiller boat with a kicker motor

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I've always looked at kickers as a remedy for a big motor that won't idle down low enough to creep along when walleye fishing. I thought about one when I had my first boat, which had a 60 horse Johnson two stroke, that I couldn't get slow enough, but I made do by using a drift sock and/or backtrolling. Since then, I have had four stroke engines that would go slow enough. My current boat has a Vantage, which I don't use much muskie fishing, but love for walleye fishing, which I don't do much of anymore. I would find one of those Talons, much more useful for muskie fishing, than either the Vantage, or a kicker. I suppose if you find yourself a long way from shore on fairly big water, frequently, you might feel a little safer with an extra gas motor at your disposal.