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Location: Warroad, Mn | I've used cable drive trolling motors for many years, and to me they are by far the best. The instance response and the ability to lift the motor part way out of the water when going in to save your favorite bucktail that you just casted on a rock on the LOTWs is easily done with a Maxxum, and hard to do with any auto steer.
However, to try an stand all day on the high peddle must be hard! I sit on in the front on a "butt seat". Right foot on the Maxxum peddle and left foot on the gunnel.
Very stable and comfortable.
I'm close enough to the water for figure-8's so I don't have to move much with a long rod. I'm comfortable all day long, and I have great boat control and I can see where I'm going when I'm heading around a rocky shoreline.
All part of boat design, size and type.
What I do seems to work with the boats I had.
Doug Johnson |
