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| If you're going to fish a trolling motor only lake, you need to be prepared for everything. You want to have all options available to you...you don't want to be restricted from fishing the wind blown side of the lake for example. I think you should either go with the 24 volt system, or buy a crap load of batteries and swap them out.
I have a 14 foot sea nymph, just me and my brother fishing, and our gear. We have a bow mount 40lb powerdrive, and when we're at the trolling motor only lake we like to fish, we strap on a 55 lb transom mount. It's a light boat. The trolling motors get us around fine. BUT, it does take juice getting across the lake. And, if there's wind, it takes quite a bit of juice. We also like to troll some in this particular lake, which will send you home quickly or strand you on the opposite side of the lake. A few times we've been ducking down to reduce wind drag, running both motors at once, and barely making it to the other side of this 200 acre lake.
We started out with two batteries. Needless to say, that didn't work. I think wind actually begins at this lake we go to. So after those first two batteries died one day, I drove to wal-mart and bought another one and went back to the lake...just to get more time in. Now I'm up to five batteries...we keep the extras in the truck and swap them out throughout the day. We do pretty well now, but if I could go back, I'd have a 24 volt high thrust motor. I would still have 4 batteries (one less), and I'd run the hell out of them, and just have the extras to swap out in case.
Some things to consider as well. Small light boats blow around like hell. If I'm not on the motor, I'm across the lake pretty fast. So you'll USE your motor a lot more. Also, transom mounts are less efficient. If you use a transom mount, prepare to use more batteries.
Best bet is to be prepared and go big. Especially on a trolling motor only lake in a small boat. | |
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