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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | With that size boat being under 900 pounds, you could get away with the 55 lb thrust motor. It will do the job in most situations. I have a boat that is almost 1000 pounds alone and I have a 65 lb thrust motor which is 24 volt and was wired to go either 12 or 24. My gut instinct says with that particular model it will be a 12 volt model as it only has 2 battery trays. I did a little searching on the lund site and it did not specify where the batteries were, so I can only assume one up front somewhere and one in the rear. It would be a long way to run wiring for a trolling motor from the rear but it could be done with the right size wire.
In most cases, if you get to a point you are trying to move that boat in a wind that requires you to be at full speed on the motor, the conditions will be hard to fish in as I would suspect wave action of around 1-1/2 feet or so and some white-capping. I have tried it with mine and to be honest for me, it is uncomfortable to fish in as adjustments move the boat quick and the amount of bouncing is a bit much to stand and cast on a boat of that size while keeping your body stable, and trying to figure eight if necessary...That is just my feelings on it and others may feel it is no big deal to stand in those kind of conditions. I have tried it, and if the motor cannot do the job, I will start a kicker motor in the back for forward thrust, then use the trolling motor to make my adjustments left and right as needed. It can be done, but it is not the easiest thing to do.
I say in most conditions I suspect you would be in, the 55 will do just fine.
Steve |
