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| What type of affect does a trolling motor have on the muskies additude?
I have caught plenty of muskies boatside with a 1980 20hp merc on idle so noise cant be too much of a factor. |
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| About the only thing that I have found with an electric is that if the motor is not running,and you have a follow, do NOT turn it on. I have had numerous times where I bumped the pedal and the fish just bolted, due to the new vibration in the water right next to them.
I have found, though, that turning the motor off with a follow does not seem to bother them.
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| I see more fish on my home lake when drifting and waiting to make select casts. |
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| Correct me if im wrong,the noise from a electric trolling motor is greater than the noise from a fourstroke or other small motors. The noise on a trolling motor is under the water and the noise from a kicker motor is above the water. This leads me to believe that the small outboards would not scare off fish like trolling motors. When casting,I will stop using my trolling motor with about 1/3 of my cast left,then complete my cast into my figure 8 without the noise factor of the motor. Then back on the motor as I cast again. With practice this can be done without interupting the cast or the positioning of your boat.[:devil:] |
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| I would find it hard to believe that an outboard would make less sound underwater than an electric. Most brands of outboards have thru-hub exhaust which carries some of the sound frm the engine, since it is a flow of fumes. Even my Evinrude 6 which is pin drive has some exhaust that goes out through the lower unit. I have not seen any studies on this (not that there really would be) to prove otherwise, so I could be wrong as well.
Steve.
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| I tend to agree with VMS, However I have also seen fish follow and even hit the prop on electrics, (Crazy fish I need bigger blades on my bucktails[:devil:] )
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