Trolling Plates?

[Teroy]

Does anyone have any info on the Troll-O-Matic trolling plate? Good or bad, let me know. Thx


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[Gumbo]

The troll-0-matic and the Happy Troller are two good, popular brands of trolling plates.

[iconoclasticPaul]

I use happy troller plates, and it works fine for me. I noticed that Happy Troller is manually by rope, while this Trollamatic plates seems to be going by (auto) springs... dunno if it works on a consistent basis (such as breakdowns) while my happy troller hasn't broken down so far. The same goes for my friend Jas who has the same thing on his boat.
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[mikecromaine]

MY FATHERS WORKS GREAT FOR YEARS NOW
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[AFDan52]

[font "Arial Black"][red][size 2] Hi Teroy , hey I used one of those on my old boat and it really does work. But you have to be careful because they bend very easy. But like I said they do work.[/size][/red][/font]

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[Teroy]

Did you have the manual pull kind or the spring loaded kind Dan?
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[AFDan52]

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[Teroy]

Yeah, you can borrow them....................for a price [] kidding.

Dont know when I can get out of the bomb dump during the day, you might have to swing by the house and grab them.

I am in the process of getting a boat, yes. Although I see willard is still pretty low. []
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[AFDan52]

[font "Arial Black"][red][size 2] Willard is still pretty low , but I don't have a problem launching there. Haha.(just kidding) I do think that it might be too low for you to launch something that big out there. If you PM me your address , I don't mind picking them up. Just say when.[/size][/red][/font]

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[Teroy]

I will drop you a pm tomorrow with my addy. When do you need them by?
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[AFDan52]

[font "Arial Black"][red][size 2] How about Thursday afternoon?[/size][/red][/font]

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[kokeking]

I had one of the rope style and it worked well.The thing i dont like about trolling plates is haveing to run my big motor all the time,used to foul my plugs alot.But they do work.
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[mustbblind]

automatic is ok till ya have to backup...
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[Teroy]

Great point blind, thank you!
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[Jasjorg]

I have a Troll-A-Matic and it works good. You do loose a little speed on the top end thougt. Haven't had any trouble backing up guess it depends on your prop size mines 14*1/2" wide so it stick out the side. Hope this helps.
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