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Trolling Motor Question
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I would add have you thought about getting the kicker with hydraulic tilt. Kinda nice as you get older. The Merc 9.9 Pro Kicker can be set up with tilt on the throttle control, electric start on your dash and be permanently tied to your main motor for steering. It also has an alternator built in so the whole time you are trolling the batteries are being charged, a plus with electric downriggers. That is how my 18.5 Lund is set up. Will troll below 1 MPH and still move you off the lake in an emergency. With that said my last boat had a 4 HP Yamaha 4 stroke and it was a jewel.The steering had a link to the big motor you had to hook up when you tilted it down and remove before you tilted up, no big deal. The throttle had to be set at the tiller and that was kind of a pain to maintain trolling speed. You had to reach back into the transom to adjust it every time you turned from into the wind to with the wind etc.. I really like having the throttle control right at my hands sitting at my downrigger with the new boat. My .02
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Trolling Motor Question - by catfishbait - 07-27-2017, 05:36 PM
Re: [Quicky] Trolling Motor Question - by lifeshort - 07-27-2017, 08:30 PM

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