Bow Mount vs Gas Kicker

[crappyslayer]

Since I have used both kinds I totally disagree. I have a 21' big boat, and I have trolled all day on Cascade in 15mph winds and trolled for an entire 8hr day at 1.6 to 1.8 and still had battery power left on my bow mount and I had great control. Last week we trolled with my buddies 9.9kicker in a 5mph wind at lucky peak, and most of my day was spent constantly steering and adjusting speed. Even then with that breeze, the boat turned places we didn't want to go a bunch of times. If you are lacking trolling time with electric, switch to 220ah 6v golf cart batteries. I went from 5hrs troll time to well over 8hrs even with a lot of wind. Best of all would be to use both, but for control, you can't touch a bow mount. You can set speed and easily maintain speed and course.
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