11-23-2020, 10:59 PM
(11-23-2020, 10:16 PM)kentofnsl Wrote: Pat, great information. One item you may want to add, on your next revision, is to not use spot lock, on an electric trolling motor. One can use the electric trolling motor to move around and then use an actual anchor to hold one's position. The spinning blades on an electric trolling motor spooks white fish. Last year, I forgot that advice from Scott, and paid the price with minimal success. I won't make that mistake again.Great advice. I have witnessed the effect of running an electric over shallow whitefish first hand. On one trip Scott and I were scoring well on some nice whities when a couple of guys in another boat thought they would come give us some immoral support. We were (carefully and quietly) anchored. They moved in close...too close...under full electric motor power. The fish on sonar disappeared and our jigs went unmolested thereafter.
Have also heard testimonials from other guys who belatedly discovered the effect of electrics on finicky whities. It is also wise to avoid dropping things into the bottom of the boat...or playing the wrong kind of head-banging music at 120 decibels.
Since I don't have spot lock on my float tube motor, I just gotta remember to work my fins slowly and not get lazy and run the electric.