02-01-2014, 02:15 PM
FlyGoddess has given you some excellent advice. I will only add a little of my experience. I use an ancient Minkota 25 on both a 9 ft NFO Renegade and a Fish Cat 4 float tube. I use a Costco deep cycle size 24 battery. I think it is about 84 amp hours. I usually just use the motor to get me to the area and back. While fishing I use my fins. I couldn't say how long the battery would last as I haven't ever run it out.
Be sure and turn your motor head around. An electric won't efficiently push your pontoon forward, but it does a great job of pulling it backwards.
Go to the Float Tube forum section and post some of your questions there also. It is as much or more on pontoons as float tubes. There are lots of great pictures on there of setups also.
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?forum=81
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Be sure and turn your motor head around. An electric won't efficiently push your pontoon forward, but it does a great job of pulling it backwards.
Go to the Float Tube forum section and post some of your questions there also. It is as much or more on pontoons as float tubes. There are lots of great pictures on there of setups also.
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?forum=81
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