Ultimate Utah fishing boat.

[wiperhunter2]

One thing to consider as far as number of motors go. Look at the cost of your main motor, that main outboard will be a large percentage of the overall boat cost. Depending on size of outboard you are looking at 12,000 to 30,000 for just the outboard. If you troll a lot you will put a ton of hours on your expensive main outboard. Why do that? I am on my fifth season with my boat and have only 60 hours on my main outboard(175hp). I would bet my 9.9 kicker motor easily has over 1000 hours. No reason to put thousands of hours on a 20,000 dollar motor when you can put those hours on a 3500 dollar motor. Id rather replace the kicker motor when that time comes, much cheaper. Also, max hp is the only way to go. Especially with our high elevation waters.

Welcome to the site H4BB32, you make a good point about putting so many hours on your main motor. when there is no reason to do it. I just came back from fishing with a friend, he claimed to use less than a gallon of gas in trolling with his kicker for 4 to 5 hours, I have never checked the hours per gallon on my boats kicker but I know it is way less than what my main motor uses. 

WH2