03-09-2006, 11:21 PM
Since no one has answered I'll give it a shot.
A Minn Kota Powerdrive would work good on the deck boat. A good rule of thumb is 2-2.5 lbs thrust for each 100 lbs of boat.(including gear and people) I like the built in sonar transducer and the auto pilot features available on the Powerdrive motors but of course they cost more.
There are several good fishfinders available. I like my Lowrance color unit. Garmin and Raymarine color units are real nice. Humminbird has has a bad rap in years past but their newer units are showing some real promise. Don't try to go to inexpensively on the fish finder. Get one with at least 240 vertical pixels on the screen. 320, 480, or even 640 is much better. Color is real nice as it shows fish in structure as a different color. Raymarine has three new digital models that work well with a minimum of 'fiddleing' with the controls. A unit with GPS mapping is lots of fun and useful to mark good fishin' holes and under water hazzards.
Hope this helps.
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A Minn Kota Powerdrive would work good on the deck boat. A good rule of thumb is 2-2.5 lbs thrust for each 100 lbs of boat.(including gear and people) I like the built in sonar transducer and the auto pilot features available on the Powerdrive motors but of course they cost more.
There are several good fishfinders available. I like my Lowrance color unit. Garmin and Raymarine color units are real nice. Humminbird has has a bad rap in years past but their newer units are showing some real promise. Don't try to go to inexpensively on the fish finder. Get one with at least 240 vertical pixels on the screen. 320, 480, or even 640 is much better. Color is real nice as it shows fish in structure as a different color. Raymarine has three new digital models that work well with a minimum of 'fiddleing' with the controls. A unit with GPS mapping is lots of fun and useful to mark good fishin' holes and under water hazzards.
Hope this helps.
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