So after many many years of wanting a real bass boat, and being stranded on the bank, or fishing kayak tournaments (really fun) the time has come where I will finally fufill my dream of taking a new boat off the showroom floor. This is however my first ever bass boat so I didn't want to go ALL out..(just yet). After much research and what I decided will fit me the best I've decided on the 2018 proteam 175txw bass tracker.
I have 1 question right off the bat, when purchasing I decided to upgrade the trolling motor immediately from the edge 45b thrust to a Fortrex 80lb thrust. (I fish in the wind frequently especially on my home lake Lewisville which can be known to get pretty windy.) My boat is powered by a 60 HP merc. I am asking to see if anyone around here as has a similar setup because I want to know if the fortrex trolling motor will impact the boats ability to plane. Some have said hat the 60hp merc may slightly underpower the boat, some say its great for its intended use, being my first ever bass boat I decided slower may be safer for the first couple years while I learn boat control and handling. Besides I spend most of my life near mach 1 in my day job.
From what I could gather the edge 45 is around 40lbs and the Fortrex is around 60lbs (if you have better information on this please let me know, these numbers were surprisingly hard to find and only mentioned briefly)
Thats an added 20lbs right on the bow. Could this impact my boats performance significantly? I usually just fish solo or with only 1 other person in the boat.
Thank you for information!
