Trolling Motor On A Pleasure Craft

[SudburyBasser]

A theoretical question: I was talking to my brother-in-law last night and he mentioned that he wanted to put a trolling motor on his boat. Ordinarily I wouldn't question that but he's running a pleasure craft, not a boat primarily designed for fishing.

 

The spot where one would traditionally install a trolling motor doesn't have a platform for one and he's not inclined to have one installed. His idea is to install the motor at the back of the boat. There he has one of those water-level decks that people use to climb into or jump off the boat. He wants to install the motor there.

 

Now I've never seen it done like that but it's not to say it isn't feasible. Has anyone here ever done or seen a trolling motor installed in this way and location?

[Wayne P.]

What is his purpose of installing an electric trolling motor?

[SudburyBasser]

We do use the boat to primarily fish and frankly we're lazy and don't want to keep dumping a heavy anchor to keep on spot.

[Wayne P.]

Two suggestions:

 A pontoon mount type trolling motor attached to the swim platform.

 

The electric motors that are mounted to the outdrive cavitation plate-I assume the boat type is an inboard/outboard.

[SudburyBasser]

No, it gets better...it's an outboard.

[Wayne P.]

You can still do the same two things then, maybe better.

 

Post a picture of the back of the boat out of the water so the platform/s are shown in detail for the space between the platform/s and the outboard.

[slonezp]

http://www.minnkotamotors.com/products/trolling_motors/engine_mount/freshwater.aspx