Installed The Talon On The Predator

[slonezp]

Took around 2 hours. I went direct to the transom instead of having the motor pulled and installing the sandwich bracket. I was able to install the tilt bracket, which is not designed for direct transom mount due to clearance issues, by making a few easy modifications. I installed the tilt bracket in the reverse direction. The holes line up with the Talon, it's just the wider footprint is connected to the Talon and the narrower to the Transom. I bought a plastic cutting board and cut it to size and sandwiched it in between the tilt bracket and the transom, to get the clearance I needed. Sealed the holes and perimeter of the cutting board with 3M 5200. Installed the MK locks to hopefully deter theft. Going to save wiring up the alarm to the ignition for another day.

[Teal]

Sweet. Good thinking! Are you going to get another in the future ?

[slonezp]

We'll see how one works out. I have an iPilot on the Terrova. If it gets too windy I should be able to use the autopilot feature in conjunction with the Talon to keep me on mark.

[Dwight Hottle]

So where are you going to put your kicker?

[slonezp]

Never been into trolling. Too much work involved. I did the trolling thing with my dad for Great Lakes salmon and trout when he had a boat. Not my cup o tea. I'm looking for ideas for a boarding ladder if anybody has any?

[Teal]

I want a boarding ladder too. When it gets in to the heat of the summer, i like to take a swim in deep water but hate try to get back in.

Thats right, i take 5min swim breaks during fishin.

[Fishing Rhino]

[WFFL]

Just dropped off my Triton to have an 8' Power Pole installed. Can't wait to see how it works. Been on a few Bass boats in FL a few months ago and they worked extremely well.