Bullnose Rudder For Trolling Motors

[Goose52]

I was out in my canoe two days ago. I was expecting a calm day, not much wind, and I was going to a small lake. On a whim I packed a 45lb thrust trolling motor that I had semi-retired (but it's lighter than my newer 55lb TM).  While on the lake, I didn't have the steering control that I'm used to, didn't have any rudder authority in a drift, had a lot of yaw when powering-off, and was just generally fighting all sorts of boat control issues.

 

I finally figured out the problem. Duh. The TM that I was using did NOT have the Bullnose rudder (which I removed from this TM and installed on my new TM earlier this year).  When I first started using the Bullnose, I immediately recognized the benefits as I posted about earlier in this thread.  As I found out two days ago, now I am used to having MUCH more rudder authority and generally better boat control that I don't want to run without one. I'm considering ordering another Bullnose so I have one on both my TMs.

 

They work...

[Dogmatic]

Goose, I put them on both my tiller controlled TM's. There is just that much difference, I've sold everyone I know. Especially on inflatable pontoons.