Bass Raider 10E trolling and gas motor size

[Joshua Colvey]

Been on a debate of weather doing a kayak or small Bass Raider 10 ft. Think ill do the 10E. Can anyone tell me a gas engine and a trolling motor size to run?

[Wetahook2]

I have a 10e with a MK 55lb trolling motor and it gets me wherever I need to go... This boat is not well suited for big bodies of water especially with windy conditions.....  Put the tolling motor on the front so you can move the boat and fish at the same time... Good luck...

[Joshua Colvey]

Thank you. We have a couple of lakes close by. A 31 acre, a 65 acre, a 135 acre all within about 10-20 minute drive. There is a  350 acre and a 656 acre lake wihin 30 min to hour drive.

The 135 acre is a new lake and the 65 acre all stocked by the game and fish.

 

[Joshua Colvey]

Anyone ever tried a larger thrust motor on the bass raider but in the bow mount type foot controlled? Like this

http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/minn-kota-edge-70-freshwater-bow-mount-trolling-motor-201167607--1?repChildCatid=525903

 

 

[buzzed bait]

20 hours ago, Wetahook2 said:

I have a 10e with a MK 55lb trolling motor and it gets me wherever I need to go... This boat is not well suited for big bodies of water especially with windy conditions.....  Put the tolling motor on the front so you can move the boat and fish at the same time... Good luck...

what he said....  motor in the front is crucial for steering that thing around sometimes.

my brother does have a little 9.9HP motor, but i've never run it with him.  we always fish a smaller lake that doesn't allow nor require a gas motor.

[S. Sass]

21 hours ago, Joshua Colvey said:

Been on a debate of weather doing a kayak or small Bass Raider 10 ft. Think ill do the 10E. Can anyone tell me a gas engine and a trolling motor size to run?

I have the Pond Prowler 10ft and at one time I looked it up. I believe (if memory serves) a 5hp was the max the boat was rated for. I would think the very similar boat would probably be the same. 

In the past I had seen some on YouTube that had some issues with the plastic transom when using a small gas engine as well. It was flexing quite a bit. One guy somewhere maybe in this forum had braced his with metal and again if memory serves said it cured it. 

I just use aa cheap TM I think it's 45lb might even be less. It's a Walmart job. But I only use mine in small private pools/lakes that the banks are pretty much not accessable. It works awesome though for this. 

I like the fact I just carry it in my pickup and have no heavy motor to deal with. Getting it to and from the water is much easier. If only that battery would carry itself. 

[Dannny1]

I would like to buy one and put a Johnson 9.9 on it even tho it’s rated for a 3.5 hp and if it flexes two much I’ll maybe reinforce it

[Hi-Powered Red Neck]

On 12/9/2019 at 1:26 PM, Dannny1 said:

I would like to buy one and put a Johnson 9.9 on it even tho it’s rated for a 3.5 hp and if it flexes two much I’ll maybe reinforce it

You will have to come up with a way to seriously reinforce it. Remember the hull is hollow and made of plastic. I don't believe it will stand up to it's rated 3.5hp long term. I can see mine flex with a 32lb thrust. A 55lb thrust is all you'd ever need. My 32 on the front will get 3.5 mph on the gps. I fish several lake around my house that are 200 acre or less. I've made a couple laps around a 185 acre lake just to see how my group 29 would hold up. You don't want to get too far away from the landing on a bigger lake than that. If the wind picks up you'll be in for a hair raising ride. It's not going to sink out from under you but it will sure fill up with water. It's a calm water boat for sure. I understand you've probably already got the 9.9. But take it from a guy who owns and fishes one on a regular basis, and is also a professional mariner. Thats way too much power and weight for a Pelican 10E. Even if you reinforce it and idle around. Sure you'll get away with it for a while. Then you'll start twisting the throttle just a little more. Next thing you know you're 5 miles from the landing when wind picks up. But you are having the best day of fishing ever. You've busted your PB twice already, just one more cast. All of the sudden you're facing 2' white caps and you've got to go dead into the wind. You're doing ok you've only got 3 more miles to go. Then the first wave breaks over the bow swamping the boat and washing your favorite pole overboard. The boats filling faster than you can bail it out. Nervously you throttle up some more, but theres too much water in the boat. That trusty ole 9.9 rips the transom bracket and the reinforcement off the Pelican. Now the hull is breached and it's going down. Next thing you know you're swimming for your life and you've lost all your gear. This is meant in good humor so please don't be offended. Stuff like this happens more than you know. Be careful and have fun. But most importantly return home safely.