Bow Mount Trolling Motor

[psuangler91]

I have an old '92 sylvan sea monster and I want to put a tolling motor up front. Do you know if there are any bow mounts that make this easy or would I have to build a platform to put it on.

[Long Mike]

A few pics of the bow of the boat would be of great help.

[slonezp]

and how big is the boat?

[jeremyt]

I just did a google image search for your boat and most of what I saw with bow mount tm's had a home made mounts out of wood. So I would guess that you would have to build a front deck or fabricate a mount yourself. Good luck with it and post pics of the finished product whatever you decide.

[JIGFISHERMAN.]

Post a picture if you can....

I can tell you that some of the electric models can be easier to mount than cable steer motors. The mounting area is MUCH smaller.

It not just a matter of fitting it on the bow, but having it at the appropriate angle so the motor, when folded, doesn't hang off the side of the boat.

[psuangler91]

I don't have any pictures right now, but it's a 1992 I believe and at the bow it has a solid section that extends about a foot back into the boat but that's it. The gunwales are just like any aluminum v hull, only about two inches wide. I'm pretty sure I'll just have to build a platform. Not a big deal though, it'll give me something to think about over the winter.

[basscatcher8]

^{I have a 94 or 96 Sylvan Super Snapper with what sounds like the same 1 foot extension on the bow. I mounted a Minn Kota Edge cable steer trolling motor on that front platform. The only thing i didnt do that I now have is a brace under that platform to help it with the flexing when you get on it. Mine also came with the bench seats and I built a casting deck over the front one and store my two batteries in that cast deck. Has worked good for me for a few years now. The TM head will hang over the side of the boat a few inches but not to horrible.}

[J Francho]

I had a similar boat in my Sea Nymph, and I would not build a deck. The deep-v walleye boat hull isn't stable enough for that high center of gravity. You should be able to mount any of the electric steer bow mounts to the front without any modification.

You can kind of see the front, with the TM in tihis old pic of my dad:

[JIGFISHERMAN.]

I had a similar boat in my Sea Nymph, and I would not build a deck. The deep-v walleye boat hull isn't stable enough for that high center of gravity. You should be able to mount any of the electric steer bow mounts to the front without any modification.

You can kind of see the front, with the TM in tihis old pic of my dad:

Other than maybe jerbaits or topwater there is no reason to be way up. I may just be a sally, but I wouldn't deck some of the boats I see decked either. I prefer to be able to sneeze without the boat rocking.

[basscatcher8]

Mine rocks a little bit but its actually pretty stable for bass fishing from with a butt seat. For walleye fishing i have a regular fishing seat and it works pretty good too. Where I bass fish in the summer I have alot of pleasure boat traffic with the rough water some days and the boat doesnt skip a beat through it. Its the 14ft boots i see with decks on em that you can tip just as easily without one that I get nervous about.