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<blockquote data-quote="krawler" data-source="post: 341006" data-attributes="member: 5928"><p>A 55# motor will work fine and like Captian Ahab said, two are always better than one. If you are going to be trolling at all then a bow mount will track much better than a transom mount. Having both motors on your boat will make it safer. If one quits working or gets wrapped up with fishing string you just switch over the the other one. </p><p></p><p>In my avatar picture on the left is an early picture of my boat. It is rigged with a 55# Minn Kota trolling motor on the transom. I have since upgraded to an 55# Ipilot on the bow. When I fish my local lakes and they are electric only lakes, I rig my boat with only the two trolling motors. I only use the transom mount motor to get in and out of the dock and back on the trailer. The Ipilot takes care of the rest. </p><p>I've had my boat out trolling in the wind with 2 people, the bimini top up and the motor has no problem pushing us along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krawler, post: 341006, member: 5928"] A 55# motor will work fine and like Captian Ahab said, two are always better than one. If you are going to be trolling at all then a bow mount will track much better than a transom mount. Having both motors on your boat will make it safer. If one quits working or gets wrapped up with fishing string you just switch over the the other one. In my avatar picture on the left is an early picture of my boat. It is rigged with a 55# Minn Kota trolling motor on the transom. I have since upgraded to an 55# Ipilot on the bow. When I fish my local lakes and they are electric only lakes, I rig my boat with only the two trolling motors. I only use the transom mount motor to get in and out of the dock and back on the trailer. The Ipilot takes care of the rest. I've had my boat out trolling in the wind with 2 people, the bimini top up and the motor has no problem pushing us along. [/QUOTE]
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