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bow mount or transom mount trolling motor?
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<blockquote data-quote="wasilvers" data-source="post: 165761" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>From my experiences this last year...</p><p></p><p>Bow - you pull your boat through the mess you get into. You can pull your boat in a given direction, somewhat regardless of wind. I like to fish from the front of the boat, so it makes sense to have the motor here.</p><p></p><p>Transom - I can't see where I'm heading the boat into. Wind can swing the boat around and I feel I'm fighting the it a lot more.</p><p></p><p>Then you get into foot control bowmounts. I use this when fishing to have 2 hands free to hold the rod, rig, drink a soda, eat, whatever. I can't use the foot control with the kids in the boat because everyone wants to fish from the front, so I use a transom mount when they go with me. This takes up less room as no one but me fishes from the rear when the fam is with me. Even with their weight up front, it seems harder to control the boat from the rear.</p><p></p><p>But if I ever have the big engine quit, I can load the boat with the transom mount, can't do that with the bowmount - as I found out this year. #-o </p><p></p><p>Just my 0.02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wasilvers, post: 165761, member: 1776"] From my experiences this last year... Bow - you pull your boat through the mess you get into. You can pull your boat in a given direction, somewhat regardless of wind. I like to fish from the front of the boat, so it makes sense to have the motor here. Transom - I can't see where I'm heading the boat into. Wind can swing the boat around and I feel I'm fighting the it a lot more. Then you get into foot control bowmounts. I use this when fishing to have 2 hands free to hold the rod, rig, drink a soda, eat, whatever. I can't use the foot control with the kids in the boat because everyone wants to fish from the front, so I use a transom mount when they go with me. This takes up less room as no one but me fishes from the rear when the fam is with me. Even with their weight up front, it seems harder to control the boat from the rear. But if I ever have the big engine quit, I can load the boat with the transom mount, can't do that with the bowmount - as I found out this year. #-o Just my 0.02 [/QUOTE]
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