Lowe14owner
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My wife and I are looking to upsize our boat to a wider boat.
We purchased a 1432 Lowe Jon boat last December. We've had tons of enjoyment fishing and simply being out on it. However, our chief complaint is stability. It's too unstable--any movement we make we let the other know in advance. We have a Minn Kota 40lb thrust and a group 27 battery. We can literally go all day with battery power to spare. The Minn Kota gets us wherever we want to go.
Most of the lakes we fish are either electric only or limited to under 10 HP. We're not wanting an outboard at this time. Maybe later on, but not now. It's just the us two out in it. I checked our trailer; it'll carry a wider boat.
I guess my question is how wide can we go before we have to consider a bigger trolling motor or even an outboard?
Thanks
We purchased a 1432 Lowe Jon boat last December. We've had tons of enjoyment fishing and simply being out on it. However, our chief complaint is stability. It's too unstable--any movement we make we let the other know in advance. We have a Minn Kota 40lb thrust and a group 27 battery. We can literally go all day with battery power to spare. The Minn Kota gets us wherever we want to go.
Most of the lakes we fish are either electric only or limited to under 10 HP. We're not wanting an outboard at this time. Maybe later on, but not now. It's just the us two out in it. I checked our trailer; it'll carry a wider boat.
I guess my question is how wide can we go before we have to consider a bigger trolling motor or even an outboard?
Thanks