Texasmark
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Well I did till yesterday. I hadn't used the boat in quite awhile, wanted to run some fresh gas through it, and I had replaced a CDI unit that had a cold temp problem and wanted to know how it worked.
I didn't look at the news media on the weather, but I can usually see when a front is coming in by looking at cloud formations, in particular High Cirrus. Well, I must not have paid attention because by the time I got to the lake the wind was out of the N and had the hammer down.
I Wanted to fish a water supply pickup ditch but the pickup tower and a couple hundred yards ahead of it, was protected by "No Boats" warning buoys so I had to skirt the area and try to cast into the canal. Normally it's a piece of cake.
The boat is 17' alum BB with the typical low sides, which don't pick up a lot of wind, and the troll motor is a Motorguide brute 68. It took all 68# of that sucker to keep me legal. Additionally, at full thrust, you really had to pay attention to where your foot was (foot controlled) because it really jerked the boat around.
Now, the lake was only 1000 acres which seems bigger than that, but the point here is that the waves don't get very high so I was not in any grave danger there.
Did I catch any fish? Are you kidding? I was busy with the boat. But I did get off a couple dozen casts to no avail.
So when you ask the question as to how large a trolling motor you need for your boat, you might want some reserve to use when you really need it.
My 2c,
Mark
I didn't look at the news media on the weather, but I can usually see when a front is coming in by looking at cloud formations, in particular High Cirrus. Well, I must not have paid attention because by the time I got to the lake the wind was out of the N and had the hammer down.
I Wanted to fish a water supply pickup ditch but the pickup tower and a couple hundred yards ahead of it, was protected by "No Boats" warning buoys so I had to skirt the area and try to cast into the canal. Normally it's a piece of cake.
The boat is 17' alum BB with the typical low sides, which don't pick up a lot of wind, and the troll motor is a Motorguide brute 68. It took all 68# of that sucker to keep me legal. Additionally, at full thrust, you really had to pay attention to where your foot was (foot controlled) because it really jerked the boat around.
Now, the lake was only 1000 acres which seems bigger than that, but the point here is that the waves don't get very high so I was not in any grave danger there.
Did I catch any fish? Are you kidding? I was busy with the boat. But I did get off a couple dozen casts to no avail.
So when you ask the question as to how large a trolling motor you need for your boat, you might want some reserve to use when you really need it.
My 2c,
Mark
