What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

A quick Google check on the group will likely return a majority to Minn Kota
over Motorguide. At least that is what I have seen over the past several years.

Too bad we can't set up a poll like you can with a Yahoo (or similar) message
board...

Dan


Boilermaker wrote:

I have used Minn Kota's for years with very little trouble. My Mag 40 would
have been 19 yrs.old next spring. However, it bit the dust a couple of weeks
ago. Had been drawing excessive amps which kicked breakers now and then and
finally froze up. I was told that no parts are available for this dinosaur
anymore so I guess I'm in the market. Would appreciate your recommendations.

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

I'd have to say Minn-Kota!
"Boilermaker" wrote in message
...
I have used Minn Kota's for years with very little trouble. My Mag 40 would
have been 19 yrs.old next spring. However, it bit the dust a couple of
weeks
ago. Had been drawing excessive amps which kicked breakers now and then
and
finally froze up. I was told that no parts are available for this dinosaur
anymore so I guess I'm in the market. Would appreciate your
recommendations.

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

I'd have to say Minn-Kota!
"Boilermaker" wrote in message
...
I have used Minn Kota's for years with very little trouble. My Mag 40 would
have been 19 yrs.old next spring. However, it bit the dust a couple of
weeks
ago. Had been drawing excessive amps which kicked breakers now and then
and
finally froze up. I was told that no parts are available for this dinosaur
anymore so I guess I'm in the market. Would appreciate your
recommendations.

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

go-bassn wrote:
I used to Dan, in fact I was dead-against motorguide. When I got my latest
boat it had a feature that wouldn't accomodate the MK Maxxuum footpedle, so
I gave the new digital MG 109# 36v. It performed flawlessly all year, and
I'm thinking it weighs about half of what my old MK's did. I'm very
impressed by the digital Motorguide. Time will be the test though.



This explains a lot about you Warren,, you dead against anything you
don't know about,, you really must be forced to use something different,
yes this explains a lot,, not anything good about you though.

Your lack of an open mind will never allow you to fish for the big
money, because by the time you finally accept a new way, product or
technique, that everyone else has been beating you with,, they have
moved on to another new way or system to beat you.

It's time for you not to "think" about stuff before you use it, you are
killing your potential, with your own stubborn pride, your "oh that
won't work"

Just like me telling you you can successfully drop shot huge baits, that
this technique catches huge bass, when Carolina or texas rigging those
same baits won't "at that time".

There is a huge amount of things you could teach me about finding bass,
and there is a huge amount I can teach you on catching them, when your
old ways just won't produce, but your pride will never let this happen

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Charles B. Summers wrote:
How'd you slip out of the k-file? Oops... you're back in there again.

I was trying to figure that out too. He removed a period at the end of
his email to get out again. And then makes a post like this one to make
us put him back in again. Rodney telling someone else about "stubborn
pride" lol



"Rodney" wrote in message ...

go-bassn wrote:

I used to Dan, in fact I was dead-against motorguide. When I got my

latest

boat it had a feature that wouldn't accomodate the MK Maxxuum footpedle,

so

I gave the new digital MG 109# 36v. It performed flawlessly all year,

and

I'm thinking it weighs about half of what my old MK's did. I'm very
impressed by the digital Motorguide. Time will be the test though.



This explains a lot about you Warren,, you dead against anything you
don't know about,, you really must be forced to use something different,
yes this explains a lot,, not anything good about you though.

Your lack of an open mind will never allow you to fish for the big
money, because by the time you finally accept a new way, product or
technique, that everyone else has been beating you with,, they have
moved on to another new way or system to beat you.

It's time for you not to "think" about stuff before you use it, you are
killing your potential, with your own stubborn pride, your "oh that
won't work"

Just like me telling you you can successfully drop shot huge baits, that
this technique catches huge bass, when Carolina or texas rigging those
same baits won't "at that time".

There is a huge amount of things you could teach me about finding bass,
and there is a huge amount I can teach you on catching them, when your
old ways just won't produce, but your pride will never let this happen

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

My neighbor has a Motoguide and I have a Minnkota. Neither has given us any
trouble. The Minnkota feels more solid and rugged to me, but that is just
my opinion. I know my neighbor also thinks the Minnkota is better made, but
both have worked well.

Jeff


"Boilermaker" wrote in message
...
I have used Minn Kota's for years with very little trouble. My Mag 40 would
have been 19 yrs.old next spring. However, it bit the dust a couple of
weeks
ago. Had been drawing excessive amps which kicked breakers now and then
and
finally froze up. I was told that no parts are available for this dinosaur
anymore so I guess I'm in the market. Would appreciate your
recommendations.

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

I've used motorguides for several years now and have no complaint really
except I hate the way the gator mount mounts on the boat with those
expandable screws thangies. No matter how tight the screws are screwed down
the motor always looks like it's gonna tear out of that boat one day when
I'm on the water using it. Anyone else have this opinion?

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

I've used motorguides for several years now and have no complaint really
except I hate the way the gator mount mounts on the boat with those
expandable screws thangies. No matter how tight the screws are screwed down
the motor always looks like it's gonna tear out of that boat one day when
I'm on the water using it. Anyone else have this opinion?

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Henry Hefner wrote:
Charles B. Summers wrote:

How'd you slip out of the k-file? Oops... you're back in there again.


I was trying to figure that out too. He removed a period at the end of
his email to get out again.

Thank you so much for pointing this out, as my service changed, and I
was wondering why some people whom I did not won't to read my post were
suddenly reading them, I will correct the address




And then makes a post like this one to make
us put him back in again. Rodney telling someone else about "stubborn
pride" lol


WHat you call My stubborn pride is based on scientific testing, head to
head fishing with the "real" pros, and actual testing of my inventions
by "real" pros, not on what I just "believe", so when some amateur
claims my stuff is snake oil, I can set the record straight with real
facts,, not assumptions.


Warren's own words below show that he does not base his "beliefs", or
his claims about products on any facts, just like Motor Guide, he bad
mouths products, before he test them. He claims to have all knowledge,
yet it is not based on actual facts,, just his feelings,, well his
feelings are wrong, and are wrong a lot of the time on this group.

If he ever wants to become a real professional bass fisherman, he needs
to keep his eyes and his mind open, try different stuff, and actually
listen to what others say, instead of trying to be the know it all.

He bad mouthed my Rock Hopper weight, yet he has not ever used it, and
the California pro's are raving about it as the greatest Texas and
Carolina weight ever invented, allowing them to fish the worst rocks
with almost no snagging, we have one pro that fished 3 tournaments, and
all the pre fishing in the worst possible rocks, all on the same weight.

SUre you will loose one every now and again,, but this weight will fish
100 times over anything else on the market in the worst rocks and brush
Yet Warren tells everyone it's snake oil

On The Stand Out Hook, Warren says it's just a bent piece of wire,, I
guess he forgets all hooks are just a bent piece of wire, when I told
him every fish is top lip hooked, that it is impossible for a fish to
swallow the hook, he says that garbage, it is not so, yet I have
documented 1,392 (over two years fishing with it) fish caught (many
different species) with it, and not one of them had swallowed the hook,
everyone of them top lip hooked. WHen I tell him it Kicks the lure when
the line tightens against the weight, giving an exciting new action, he
again says B.S., yet it can easily been shown, even in the air.

WHen Warren claimed that the moving bungee scared fish he was again
LYING out his teeth, as we have hundreds of underwater movies of it
actually attracting fish.

Now I can understand "him" not being able to fish with this
productively, as it is the hardest way to fish, it takes a little
practice, and you need to know what action catches fish, and then be
able to produce it. It is no longer the manufacturers design that
controls the action of the lure, but the fisherman "totally" controls
it. He can't get past the two dimensional cast, and retrieve he does,
Three dimensions blows his mind

Warren says I'm conning fishermen, That I am nothing more than a
charlatan, a crook, Yet the guys who are the top names in Bass fishing,
use and even endorse my inventions.

You may claim I'm arrogant, filled with pride, and stupid for defending
these products against unsubstantiated criticism, well Why should I let
such comments be made without defending myself






"Rodney" wrote in message
...

go-bassn wrote:

I used to Dan, in fact I was dead-against motorguide. When I got my


latest

boat it had a feature that wouldn't accomodate the MK Maxxuum
footpedle,


so

I gave the new digital MG 109# 36v. It performed flawlessly all year,


and

I'm thinking it weighs about half of what my old MK's did. I'm very
impressed by the digital Motorguide. Time will be the test though.



This explains a lot about you Warren,, you dead against anything you
don't know about,, you really must be forced to use something different,
yes this explains a lot,, not anything good about you though.

Your lack of an open mind will never allow you to fish for the big
money, because by the time you finally accept a new way, product or
technique, that everyone else has been beating you with,, they have
moved on to another new way or system to beat you.

It's time for you not to "think" about stuff before you use it, you are
killing your potential, with your own stubborn pride, your "oh that
won't work"

Just like me telling you you can successfully drop shot huge baits, that
this technique catches huge bass, when Carolina or texas rigging those
same baits won't "at that time".

There is a huge amount of things you could teach me about finding bass,
and there is a huge amount I can teach you on catching them, when your
old ways just won't produce, but your pride will never let this happen

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com






--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Henry Hefner wrote:
Charles B. Summers wrote:

How'd you slip out of the k-file? Oops... you're back in there again.


I was trying to figure that out too. He removed a period at the end of
his email to get out again.

Thank you so much for pointing this out, as my service changed, and I
was wondering why some people whom I did not won't to read my post were
suddenly reading them, I will correct the address




And then makes a post like this one to make
us put him back in again. Rodney telling someone else about "stubborn
pride" lol


WHat you call My stubborn pride is based on scientific testing, head to
head fishing with the "real" pros, and actual testing of my inventions
by "real" pros, not on what I just "believe", so when some amateur
claims my stuff is snake oil, I can set the record straight with real
facts,, not assumptions.


Warren's own words below show that he does not base his "beliefs", or
his claims about products on any facts, just like Motor Guide, he bad
mouths products, before he test them. He claims to have all knowledge,
yet it is not based on actual facts,, just his feelings,, well his
feelings are wrong, and are wrong a lot of the time on this group.

If he ever wants to become a real professional bass fisherman, he needs
to keep his eyes and his mind open, try different stuff, and actually
listen to what others say, instead of trying to be the know it all.

He bad mouthed my Rock Hopper weight, yet he has not ever used it, and
the California pro's are raving about it as the greatest Texas and
Carolina weight ever invented, allowing them to fish the worst rocks
with almost no snagging, we have one pro that fished 3 tournaments, and
all the pre fishing in the worst possible rocks, all on the same weight.

SUre you will loose one every now and again,, but this weight will fish
100 times over anything else on the market in the worst rocks and brush
Yet Warren tells everyone it's snake oil

On The Stand Out Hook, Warren says it's just a bent piece of wire,, I
guess he forgets all hooks are just a bent piece of wire, when I told
him every fish is top lip hooked, that it is impossible for a fish to
swallow the hook, he says that garbage, it is not so, yet I have
documented 1,392 (over two years fishing with it) fish caught (many
different species) with it, and not one of them had swallowed the hook,
everyone of them top lip hooked. WHen I tell him it Kicks the lure when
the line tightens against the weight, giving an exciting new action, he
again says B.S., yet it can easily been shown, even in the air.

WHen Warren claimed that the moving bungee scared fish he was again
LYING out his teeth, as we have hundreds of underwater movies of it
actually attracting fish.

Now I can understand "him" not being able to fish with this
productively, as it is the hardest way to fish, it takes a little
practice, and you need to know what action catches fish, and then be
able to produce it. It is no longer the manufacturers design that
controls the action of the lure, but the fisherman "totally" controls
it. He can't get past the two dimensional cast, and retrieve he does,
Three dimensions blows his mind

Warren says I'm conning fishermen, That I am nothing more than a
charlatan, a crook, Yet the guys who are the top names in Bass fishing,
use and even endorse my inventions.

You may claim I'm arrogant, filled with pride, and stupid for defending
these products against unsubstantiated criticism, well Why should I let
such comments be made without defending myself






"Rodney" wrote in message
...

go-bassn wrote:

I used to Dan, in fact I was dead-against motorguide. When I got my


latest

boat it had a feature that wouldn't accomodate the MK Maxxuum
footpedle,


so

I gave the new digital MG 109# 36v. It performed flawlessly all year,


and

I'm thinking it weighs about half of what my old MK's did. I'm very
impressed by the digital Motorguide. Time will be the test though.



This explains a lot about you Warren,, you dead against anything you
don't know about,, you really must be forced to use something different,
yes this explains a lot,, not anything good about you though.

Your lack of an open mind will never allow you to fish for the big
money, because by the time you finally accept a new way, product or
technique, that everyone else has been beating you with,, they have
moved on to another new way or system to beat you.

It's time for you not to "think" about stuff before you use it, you are
killing your potential, with your own stubborn pride, your "oh that
won't work"

Just like me telling you you can successfully drop shot huge baits, that
this technique catches huge bass, when Carolina or texas rigging those
same baits won't "at that time".

There is a huge amount of things you could teach me about finding bass,
and there is a huge amount I can teach you on catching them, when your
old ways just won't produce, but your pride will never let this happen

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com






--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Its a tough call. I'm pretty hard on my equipment, but so far my two Minn
Kotas seems to be holding up better than the one Motorguide I had or the old
Evinrude I still have.

Bob La Londe
www.yumabassman.com


"Boilermaker" wrote in message
...
I have used Minn Kota's for years with very little trouble. My Mag 40
would
have been 19 yrs.old next spring. However, it bit the dust a couple of
weeks
ago. Had been drawing excessive amps which kicked breakers now and then
and
finally froze up. I was told that no parts are available for this dinosaur
anymore so I guess I'm in the market. Would appreciate your
recommendations.

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

My Motorguide was mounted with stainless steel bolts all the way through the
deck with stainless flat washer, and stainless nylock nuts on the inside.


"Joshuall" wrote in message
...
I've used motorguides for several years now and have no complaint really
except I hate the way the gator mount mounts on the boat with those
expandable screws thangies. No matter how tight the screws are screwed
down
the motor always looks like it's gonna tear out of that boat one day when
I'm on the water using it. Anyone else have this opinion?

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Who let you out of my killfile, you pathetic old goat? Still rambling on
about me? LMAO, pure unabated jealousy! I don't even think about you
anymore lol...

PLONK

Warren ;-)

"Rodney" wrote in message
...
Henry Hefner wrote:
Charles B. Summers wrote:

How'd you slip out of the k-file? Oops... you're back in there again.


I was trying to figure that out too. He removed a period at the end of
his email to get out again.

Thank you so much for pointing this out, as my service changed, and I
was wondering why some people whom I did not won't to read my post were
suddenly reading them, I will correct the address




And then makes a post like this one to make
us put him back in again. Rodney telling someone else about "stubborn
pride" lol


WHat you call My stubborn pride is based on scientific testing, head to
head fishing with the "real" pros, and actual testing of my inventions
by "real" pros, not on what I just "believe", so when some amateur
claims my stuff is snake oil, I can set the record straight with real
facts,, not assumptions.


Warren's own words below show that he does not base his "beliefs", or
his claims about products on any facts, just like Motor Guide, he bad
mouths products, before he test them. He claims to have all knowledge,
yet it is not based on actual facts,, just his feelings,, well his
feelings are wrong, and are wrong a lot of the time on this group.

If he ever wants to become a real professional bass fisherman, he needs
to keep his eyes and his mind open, try different stuff, and actually
listen to what others say, instead of trying to be the know it all.

He bad mouthed my Rock Hopper weight, yet he has not ever used it, and
the California pro's are raving about it as the greatest Texas and
Carolina weight ever invented, allowing them to fish the worst rocks
with almost no snagging, we have one pro that fished 3 tournaments, and
all the pre fishing in the worst possible rocks, all on the same weight.

SUre you will loose one every now and again,, but this weight will fish
100 times over anything else on the market in the worst rocks and brush
Yet Warren tells everyone it's snake oil

On The Stand Out Hook, Warren says it's just a bent piece of wire,, I
guess he forgets all hooks are just a bent piece of wire, when I told
him every fish is top lip hooked, that it is impossible for a fish to
swallow the hook, he says that garbage, it is not so, yet I have
documented 1,392 (over two years fishing with it) fish caught (many
different species) with it, and not one of them had swallowed the hook,
everyone of them top lip hooked. WHen I tell him it Kicks the lure when
the line tightens against the weight, giving an exciting new action, he
again says B.S., yet it can easily been shown, even in the air.

WHen Warren claimed that the moving bungee scared fish he was again
LYING out his teeth, as we have hundreds of underwater movies of it
actually attracting fish.

Now I can understand "him" not being able to fish with this
productively, as it is the hardest way to fish, it takes a little
practice, and you need to know what action catches fish, and then be
able to produce it. It is no longer the manufacturers design that
controls the action of the lure, but the fisherman "totally" controls
it. He can't get past the two dimensional cast, and retrieve he does,
Three dimensions blows his mind

Warren says I'm conning fishermen, That I am nothing more than a
charlatan, a crook, Yet the guys who are the top names in Bass fishing,
use and even endorse my inventions.

You may claim I'm arrogant, filled with pride, and stupid for defending
these products against unsubstantiated criticism, well Why should I let
such comments be made without defending myself






"Rodney" wrote in message
...

go-bassn wrote:

I used to Dan, in fact I was dead-against motorguide. When I got my


latest

boat it had a feature that wouldn't accomodate the MK Maxxuum
footpedle,


so

I gave the new digital MG 109# 36v. It performed flawlessly all
year,


and

I'm thinking it weighs about half of what my old MK's did. I'm very
impressed by the digital Motorguide. Time will be the test though.



This explains a lot about you Warren,, you dead against anything you
don't know about,, you really must be forced to use something
different,
yes this explains a lot,, not anything good about you though.

Your lack of an open mind will never allow you to fish for the big
money, because by the time you finally accept a new way, product or
technique, that everyone else has been beating you with,, they have
moved on to another new way or system to beat you.

It's time for you not to "think" about stuff before you use it, you
are
killing your potential, with your own stubborn pride, your "oh that
won't work"

Just like me telling you you can successfully drop shot huge baits,
that
this technique catches huge bass, when Carolina or texas rigging those
same baits won't "at that time".

There is a huge amount of things you could teach me about finding
bass,
and there is a huge amount I can teach you on catching them, when your
old ways just won't produce, but your pride will never let this happen

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com






--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Mine too Bob. Josh, just pull those rubber thingies out & mount it the real
way, just as Bob described.

Warren

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
news:1102100357.5MDgS0WLZwjFLmgqUA5cRQ@teranews...
My Motorguide was mounted with stainless steel bolts all the way through
the
deck with stainless flat washer, and stainless nylock nuts on the inside.


"Joshuall" wrote in message
...
I've used motorguides for several years now and have no complaint really
except I hate the way the gator mount mounts on the boat with those
expandable screws thangies. No matter how tight the screws are screwed
down
the motor always looks like it's gonna tear out of that boat one day
when
I'm on the water using it. Anyone else have this opinion?

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:50:28 -0600, Rodney wrote:


This explains a lot about you Warren,, you dead against anything you
don't know about,, you really must be forced to use something different,
yes this explains a lot,, not anything good about you though.

Your lack of an open mind ......

sounds like a personal attack to me, where's your manners?
Richard g
www.bassstalkers.com

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

I'd love to Warren, but that dang champion of mine there's no room for my
paws to fit. Nor anyone elses that I've been able to find. ecccch.

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Oh, you mean reaching up under there? There's tools for that very purpose
Josh...

Usually there's a plate or something to pull off that lets ya get under
there. Your holes are already drilled, right?

Warren

"Joshuall" wrote in message
...
I'd love to Warren, but that dang champion of mine there's no room for my
paws to fit. Nor anyone elses that I've been able to find. ecccch.

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

No worries Richard, Rodney gets a little sauce in him & gets bold behind the
keyboard. If he knew how to produce & market his snakeoil he wouldn't have
so much time on his hands...

Warren ;-)

"Richard g" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:50:28 -0600, Rodney wrote:


This explains a lot about you Warren,, you dead against anything you
don't know about,, you really must be forced to use something different,
yes this explains a lot,, not anything good about you though.

Your lack of an open mind ......

sounds like a personal attack to me, where's your manners?
Richard g
www.bassstalkers.com

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Damn... you're on my desktop computer too!

Goodbye


"Rodney" . wrote in message ...

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Guess he got tired of talking to himself...


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Who let you out of my killfile, you pathetic old goat? Still rambling on
about me? LMAO, pure unabated jealousy! I don't even think about you
anymore lol...

PLONK

Warren ;-)

"Rodney" wrote in message
...
Henry Hefner wrote:
Charles B. Summers wrote:

How'd you slip out of the k-file? Oops... you're back in there again.


I was trying to figure that out too. He removed a period at the end of
his email to get out again.

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

Boilermaker wrote:
I have used Minn Kota's for years with very little trouble. My Mag 40 would
have been 19 yrs.old next spring. However, it bit the dust a couple of weeks
ago. Had been drawing excessive amps which kicked breakers now and then and
finally froze up. I was told that no parts are available for this dinosaur
anymore so I guess I'm in the market. Would appreciate your recommendations.


I used to be a motor guide user, but to tell you the truth, the MK on my
current boat is a more reliable, more battery firendly motor any any MG
I've ever owned.

What's your favorite brand of trolling motor?
 

To be honest... I've used both and the motors were fine on both of them.
But...

The mounting system on my Motorguide that came with my boat absolutely
sucks. There's more thrashing and twisting going on with that thing that
somedays I think it's going to break itself loose. To help lessen the twist,
I'll pull it up to where the motor is just under the water enough to keep
from cavitating.

The mounting systems on all of the Minn Kota are either solid across the top
and to me, very well built. The newer ones even have something to assist in
lifting the motor up that I think would really help out my back! The pedals
on the Minn Kotas also seem to be more ergonomic and are easier to use.

Other than my mounting issues with my Motorguide, the thing has lasted
through two seasons of pure hell. It's been bounced off of rocks, sticks,
logs, stumps and anything else that has gotten in my way. Only problem I've
had with the motor was the time it started making a loud sound when run on
either of the two most upper speeds. I fixed this problem myself by
loosening the long screws on the motor housing and realigning them. I guess
I may have knocked something out of whack one day on one of those rocks.

I'm still planning on upgrading the motor to a 24v, and I've decided on the
Minn Kota Maxxum 70lb/24v. Only because of the mounting system and to get
more power. The 12v motor will get me through about 12 hours of fishing, so
the 24v should increase my time as well.


"Boilermaker" wrote in message
...
I have used Minn Kota's for years with very little trouble. My Mag 40
would
have been 19 yrs.old next spring. However, it bit the dust a couple of
weeks
ago. Had been drawing excessive amps which kicked breakers now and then
and
finally froze up. I was told that no parts are available for this dinosaur
anymore so I guess I'm in the market. Would appreciate your
recommendations.