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.

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.

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.

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

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 news
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

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.

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

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

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
news
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

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
news
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