Trolling Motor

If you fish shallow or places that have a lot of stumps get a Fortrex if you fish out in the middle of the lake get an iPilot.

You're a smart guy, listen to your brain.

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Maxum was one model I looked at...it's hard to differentiate what separates all the models and then they add versions.....

I know the trolling motor debate goes round and round, but I had a Riptide for 11 years and never had a single issue with the motor. It was fished in only saltwater and fished very often (4-5 days a week during the summer). I bought a Motorguide when the MK wiring finally crapped out, and the plastic head broke within a few weeks. The motor was powerful and worked fine, but the materials were crap. I'll never buy another Motorguide after that.

I have a freshwater Terrova iPilot on my boat right now and it's been going strong in saltwater for two years with no issue.

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bought a Motorguide when the MK wiring finally crapped out, and the plastic head broke within a few weeks. The motor was powerful and worked fine, but the materials were crap. I'll never buy another Motorguide after that.

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was it a metal shaft Motorguide because the composite shaft models are the shite.


old model



new model

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Motorguide Xi5

What happened to the poster that bought the Chinese knockoff trolling motor off of Amazon?


He get stuck out in the basin somewhere?

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What happened to the poster that bought the Chinese knockoff trolling motor off of Amazon?

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That's me. Haven't used it enough to form an opinion. On the jon boat I basically just putzed around the cove with it a couple of times to hit some good fishing spots in the cove away from the dock. Last weekend we were working on the Pontoon boat and I redneck engineered a place to mount it on the bow of the pontoon with a 2x6 some wood screws and a couple of clamps so I could move the pontoon across the cove to a friend's ramp to work on the motor out of the water. Moved the pontoon pretty good. We even took it half way across the lake with 4 adults a 7yo and 3 dogs using only trolling motor power. I never put the bottom half of the outboard back on the pontoon since we had the wrong water pump so we would have been paddling back if/when the trolling motor failed. 55# moved the pontoon pretty good going backwards. Ran around 40 minutes on the starting battery and had plenty of juice left. Every so often somewhere between speeds 2 and 3 on forward and reverse it will hit a spot that gives full thrust if you have the telescoping handle pushed all the way in. Easy fix was just leave the handle pulled out. Chinese quality!