Our trolling motor mounts are made from 6061 aluminum with a HDPE plastic spacer block which provides a 15 thick mounting surface.

Pontoon trolling motor mounting options. It is also important to consider the length of the shaft. A person should mount the trolling motor properly using a bracket that fixes its position. The first step to determine the model you want is where you want to mount the trolling motor.

Brackets differ depending on the place where a person wants to mount them bow or stern. Bow mount specific trolling motors on the market can be very. Trolling motors can be critical in your ability to lure in fish without scaring them away and for staying on them.

The issue of power is important because pontoon boats are large and do not have the hydrodynamics of a v-hull boat. The goal was to minimize what was left on the deck once the motor was removed and it cannot be a trippingstubbing hazard to anyone wanting to run off the end of the boat. When selecting a trolling motor for use with these brackets 36 and 42 shaft lengths work well with our boat kits with 17 floats and 52 shaft length is required to work with our boat kits with 26 wide floats.

Each of these sections have their own pros and cons but overall it depends on you. This is ideal trolling motor placement when trolling while dragging a fishing line or docking your ungraceful deck boat. So after a lot of googling I figured out how to take MiinKotas bow mount for pontoons and mount it to a removable plate.

The plate mounts under the front deck. Bow mount transom mount or engine mount. No problem if you are in a freshwater lake or fishing in saltwater the motor performs in both.

Using a bow mounted pontoon trolling motor has many advantages over stern mounted motors. 5 rows The decision to add a trolling motor is easy but more important is the decision on how and. While mounting the trolling motor to the engine is a popular choice because of convenience I find that attaching it to the bow is easier to control.