Took the wife and kids out today to start the weekend early. We planned to troll Heideck Lake for walleye or stripers, simply long lining it. We don't normally troll, so I don't have boards, a kicker, etc. Planned to use the trolling motor..
That was a great plan until the trolling motor shut off after we got up to speed (~2mph). Dead. After a couple minutes, we were able to troll for another 50 yards and it cut out again. The process repeated itself 5 or 6 times before I gave up. This was running on number 4 of 5 speed settings. It cut out even faster on 5. Running on 1 or 2 was not an issue, but too slow.
Is the motor giving up the ghost, or simply not powerful enough? I'm pretty sure it is the original (1999). There are pics in my library.
If you read my post this far, can you confirm what appears to be a transducer clamped to the bottom of the lower trolling unit. WHY, I ask myself. :wacko: I don't believe it is functional anymore because the depth finder was updated recently.
That was a great plan until the trolling motor shut off after we got up to speed (~2mph). Dead. After a couple minutes, we were able to troll for another 50 yards and it cut out again. The process repeated itself 5 or 6 times before I gave up. This was running on number 4 of 5 speed settings. It cut out even faster on 5. Running on 1 or 2 was not an issue, but too slow.
Is the motor giving up the ghost, or simply not powerful enough? I'm pretty sure it is the original (1999). There are pics in my library.
If you read my post this far, can you confirm what appears to be a transducer clamped to the bottom of the lower trolling unit. WHY, I ask myself. :wacko: I don't believe it is functional anymore because the depth finder was updated recently.
