RE: looking for trolling motor input at wilmore dam
2010/03/29 07:46:21
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FYI, you will have to remove the gas motor and your gas tank from your boat if you want to fish Wilmore.
Get yourself an extra battery exactly the same as you just purchased and get yourself two 3' sections of 4 gauge wire, attach appropriately sized connectors on the end, and wire the two batteries up in parallel (positive to positive, negative to negative). You just doubled your capacity. As mentioned, Wilmore is long and skinny and if the wind gets howling, you'll get pushed around pretty good and if it is a head wind, it will set you back up to a 1/2 mph or more depending on your wind profile.
I have a heavy 14' Starcraft I take out on Wilmore and I usually have 3 or 4 batteries with me.
With a 55 lb motor though, I don't imagine you'd get more than a couple hours on it at full throttle with a standard 12v deep cycle.