WAVEWALK FISHING KAYAKS BLOG » electric http://wavewalk.com/blog The World's Best Fishing Kayaks Thu, 24 May 2012 12:37:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Electric Trolling Motor For Your W Kayak http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/01/20/electric-trolling-motor-for-your-w-kayak/ http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/01/20/electric-trolling-motor-for-your-w-kayak/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:08:05 +0000 W kayak http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/01/20/electric-trolling-motor-for-your-w-kayak/ Continue reading →]]> Sometime you feel like trolling – just dragging your fishing lines in the water along a known or new course, and you don’t feel like doing it paddling.
In such case it’s really easy to outfit your W kayak with an electric trolling motor. If you choose a basic model it could cost less than $100, with the deep cycle marine battery and charger you could reach $250.

A weaker motor would drain your battery more slowly. Make sure the battery you’re planning to buy fits at the bottom of the hull, where it would not destabilize your W kayak.

Attaching the motor to your W kayak is quite easy:
You can make a transom style preparation for a mount from a simple wooden board and four bolts, as shown in this illustration. Just drill, attach the board and fix the motor to it using the standard transom mount that comes with your motor.

trolling motor preparation

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