Nebraska Fish and Game Association - View Single Post - Bow Mount Trolling Motors on a "Runabout"

ydoc · 09-09-2009, 02:34 PM

I hope to be in the market for a "bigger" boat some time in the near (12 months) future. As I watch craigslist/etc. for my "dreamboat", I see a number of "bassboats" and pure fishing boats for sale.

For about the same price (range), I can get considerably newer "runabout", "fish-n-ski" model boats!

If I did get a "bassboat", I like the dual-console type... with the pads in front of the console, so that if I wanted to, I could also use the boat for dual-purposes (general boating, tubing, and maybe even skiing).

Since I ALWAYS practice catch-n-release, I don't need a livewell... and I could find a place to put the rods... all I'd really need in a FnS type boat (a boat like this: 1988 Ski-Deck open bow boat 18') is a bow-mount trolling motor and the ability to mount a pedestal seat to the floor (front and back). I realize that the "seat" type would be too low to fish over the sides, so would use a "pro-pole" type so that I could stand and "lean".

My question is, do YOU have a boat like that, or have you fished out of a "converted" boat like that? (I'm assuming it's possible...???) If so, how did/does it work?

Obviously I will continue to look for/at bassboat/fishing boats, but if it's practical to "covert" a fish-n-ski model by adding a bow-mount trolling motor and seats, it would dramatically increase the number of potential boats!!

Thanks!

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ydoc ydoc has no status. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 366 Thanks: 513 Thanked 95 Times in 72 Posts	Bow Mount Trolling Motors on a "Runabout" I hope to be in the market for a "bigger" boat some time in the near (12 months) future. As I watch craigslist/etc. for my "dreamboat", I see a number of "bassboats" and pure fishing boats for sale. For about the same price (range), I can get considerably newer "runabout", "fish-n-ski" model boats! If I did get a "bassboat", I like the dual-console type... with the pads in front of the console, so that if I wanted to, I could also use the boat for dual-purposes (general boating, tubing, and maybe even skiing). Since I ALWAYS practice catch-n-release, I don't need a livewell... and I could find a place to put the rods... all I'd really need in a *FnS type boat* (a boat like this: 1988 Ski-Deck open bow boat 18') is a bow-mount trolling motor and the ability to mount a pedestal seat to the floor (front and back). I realize that the "seat" type would be too low to fish over the sides, so would use a "pro-pole" type so that I could stand and "lean". My question is, do YOU have a boat like that, or have you fished out of a "converted" boat like that? (I'm assuming it's possible...???) If so, how did/does it work? Obviously I will continue to look for/at bassboat/fishing boats, but if it's practical to "covert" a fish-n-ski model by adding a bow-mount trolling motor and seats, it would dramatically increase the number of potential boats!! Thanks!