Electric bow mounting plate for 14'?

Post by **Mr Twister** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:08 am

Any tip's in what is the best mounting assembly to aquire a bow mount electric trolling motor?
Aluminum,1"ply wood,angle???
any thoughts would be great as trying to get this done soon!

Thanks guys

Paul

Post by **radar** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:40 pm

I have a 14' with a homemade casting deck. When I bought the boat it only had the deck over the seats. I built a small deck using 3/4" plywood and covered it with industrial carpet to hold the trolling motor. Just a small triangle cut out with 2"x2" post to elevate to the edge of the boat. I then mounted the trolling motor on the small deck. There has been one problem on my boat anyway. The motor is quite heavy and I'm having difficulty lining up the boat onto the trailer when getting out of the water. The bow of the boat now sits lower in the water. Depends on how your boat is made, this might not be an issue.

Hope this helps.

Post by **Mr Twister** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:17 pm

Thanks Radar for your input as I think I will use aluminum sheet to use as structure?

Good fishing!

Post by **Raminator** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:23 pm

CDX plywood