Hi Guys,
I recently bought my first boat. A little 16' 1962 lone star "biscayne" with the original johnson 75 outboard (pretty much everything is original and in great shape). It will primarily be used for putting around the harbor here and fishing inside the breakwall where I live in Long Beach, CA.
The old johnson runs pretty well but I'd like to add a trolling motor as a fallback "just in case"... and also because the old 2 stroke smokes people out quite a bit when I'm cruising the tight canals here.
The ideal setup in my mind would be to have a little trolling motor attached to the cavitation plate that I could flick on and steer the boat as normal at slow speeds... but it looks like the only manufacturer I can seem to find for those was Minn Kota and they've discontinued them Before I go too far down the rabbit hole on hacking up a normal trolling motor to build something custom I figured I'd ask to see if anyone knows of any other options that exist out there for engine mounted trolling motors?
I recently bought my first boat. A little 16' 1962 lone star "biscayne" with the original johnson 75 outboard (pretty much everything is original and in great shape). It will primarily be used for putting around the harbor here and fishing inside the breakwall where I live in Long Beach, CA.
The old johnson runs pretty well but I'd like to add a trolling motor as a fallback "just in case"... and also because the old 2 stroke smokes people out quite a bit when I'm cruising the tight canals here.
The ideal setup in my mind would be to have a little trolling motor attached to the cavitation plate that I could flick on and steer the boat as normal at slow speeds... but it looks like the only manufacturer I can seem to find for those was Minn Kota and they've discontinued them Before I go too far down the rabbit hole on hacking up a normal trolling motor to build something custom I figured I'd ask to see if anyone knows of any other options that exist out there for engine mounted trolling motors?