trolling motor bow bracket

[crazyac]

Anybody build their own bracket for bow mount trolling motor just bought a used motor guide and the mounting hardware was all missing so i plan on building my own. Any suggestions?? i work at machine shop and work with lots if aluminum. New brackets are expensive. I dont know might be fun making custom ones as a side hobby.

 

[catfishcarl99]

Re: trolling motor bow bracket

next time you look for this thread it will prob be in the Electrical, Electronics, Audio and Trolling Motors section two topics above the fishing section. they keep a pretty clean house round here.

 

[sschefer]

Re: trolling motor bow bracket

next time you look for this thread it will prob be in the Electrical, Electronics, Audio and Trolling Motors section two topics above the fishing section. they keep a pretty clean house round here.

Sure, you can make your own bracket. The biggest issues are making sure you distribute the weight and a good solid backing under the deck or gun'l. Other than that it's pretty much an open game. Pretty much the name of the game is to get it as centered on the bow as possible. That's rarely achievable but if you can figure a way to do that and not interfere other things that need to be there also then you've got it whipped. Like I say, it's hard to accomplish that so most of them are mounted to the side and back a bit. That's not really a problem but will make the boat come around faster in one direction than the other. Again, not a huge problem.