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Get off my lawn indeed! mind you i never sign up for anything from a door to door salesman. Always just say leave your card and if i want it i will call...

and apparently leave the shotgun at home...

wow! Nice work and thanks for the report!

very nice!

Honestly didn't even think of it. Thought to myself that an angle grinder would do the trick but since i don't have one, oh well... i definately have a hacksaw, ill have to give it a shot tomorrow. Thanks for the tip

Nice rig! but please keep the speedo pics to yourself

Too bad the pike didn't co-operate much but at least you got into some nice fish. I wish i could always finish off a trip like that!

hehe, ya i know, i just haven't gotten around to getting one yet. My workshop is far from complete and haven't had a use for one.....until now

the battery and motor obviously add significant weight to the whole rig, battery is 53lbs alone and motor i'm guessing around 25. The wood for the mounts is really not significant compared to that. I am about 160lbs riding in the back and tested it out with my brother at about 200lbs up front. Lots of gear including paddles, life jackets, tackle bags, and a cooler with half a dozen bottles of water and snacks and it was riding just fine in the water. Not too low at all compared to without the new additions. Would i want to haul the new stuff around portaging; absolutely not, but i also wouldn't want to portage too much with my beast of a canoe anyways. That being said i will be doing a 5 day trip up north in september and am undecided if i want to bring the motor for the first bit of it and stash it to pick up on the way back...

good tip! i originally bought the rod holders on sale at BPS with the new yoke in mind and found they were side mount only, so that is the reason for having them on the outside. It would definately be more convenient to have them closer and mountable on the top of the yoke. Cost affective though when all was said and done the modifications including rod holders, motor, battery and mount totaled about $275ish (motor and holders on sale at BPS, marine deepcycle battery from costco, wood/hardware from homedepot). Not too shabby I think.

gorgeous fish! great report, thanks for posting!

Well late last season I broke the yoke on my canoe testing out carrying it on my own. I had it on my shoulders and tried to inch it forward a bit by just "hopping" it up and it busted off the gunnels on my head. That inspired me to make a new one this season and a couple months back BPS had a sale on electric trolling motors so i figured why not. I won't be able to afford a real boat until next year anyhow. The mount and new and improved yoke were all made from one piece of 1"x6"X8' piece of oak and finished using an outdoor, spray on, glossy finish. Carriage bolts and wingnuts are mainly used for quick assembly/takedown. The motor mount: The new yoke, now with cupholders and rodholds and still strong enough to carry on my shoulders: The only main flaw to me is the screws protruding on the inside of the mounts for the rod holders. The screws that came with them were too long and i really didn't feel like going out to get shorter ones. I don't think anything will ever be in a position that they will do any harm anyways. I have gotten out once with the new setup so far and everything performs perfectly. The only exception is that the rod holders should probably be a little higher as when they are pointed perfectly perpendicular to the canoe they can't be angled up too high, not really a big deal though. Hopefully some good fish catching reports to come from the "Green Machine" soon!

If you don't like his ill gladly trade mine as well nice report

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congrats on a solid finish!

congrats on your first Walleye, hope you didn't do too much damage to yourself lipping it!

I'm not sure how using spinner baits in shallow waters is certainly targeting bass. I was out on a friends boat in a smaller lake near muskoka and we were targeting pike with spinner baits. we caught 7 or 8 pike and only one OOS largie, all in around 5ft of water. We did promptly move after catching the one bass.

nice report, think i may have to try my hand at the carp this summer. Keep'em coming!

That is above and beyond and i don't think we should "expect" that level of customer service but it is great that there are people out there going that extra mile. Respect and a basic friendliness should be expected however and from the sounds of it Troutfitters missed the memo...

done.

I love it!

wow you got those kitties dialed in, nice work!

Great day on the water! thanks for the report

nice work! good luck out there.

my wife does that for me nice boat and we welcome to the board and the team!