Broker Posted June 26, 2013 Report Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Hey, so as some of you may know I have been working to get a small fish able boat this year to get into the lakes with and a creek nearby aswell. I've had the canoe for almost a month and I've been waiting to buy a trolling motor. I made a motor mount for it that's been sitting around waiting for when they go on sale, and today was the day! $95! So off I went and picked it up, I think a fish finder will be next! Any suggestions? Edited June 26, 2013 by shasta
Ralph Field Posted June 26, 2013 Report Posted June 26, 2013 Looks good! Don't forget that you will now need an operator's card , if you don't have one.
Shloim Posted June 26, 2013 Report Posted June 26, 2013 Looks great I fish from a canoe as well. I have a similair setup and love it. Ive aldo added outriggers that stanilize it enough to stand and move around even land fish! Dont know how to post pics or i would...
Christopheraaron Posted June 26, 2013 Report Posted June 26, 2013 Looks good! Don't forget that you will now need an operator's card , if you don't have one. I don't believe he needs anything for a trolling motor...
trevy727 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 I don't believe he needs anything for a trolling motor... All operators of powered watercraft used for recreational purposes within Canada require the card as of September 15 2009.
d_paluch Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 All operators of powered watercraft used for recreational purposes within Canada require the card as of September 15 2009. This I thought it was weird too, but its law. Get it just to be safe!
redpearl99 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 he needs an operators card. Btw, the cards are on sale on Groupon
Freshtrax Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 I don't believe he needs anything for a trolling motor... I got that ticket... Yes you do.
Broker Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 No worries fellas I already have the card! You can actually get some speed going too when your alone in the canoe haha.
Christopheraaron Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 Good to know, thanks for the heads up!
Freshtrax Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 No worries fellas I already have the card! You can actually get some speed going too when your alone in the canoe haha. I have a 36 lb on my canoe and when you click it into high gear it really flys
wkimwes Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 Yes definitely you have to have an operators card, luckily before I went on my trip to the cottage last year..I double checked to see if a trolling motor requires an operator card. Sure enough it did! Only 3 days left to spare, I stayed up late and studied and did the course as quick as I could and passed the last day. The one thing I'd like to ask, without some kind of stabilizer on standard canoes (no flat back), won't that cause a lot of instability while trolling around?
BillM Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 I'd get some outriggers for that thing. I hate side brackets on canoes, lol.
Broker Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 Personally I didn't notice the difference with the motor on it or off, however my canoe is more stable than others usually are. If I do end up finding it unstable I would look into outriggers, but I have no idea how to go about making those.
Christopheraaron Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 Personally I didn't notice the difference with the motor on it or off, however my canoe is more stable than others usually are. If I do end up finding it unstable I would look into outriggers, but I have no idea how to go about making those. I'm making some today actually, the ones in store are like $400 I'll post some pics once they're done.
Broker Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 Okay Chris! Want something that is easily taken off / put back on for transportation
bare foot wader Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 home depot and some Canadian tires sell square aluminum tubing, some hardware, c-clamps and buoys from the marine section and you're in business for about 100 bucks when I was a kid I used a few c-lamps, broken hockey sticks and those 5L refillable water bottles, lot of duct tape...worked but wasn't very pretty just curious, I don't see the beer holder, errr, I mean the Gatorade holder....
Broker Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 just curious, I don't see the beer holder, errr, I mean the Gatorade holder.... They're there, right beside the seats
wkimwes Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 Okay Chris! Want something that is easily taken off / put back on for transportation Thats what I'd be interested in too. I have a canoe that I don't want to have something "permanently" attached.
wkimwes Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 Personally I didn't notice the difference with the motor on it or off, however my canoe is more stable than others usually are. If I do end up finding it unstable I would look into outriggers, but I have no idea how to go about making those. Yeah my canoe kind of sucks stability wise, especially when a 2nd person is in it..even though it is rated for it. I've been thinking of how to put outriggers on it so I can stand in it, but I'm not "very" handy. lol Plus like you stated, I'd like one that would be easily removed for transportation.
Broker Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 Yeah my canoe kind of sucks stability wise, especially when a 2nd person is in it..even though it is rated for it. I've been thinking of how to put outriggers on it so I can stand in it, but I'm not "very" handy. lol Plus like you stated, I'd like one that would be easily removed for transportation. Yeah I need easily removable because most of my transportation is done by carrying or hauling the canoe on trail to different spot on the river nearby, anyone have any suggestions on fish finders?
Shloim Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 I have pics of my outriggers. Just better at building those than posting pics... How do i post pics?
Broker Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Posted June 27, 2013 I have pics of my outriggers. Just better at building those than posting pics... How do i post pics? If you make a photobucket account, then upload your pictures there, then when you want to post a picture copy the direct link on photobucket and insert into into the image drop down. Then your done! Hope that helps!
davey buoy Posted June 27, 2013 Report Posted June 27, 2013 I have a 15'6" gruman and added a 30 minnkota endura to it.Balance didn't seem to be a issue,but went pretty good down the river at full speed .lol. I used unistrut and a piece of wood where the motor hooks on.Enough room beside it to put my portable Eagle fish easy.What a blast.
Frank Posted June 28, 2013 Report Posted June 28, 2013 I JUST finished building my outriggers for my canoe yesterday, and took it out for a test and tune, it worked perfect!! I fit myself and two friends in the canoe and we all brought a pole and some lures, test and tune and some fish caught was a great two hour test drive for my canoe training wheels lol.. My outriggers break down into 3 pieces so they are able to be transported easily and I am able to adjust the floats vertically and to mount it to my canoe I used 2 "U-Bolt Strut Beam Clamps" this way I do not need to drill anything into my canoe, the beam claps tighten the cross member of the outrigger just using the inner or outer lip of the canoe. I did not want to use pool noodles or anything, I wanted to use old floats or something, but I was going nuts looking for something cheap, therefore went with jumbo pool noodles yesterday to get it out and they worked great! Anyways, here are a couple pictures of my home made PVC, fully adjustable canoe outriggers. Next is a trolling motor and portable fish finder for me lol
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