Lady needs help

bassangel · 02-20-09, 10:36 PM

Hi fellow fisherpeople, I am new to fishing and I have a 15 ft smokercraft with side console and I'd like to mount my transom trolling motor up on the side of the bow so I can bass fish from the front. A friend told me that Minn Kota makes a bracket so that I could attach the motor to the side of the hull, but I can't seem to find this bracket anywhere. Do you know where I could find one? Also my friend says there is a way to turn the head of my motor so that it will be turned in the right direction for doing this. Otherwise the handle is facing the wrong way.
I don't want to invest money to have a bow mount installed since I already have this transom mount. I have a 25 HP 4S attached for all the speed I need but I don't like to troll with it.
Thanks for all your help...

bamabassman · 02-20-09, 10:45 PM

welcome bait monkey fodder lady. i ain't the one to help ya out on this one. but you just wait, there will be others that can help you. just keep watching the post. we'lll get you fixed up in a jiffy.

pig n jig · 02-21-09, 06:28 AM

Its basically the same problem as offset transom mount but compounded.The motor sitting to one side makes you steer like a drunken sailor.Then moving it up front to the side adds dereases water depth and a lighter weighted section so the trolling motor lifts upward and thrashes the surface water.I built a mount with a drop section so the handle will still clear over the sides to turn 350 degrees if needed and it sits center on the bow. It is worlds better than side mounted but on high you still have to stand near the nose of the boat or the blade lift and thrashes on the surface .

P N J

Mac2 · 02-21-09, 08:17 AM

You may want www.tinboats.net It's a good site and a lot of the fellows are mounting trolling motors to their bows with home made brackets.....probably the aluminum clad block of treated wood with the aluminum feet flanges would work well.....a lot of them bend and weld aluminum structures for bracing as well as brackets. If you could join there, I'm sure you could post and get a lot of good advice. Hope this helps and Good Fishihng, Mac

Once there, just click on Forum....the registering is free.

bassangel · 02-21-09, 12:51 PM

Thanks guys, I will check out that site Mac and see if I can do this thing.
Meri

woody · 02-21-09, 01:33 PM

I just wanted to say Welcome to the Forum and Make Yourself at Home here on the Boards.

~Mark

Jim80 · 02-21-09, 02:51 PM

Welcome aboard, bassangel you found a great site . you could try looking through past topics in the boats and trailers section .

Jim

zooker · 02-21-09, 06:20 PM

wellcome to the site by the way meri...

jimbo
there is not a subject like that on there.. she is asking about a transome rig for the side of the boat.. they do make several brackets to rig a transome mount on the bow.. but not all that sure about side mounts-having never used them....

zooker

CCbass · 02-22-09, 01:19 AM

I did this with my first home made bass boat. I created a 2x4 shaved down to 2x2 except for the end 4 inches. I mounted it on the front of my boat then attached the transom mouth minkota. I attached a 3 foot wood handle to the handle of the minkota by way of precision ball barings, so it would spin 360. I then created a peddal (actually a plastic ramp from a hotwheels set) with an on off button attached which went between the power and the motor. Basically I had a foot controled as far as on and off trolling motor that was guided by hand.

zooker · 02-22-09, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CCbass

I did this with my first home made bass boat. I created a 2x4 shaved down to 2x2 except for the end 4 inches. I mounted it on the front of my boat then attached the transom mouth minkota. I attached a 3 foot wood handle to the handle of the minkota by way of precision ball barings, so it would spin 360. I then created a peddal (actually a plastic ramp from a hotwheels set) with an on off button attached which went between the power and the motor. Basically I had a foot controled as far as on and off trolling motor that was guided by hand.

dam you are sayin that there more than ONE redneck in the land of fruits and nuts cass being the other....

zooker

02-20-09, 10:36 PM	#1
bassangel BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Crescent City, CA Posts: 4	Lady needs help Hi fellow fisherpeople, I am new to fishing and I have a 15 ft smokercraft with side console and I'd like to mount my transom trolling motor up on the side of the bow so I can bass fish from the front. A friend told me that Minn Kota makes a bracket so that I could attach the motor to the side of the hull, but I can't seem to find this bracket anywhere. Do you know where I could find one? Also my friend says there is a way to turn the head of my motor so that it will be turned in the right direction for doing this. Otherwise the handle is facing the wrong way. I don't want to invest money to have a bow mount installed since I already have this transom mount. I have a 25 HP 4S attached for all the speed I need but I don't like to troll with it. Thanks for all your help...

02-20-09, 10:45 PM	#2
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	welcome bait monkey fodder lady. i ain't the one to help ya out on this one. but you just wait, there will be others that can help you. just keep watching the post. we'lll get you fixed up in a jiffy. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

02-21-09, 02:51 PM	#7
Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	Welcome aboard, bassangel you found a great site . you could try looking through past topics in the boats and trailers section . Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

02-21-09, 06:20 PM	#8
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	wellcome to the site by the way meri... jimbo there is not a subject like that on there.. she is asking about a transome rig for the side of the boat.. they do make several brackets to rig a transome mount on the bow.. but not all that sure about side mounts-having never used them.... zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

02-21-09, 06:28 AM	#3
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Its basically the same problem as offset transom mount but compounded.The motor sitting to one side makes you steer like a drunken sailor.Then moving it up front to the side adds dereases water depth and a lighter weighted section so the trolling motor lifts upward and thrashes the surface water.I built a mount with a drop section so the handle will still clear over the sides to turn 350 degrees if needed and it sits center on the bow. It is worlds better than side mounted but on high you still have to stand near the nose of the boat or the blade lift and thrashes on the surface . P N J

02-21-09, 08:17 AM	#4
Mac2 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 389	You may want www.tinboats.net It's a good site and a lot of the fellows are mounting trolling motors to their bows with home made brackets.....probably the aluminum clad block of treated wood with the aluminum feet flanges would work well.....a lot of them bend and weld aluminum structures for bracing as well as brackets. If you could join there, I'm sure you could post and get a lot of good advice. Hope this helps and Good Fishihng, Mac Once there, just click on Forum....the registering is free.

02-21-09, 12:51 PM	#5
bassangel BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Crescent City, CA Posts: 4	Thanks guys, I will check out that site Mac and see if I can do this thing. Meri

02-21-09, 01:33 PM	#6
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	I just wanted to say Welcome to the Forum and Make Yourself at Home here on the Boards. ~Mark

02-22-09, 01:19 AM	#9
CCbass BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monterey CA Posts: 253	I did this with my first home made bass boat. I created a 2x4 shaved down to 2x2 except for the end 4 inches. I mounted it on the front of my boat then attached the transom mouth minkota. I attached a 3 foot wood handle to the handle of the minkota by way of precision ball barings, so it would spin 360. I then created a peddal (actually a plastic ramp from a hotwheels set) with an on off button attached which went between the power and the motor. Basically I had a foot controled as far as on and off trolling motor that was guided by hand.

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