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Update: Solved. Problem was a bad breaker. Shout out to Action Fishing Electronics for helping me on such short notice. And Batteries Plus for keeping my old batteries so I could get them back if the batteries weren't the problem.

Also, it's always stored inside. When it was at the shop it was parked outside in a huge rainstorm. Maybe something important got wet and ruined or lighting struck nearby and fried some electrical or something?

I was going to but the dealer said only bring in the TM, which sucks because I had to un-mount it and would rather have just brought the boat in. Good to know it can only be one of these two things.

Ok, I'll disconnect the fish locator. It it did work fine with the fish locator on it for like 10-12 trips. I un-mounted the TM and brought it to a dealer and they hooked it up straight to a battery and it ran. So, the TM isn't the problem. The wires in the bow look good. Maybe the US2 fuse in the head is blown and causing the problem? Or the fish locator was too much?

Breaker is staying on and I can turn the Ulterra right back on again and attempt to deploy where it will do it for another 1/2 second before shutting off again. The red fuses/wires are from the charger. I left this un-connected in the latest pic. And correct, when I have the breaker off the TM and small fish locater get no power and can't do anything. So, all my Ulterra has is that breaker, there is no fuse?

I added a better pic. The positive wire goes from the battery to the break and then from the break to the front of the boat to the TM. The old pic was just at a bad angle. Where would the fuse be? Would it have a fuse it if has the breaker? So the fuse would look like it's working but it in fact is not, so that I should just change the fuse and it should work? (I know I wrote fuse might be bad, but I assumed if it had a breaker it didn't have a fuse).

Update: So, after having the Ulterra tested and it working fine I know that it's got to be fuses, breaker, wiring, or batteries. I left the batteries off of the charger for 3 days and brought them in today. The batteries tested well and the woman at Batteries Plus said they'd keep my old batteries, I could test these and if they didn't work I could return them and get my old batteries back and a refund (makes me a fan of Batteries Plus). Brought the batteries home and same exact problem. It starts to deploy for about 1/2 a second shuts off. So, now I know it's not the batteries and it must be a fuse, breaker, or wiring. I'm thinking it's the breaker since all the wiring looks good and tight, the fuses look good......so it must be the breaker right? Here's a pic of the breaker: It is "on" when I'm testing it. The positive wire goes from the battery into the breaker and then out to the boat to the TM. Everything worked well until I brought it into the shop to have the outboard looked at. Could the shop have done something????? I'm going on my trip on Tuesday and hoping to get this resolved. Am I missing anything? What could it be?

Cool. Thanks.

What are the stock hooks on the Whopper Plopper? Whatever they are they are super surper sharp and miss very few fish.

Tell us how it goes! Whopper Plopper is my favorite lure.

So you just buy your own stainless steel bolts?

Thanks. My instructions said to use the original bolts from the Ulterra. Problem is that they are ruined and the bolts in the package are too short. So I'll have to buy some longer stainless steel bolts today. Update: The Minn Kota MKA-32 Quick Release Mount does fit without having to drill anymore holes in the boat deck or anything else.

I called them and they said the MKA-32 would meet my needs in needing no drilling. So I ordered one and it just got here. We'll see. Hopefully they are right. The guy said it comes with the all the right bolts and screws but I read the instructions and it said use the original screws. Well, a few of those got ruined on the removal of the TM. I hope he's right though and it came with all the right bolts.

I cast mine with hi-VI's yellow Power Pro braid. Once it hits I let it sit and see if the line moves at all. Many times you'll start seeing the line move away and know you have one. If I dont see the line move I'll give it a jerk and start reeling it in. A lot of times there is a fish on there. They hook themselves.

Yep, that's what I'm going to do. Hav had it off the charger. Going to get them tested soon and most likely replaced. Basically the batteries tested well when fresh off of the charger but as soon as you put a load on them go right to too weak to operate the trolling motor which doesn't show in a voltage test.

Brought it to a dealer and they hooked it up to a battery and it ran fine. So the problem has to be my batteries, fuses, breaker, wires, or corrosion. I told them what you said about leaving the batteries off of the charger over night and they said that that was a good idea. I wish I would have done that before I brought it to NTB. They think that it's most likely the batteries since they are over 3 years old. They did say that a lot of Ulterras and Ultrexs have come in with problems. I'll also say that I really regret not using a quick release bracket when I installed this Ulterra like a lot of folks on here recommended.

I'm asking because there was a bit of confusion. I bought a MKA-21 because I had to bring my new 2017 Ulterra in for service and decided that the quick mount was the best way to go in case I had to take the TM off again (never had to do it in 7 years with my Terrova so I figured I didn't need one) after this. I actually went to 2 dealers and they both said the same thing, the holes line right up. ......well, that is correct, the holes of the top bracket that mount to the TM line up perfectly, but the holes for the deck mount need to be re-drilled because the mount is a tiny rectangle vs. the larger footprint of the original trolling motor. I bought the MKA-21 because I thought the deck mounting holes and the TM mounting holes all lined up thus I wouldn't need to drill any more holes into my boat at all. I thought I'd mount the quick release base to the deck with the existing Ulterra/Terrova holes and the TM base to the TM with the existing holes. Not the case. If I wanted to use the MKA-21 I'd have to screw in 4 new holes and 2 of them would be so far forward on my boat they'd come out the front of the bow. I also have like 10 holes on a small deck and don't want to weaken the fiberglass anymore. I'm wondering if the MKA-47 and MKA-32 would work without having to drill new holes in my boat or TM. Does anyone know if these other mounts or ones that I didn't list will work with my Ulterra and not necessitate any drilling whatsoever?

Yeah, definitely calling tomorrow and seeing what to do. It's not like I've just been letting it sit, I brought it in to get the batteries checked a few days ago and have had to work the last few.

A friend of mine gets a new Ranger 620 every 5 years. He does this because when it comes time to start doing maintenance he doesn't want to do it and so he has a new boat. He said for his over $85k boat he only pays around $500 a month. I said that must be a long loan. He said it is a 15 year loan but only at 2.4% which isn't bad at all. Might want to consider that. With your much lower cost boat it might be very cheap.

Well, I really need it to work for my fishing trip. lol. I'm between a rock and a hard place.

It happens when I attempt to deploy it. I also tried to reset it per Minn Kota's instructions but it wouldn't do that either. I turn it on, both green "power" light and red "stow" light come on. I then hit deploy and it deploys about 2" inches and shuts off. Does that sound like the limiter?

I'd buy the boat now and enjoy it. You never know when life can take a turn for the worst. Enjoy it while you can.

Well, the spot lock has worked well so hopefully it's not that. This just has a problem that whenever you try to deploy it it turns off. I think it's a battery issue........

If I have to I will but I have a fishing trip I am going on in 2 weeks and want it back before then and not sure I will if I drop it off.

Going to try not charging the batteries.