babybooga

Question for the electric experts. I just upgraded my old motor guide 25lb thrust trolling motor with a new minn kota 40lb thrust trolling motor. It appears the original factory wiring is about a #10 wire. Is this enough for the upgraded thrust. I have been told that if the wire is too small, it may damage the brushes in the electric motor head. I have also been told that no damage will occur, but the motor will not make it to the 40lb thrust mark. I have some #6 wire a friend at work gave me he salvaged out of a boat he junked, but I would have to tear have my boat apart to fish it through from the back to the front. I fished out of the boat today and it worked fine. Just don't want to damage it.

Hi guys and gals. New to the forum. If most forums are anything like the current topic "Carolina Rigs", I'm glad I joined. I'm trying to expand my skills beyond being a "bank beater", to a more advanced fisherman. Anyway, my first questions are these: When you hear in bass instruction "when the water temp. reaches 66 degrees, the bass will begin moving to such and such", does that temperature hold true to anywhere in the country. My angle is this. I live in South louisiana so my water temps will get warmer faster than some fishing pro who may be talking water temps in tennessee. If lets say 66 degrees is the magic number for bass to move into the shallows in tennessee, is that the same magic number in louisiana, but it will just only happen sooner in the year. Also, when looking for structure in your boat using a depth finder, how deep does the water have to be when your passing over a ledge, that may be holding fish, to where your not spooking the fish with your boat?