I have seen some pictures and some videos of people having 2 trolling motors. Why is this? Does it make it much faster or is it just incase one dies out? Also, can you use 2 different lbs of thrust motors and get the same effect? I have one 32lb and one 40 and I'm just wondering if it will improve if we used both. I don't think it would make a difference but hey, I'd love to hear some opinions.

Thanks alot,

Matt Strykul

This kinda makes me chuckle. Matt, many of us fish large electric only lakes. In fact some of us build electric boats for a hobby. In the tournaments we fish you might even see as many as four trolling motors on the back of a boat. We have found that it's a balancing act between how strong the motors are and how many batteries it takes to run them. The biggest thing a second motor does it take a little work away from the other. The boat will go a little faster with each added motor but as you add motors you add battery weight and that eliminates much of the advantages of the motor. We have found that battery location on the boat is more important than how many motors you have. We have tested the speed of two boats that have the same hull. One boat has one 80lb thrust on the back and a 65lb foot control on the front. The other boat has three 80lb on the back and I'm not sure how strong the front motor is. But the first boat is considerably fast than the second. We contribute the speed to the location of the batteries. We put them up front, under the front seat and two spares in the back. So feel free to play with those two motors but also play around with your batteries. You will be surprised at what you find out. Also I use my GPS to check my speed.

I have seen some pictures and some videos of people having 2 trolling motors. Why is this? Does it make it much faster or is it just incase one dies out? Also, can you use 2 different lbs of thrust motors and get the same effect? I have one 32lb and one 40 and I'm just wondering if it will improve if we used both. I don't think it would make a difference but hey, I'd love to hear some opinions.

Thanks alot,

Matt Strykul

i use to run 1 30 lbs trust minn kota on my 1432 alumacraft.  worked wonders until i wanted to move around the lake more, and go a little faster.

i used a 2nd 30 lbs trust minn kota to add a little juice.  now i can power my boat in larger lakes without worry about the battery dying if i hit both sides of the lake.

now im looking to step it up a little and go with 2 55 lbs trust motors

This kinda makes me chuckle. Matt, many of us fish large electric only lakes. In fact some of us build electric boats for a hobby. In the tournaments we fish you might even see as many as four trolling motors on the back of a boat. We have found that it's a balancing act between how strong the motors are and how many batteries it takes to run them. The biggest thing a second motor does it take a little work away from the other. The boat will go a little faster with each added motor but as you add motors you add battery weight and that eliminates much of the advantages of the motor. We have found that battery location on the boat is more important than how many motors you have. We have tested the speed of two boats that have the same hull. One boat has one 80lb thrust on the back and a 65lb foot control on the front. The other boat has three 80lb on the back and I'm not sure how strong the front motor is. But the first boat is considerably fast than the second. We contribute the speed to the location of the batteries. We put them up front, under the front seat and two spares in the back. So feel free to play with those two motors but also play around with your batteries. You will be surprised at what you find out. Also I use my GPS to check my speed.

besides the motor and battery setup between these 2 boats, what else was different? # of people?  boat weight?  ... etc?

thanks