I'm having a problem mounting my trolling motor. Does the trolling motor have to drop in the center of the boat or off too one side of the boat. I find myself moving sideways a bit instead of moving streight and the boat is pushing water instead of going with the flow. Also, I see a lot of boats with the trolling motor mounted on the left side of the boat and i have mine mounted on right does that make a differance.

I have had aluminum boats with the bow mounted motor on either side, it doesn't make any difference which side. It pulls a little off center. The center is better, but it may in the way unless you have a pointed bow type boat. If it bothers you and you have a deck to mount the motor on, then you can attach the mount on an angle with the front in the middle and the rear off to one side. I purposely mount the ones on my jon boats to the side for easy entry/exit over the bow and leaving room for two sonar units.

Another point, I was assuming that you were dealing with a bow unit since you did not state which type. If that is the case, then a rudder of some type will also solve the off center tracking. I use a rear mounted trolling motor or a gas motor for the rudder.

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Side won't make a difference. How extreme the angle you mounted it on may, but provided its a bow mount you should be able to compensate it out fairly well. Having some kind of rudder in the back is very helpful as well.

Thanks guys, I have a 1987 Ranger Aztec Bass Boat.  And I have a 40 lb thurst foot control trolling motor.  It is used and I'm not getting the speed that I want when at the highest setting.  I do realize this is a heavy boat and I don't know if 40lbs is enough to push this boat.  I see other boat with smaller trolling motor go pass me like I'm standing still, I don't know if it is the motor it self or me.

In my opinion the 40 lb thrust is not strong enough to get the speed you want. My brother in law has a 40 lb on his 16 foot fiberglass bassboat and his is fairly slow, I used to outrun him with my 36 lb on my deep V aluminum boat that's also 16 feet long. Now I just upgraded to a 55 lb thrust. Can't wait to see how that will do, I'm expecting a LOT more speed and power from it.

I have mine mounted to one side also, it's fairly close to the center but off by about a foot or more on an over 6 foot wide boat. I notice when the rear motor is not centered that it cannot be controlled well by the front motor. So I usually try to leave my rear outboard trimmed down in the water so I can use it like a rudder. Otherwise if I raise it all the way up then I have problems steering with the trolling motor.