David .... what in the world would you want with a 101 on a BassTracker ?

I have one on a 21 ft Ranger and have never had it over 40 on the power dial even in high wind.

If you do put it on, watch out if you step on the pedal with the motor turned up real high. It will dump you in the water !!

Good Luck

I agree.  I had a 17' Nitro with a 64lb and even in the strongest wind I never used it on high.  

I would like to see how fast it would move it though!  

David .... my wife wants to know if you are planning on pulling a skier with that new trolling motor ??   ;D

A 24 volt system should be more than enough fot a Bass Tracker.................36 volt is overkill and I would not want the additional weight..........Al

Just do what I do Dave, 3 deep cycles and use one of the 3 to crank. I have never had an issue with it even on the windiest and worst days on Wordens and Watchaug. And guys it is not overkill, a lot of guys do it around here. We have some 400 acre lakes that are trolling motor only (only 7 lakes in the state you can use a motor over 9.9hp) and since they are all big bowls with no where to get out of the wind and down by the ocean, the seabreeze can be really chop it up. It's nice to know you can always get back to the ramp.

Like Tin said, as long as you look at what your motor needs and what the battery offers, most deep cycles can start an outboard.  Also, you may think about placing your battery underneath the console up against the back.  i have a center console that has both trolling motor batteries located underneath the console.  But on that note, my boat is 18' 1" and aluminum with a 4 strk 90hp, and my 24V 82lb thrust is way more that youd ever need for wind/wavess.  I even use it at electric only places and it does great.

keep the big TM, if you get rid of it you will always want it. I run a 36 volt MG 109# on a 17'6" V hull. yes guys a 109# on a 17'6" and love it. always good to have the extra power. you can really mount that 3rd battery anywhere in the boat as long as you wire it up right. the three batteries do not have to be next to each other to wire them up. Personally I run 3 24 groupe batteries. Mg even recomends that. they are lighter and they still deliver alot of power. I have fished a 2 day tournaments and couldn't  recharge between days. And I am on my TM alot heavy current. I still had  alot of power left after 2 days. When I go to canada every year on atrip we can not recharge every night, I get about 3-4 days before I need to recarghe. I switched to groupe 29 once and saw no differance in the way the motor ran, all those batteries did was add weight and take up more space.

David .... what in the world would you want with a 101 on a BassTracker ?

I have one on a 21 ft Ranger and have never had it over 40 on the power dial even in high wind.

If you do put it on, watch out if you step on the pedal with the motor turned up real high. It will dump you in the water !!

Good Luck

;D

Perhaps he should tether himself to the deck to prevent that from happening.

101lbs of potential power on an aluminum boat?

Sounds like a youtube video for sure.  

Use the 3 deep cycles for tmotor and one of the for cranking.  Bigfoot has been doing it that way with a Merc 200 EFI for lots of years with no problems what so ever.

Wear your life jacket till you get used to it.

For TM lakes only, 36v are the norm around here (NJ where just about all the lakes we fish are TM only).  I have a 101 on an 18' aluminum.  If I didnt fish TM lakes, I proably wouldnt bother with such a big TM though.  Never had a problem with too much power and I get passed at the start of a tournament by guys with THREE 36V's on their aluminum rigs.  Thats A LOT OF BATTERIES!!  Would hate to have to charge them.

For TM lakes only, 36v are the norm around here (NJ where just about all the lakes we fish are TM only). I have a 101 on an 18' aluminum. If I didnt fish TM lakes, I proably wouldnt bother with such a big TM though. Never had a problem with too much power and I get passed at the start of a tournament by guys with THREE 36V's on their aluminum rigs. Thats A LOT OF BATTERIES!! Would hate to have to charge them.

I would like to be at that lake and see how we could charge all those batteries hahahaha