Can a 55 pound thrust trolling motor run a 24 ft pontoon? Minn Kota Powerdrive v2 with i-Pilot 

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Rich - Congrats on your new Pontoon! Yep, that is what I am still using on it and it continues to work great!

HA.. Yea that was pretty funny. Fish on - mind goes nuts! Thank for watching!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

Yea I thought that was funny too.. Camera goes flying ;)

The 55lb thrust motor has enough power to push you around no problem. The issue of getting back to your cottage will depend on how far you have to go and how many amps you got in your battery.

Boone Down South Small 200 acre lake and 2 batteries on board.

Part-Time Picker you should have no worries with that setup.

Yep - Lake Hartwell, SC. My best striper fishing trip was actually on Murray. We caught 82 fish in June on a rainy day. It was insane. Get the kids on a lot of fish and they will learn to love it. Best to you!

No kidding eh, I almost bought a second hand one thinking I could, but I researched it first and saw that they no longer make it

@@drmurphy9219 yeah they still make the copilot but the price is to high right now for what does. I looked at the navionics one but it is 600-700$.

+Eng setters - Glad it helped. I am very satisfied with my 55lb thrust motor. Save your money buy going with the 55lb instead of the 70lb and then put that money towards the i-Pilot. I love it!!!

Hanna Myers - It really depends on what you want to. In my case I didn't want to deal with dual batteries and have to wire all that because I wanted the trolling motor portable because I didn't want it on the boat when we were not fishing. I would consider all options and determine what is best for you. This video was mainly to show you that a 55lb thrust will power a 24 ft pontoon in most conditions without problems. You also have to take into consideration, how far and how long you will need to run the motor.

We ended up purchasing an 86 pound thrust Newport vessel which has worked out good so far to troll around but it does struggle in wind.

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@@hannamyers3503how heavy is your boat

The weight on my boat is 2315 lbs empty.

Yea but then I would run out of food! ;)

@@BooneDownSouth Propane grill mounted on the side rail. Eat them strippers!

@@saltysteel3996 I actually have one of those propane grills and they are awesome!

2 in parallel with a battery switch is what I have. I can go on battery 1 or battery 2 or both. I use my V2 a lot. Along with a helix 9 running constantly I can fish from dawn to dark with power to spare.

@@darrylthurston4336 That is a great setup!

Derick, per the spec sheet it says my boat weighs 2315 pounds dry.

@@BooneDownSouth thanks for the reply. A 70 lbs should just fine for me then

@@BooneDownSouth my boat is 1600 lb with motor, v bottom type, will never really have more than 2 ppl on it. Sounds like 55lb should be sufficient for 3-4 hours outings.

@Robert Duklus - My 24 ft pontoon is 2,315 lbs and when striper fishing I normally have 5 on there. So yes I would think you would have no problems.

@@BooneDownSouth thank you

So my pontoon boat weight is 2315. That is the weight of the boat only. That is the only specs I can find on it. So its definitely a good bit lighter than what you have. However, being a deck boat you don't have as much drag from pulling logs through the water like you do on a pontoon, so not sure how it would do for you.

Thanks Steve!

Well I know the I-pilot head was specific to certain models of minn kota trolling motors so the best thing to do would be to check with minn kota to see what is supported where. I don't remember what the cost was at this point, that was a few years back but I know it wasn't cheap.

Yea I would think that would be fine. I mean it really depends what you want. Bigger is usually better, but I really didn't want to go the route of 2 batteries to deal with and it turns out the 55 pound thrust works fine with my 24 ft. I do some catfishing like that as well and use that same trolling motor. Also when I am striper fishing, I am using that motor continuously to keep me in place as a digital anchor. I really have not had any issues with this setup.

@@BooneDownSouth I appreciate the response and I'm thinking the same thing. If 55 works there's no need for me to spend the extra money. Thanks for the video.

L V - I have the 54" length shaft on mine. Thanks for the kudos!

Most are adjustable. Personally I think 24" will do me for the most part.

D Wayne It really depends on what I am doing. If I am just bass fishing and moving along the bank I like a slow troll. There is a speed setting of 1 - 10 on the remote and I usually troll around 2-3. When I am fishing like that its not uncommon to have 2-3 adults and a couple teenagers. When I am striper fishing I am usually using the anchor feature. In that scenario its almost always 2-3 adults and 3-4 teenagers. I am using the anchor feature to keep the boat directly above the fish. If I am not productive that way and want to troll my bait I will try to troll about 1.5 mph for stripers. I don't know what the top speed is on it, but for what I do it works great. Not sure on the weight but I have a 24' fish and ski model pontoon with 115hp mercury on the back. This also includes a 35 gallon bait tank full of water and bait which will add another couple hundred pounds as well. Hope that helps!

How many hours do you get out of your battery trolling at 1.5 MPH? Oh ya, loved the vid.

It does for me. If you watch my video on Striper Fishing in Lake Hartwell I was using live bait about 95 ft deep for some of those catches. I was about 5 feet off the bottom. Would love to catch a big sturgeon. I bet that is a blast!

They are fun. Catch your first one and you can never get enough. Thanks for the information.

Charlie that's a tough one to answer. When I am striper fishing I cut the motor and I do a lot of trolling with this motor to locate the striper, but I can't say I have pushed it for 2 miles. When I go bass fishing its pretty much trolling the whole time - I just don't know the distance I have trolled. My battery has never gone below 75% when I have been out but I just don't know about that. It's going to depend on wind and current too. If your goal is for a backup for your gas motor then I would probably go with a 24 volt system. I think that would be safer for your needs.

@@BooneDownSouth Thnks for the feedback. kinda already decided to go with a 24, Just didn't like adding the extra batteries

Charlie Jones how has it worked for you? Planning on doing this myself

@@ussoldier199 I have not put a trolling motor on yet, But I rented a slip at the local marina and getting to meet a lot of other pontoon boaters with 24 ft toons. After talking with several of them I'm going with a 24 Volt 70lb. Just waiting on a deal

Charlie Jones I have a 23 foot sailboat, so thinking of switching to a trolling motor for it.

Hey Ernie I have a 54” shaft on my motor.

@@BooneDownSouth I'm in the market for a pontoon boat and hoping my 50in Garmin will work on the boat I find to buy, thanks

@@ernie9819 I am thinking it probably will be fine.

I am usually out there for 6 hours or so and never ran out of juice.

Man I don't really know. I know most of the time if I put on full speed its going faster than I want for trolling, but I don't know how many mph I get out of it. I never really bothered to look.

Man I don't know what the camera was picking up there.

I think it was the 54" shaft.

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If I am not mistaken I am using the Driftmaster base like the one at this link: amzn.to/3mccL8W

If I am not mistaken my shaft was 48".

There is a u bolt type of thing that runs through the mount and the mounting plate with a cotter pin. Pull the pin, pull the u bolt and up pops the motor. Now having said that you will need to drill the holes slightly larger on this model or else it will be super tight. I have a mount on my bass tracker and on my pontoon and move the motor between both of them.

@Marvous Taylor - I think i have the 54" shaft on mine.

Jeff sorry for not responding sooner. I just had surgery so I have been recovering from that. My shaft is 52". Hope that helps.

f I am not mistaken my shaft was 48".

Don K - I am not sure what battery I was using when I filmed that, but that one died after a few years and now I am running a Cabela's branded AGM battery class size 27.