When the wind blows the back end, will try to blow a round a lot so you will need a fin on the back. Just letting you know brother I’ve been through that.
Bro mount the trolling motor plate permanently, rivet it to the boat. The motor should unbolt from the mount it came from the factory with there at the big thumb screw by the top of the motor.
Buy you a pedal recess tray it’s super easy to install I got an old school Lowe stinger aluminum bass boat I did the deck and everything on it. I recessed the pedal and it’s waaaaay better. Stand up straight and troll especially with the torque on the smaller boat 😂😂 🤘
And dude if you wanted one that bad for so long fyi they’re all over marketplace dirt cheap. Buy a pile of old school ones that would work great on that Jon boat for half the price of that new one. Now Put a 50hp on it 😂😂
Bro that seems just as much as a pain in the ass than just loading and unloading the boat. Should of just did it the real way. Wear and tear constantly lifting the and lowering the motor is going to make that jerry rig mount lose