What Hp Trolling Motor

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I have a 14' aluminum boat and it has a Mercury 20 horse on it. It is about perfect in that I can go 25mph by myself, about 20 with 2 people in it and about 15 on Strawberry with 3 people in it. It won't troll down slow enough for trout, so I have an electric motor for that. It goes as slow as about 2.9 mph (gps), which is pretty good for Wipers, but if I plan on going somewhere that I need to troll for a long time a slower speeds, I put my Johnson 15 on it instead, (It is my trolling motor I use on my big boat also) and it will troll down to 1.5 mph...the bad part about the Johnson 15 is that top speed is only about 15 to 17 mph. Slower with 3 people! Optimally, get a 20 or 25 horse for the main motor, then about an 8 horse or so for your troller and have them both on the boat all the time!
There is no such thing as a perfect boat for all conditions.
Randy
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