Trolling Motor Repair Shop - Help

[Quakflak]

We were out fishing when the 5 yr old jumped up and ran towards the trolling motor and pushed the button after we came down off of plane. I should have put the switch in the off position, I am use to my daughter being on the boat, this was the first time this little girl and her mother had been fishing with me. This was a freak accident but one never knows what the kids will do. I just got done "teaching" her how to steer and make it go, she was having a ball just doing that. The thing about kids that age, they don't have the maturity to understand about these things and what the consequences are, she was just having fun. I can't get mad at her, she didn't realize what she did and I am not going to yell at her and put a damper on her fun. I will just chalk this up to an expensive lesson, probably buy a new motor and watch her closer, shut off the switch, and let her have some more fun steering. The one thing that I picked up out of this, always secure things when the little ones are around, it could have been worse, they move so fast and do things that aren't thought of, you almost have to be one step ahead of them.

I agree, Minn Kota motors have been really good, I owned a couple of Motorguides, didn't care much for them, I will use the Minn Kota from here on out, they have been great motors. I would like to get this one fixed for a back-up motor for tournament fishing when I can't be without one or I might end up selling it for one heck of a price, not sure yet.

Scott
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