Electric motor for trolling fishing?

[Marco Bernardini]

It would be a fun project but be sure to realize that you would be doing it for fun. By the time you bought 3-4 gel batteries, the solar cells, the motor, charger and speed controller along with the mechanical parts (shaft, prop, mounting) you can pick up a little 2.5 hp 4-stroke and probably 10 years of gas more cheaply.

Now there a really cheap way to go 2-4 knots all day long without using any fancy motor. It is called a sail.

It's exactly what I told to my friend!
If he calculates all the costs beyond the fish he get, he can comfortably eat it into the most elegant Monte Carlo restaurants (like this) and still save money :rofl:
For a sail I found a solution which don't even require a mast: a kite sail… http://www.omegasails.com/

 

[gredpe3]

A friend of mine once rigged up a prop on a gas weed trimmer.Maybe an electric one would be the ticket.I forget the company name but somebody has a 40 volt rechargeable on the market.
Eddie