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Minn Kota or motor guide??? #9925135 04/21/14 09:42 PM
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Which one works best for you when you are crappie fishing???

Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925140 04/21/14 09:43 PM
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Minn Kota Fortrex. You will never want for a different trolling motor.


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Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925146 04/21/14 09:46 PM
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I've owned both. I have not found a real difference, other than the MG requires you to step on the head to release it from the mount. rolfmao

Buy the one that has the features you want, accepting that more features means a higher price.

Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925157 04/21/14 09:50 PM
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had a motor guide ...it worked well
have a minn kota it works well also

Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925168 04/21/14 09:53 PM
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Minn Kota Fortrex, I like that you can pick the speed that is perfect for what you are doing.

Mine has held up much better than motor guides that I have had in the past.

It seems that the batteries hold up better/longer after a day on the lake also.


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Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925278 04/21/14 10:44 PM
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MotorGuide Xi5 :P. We just got one, can't wait till they get on the piles to test it out!

Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925285 04/21/14 10:47 PM
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Minkotas have been good to me

Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925332 04/21/14 11:06 PM
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I love my Minnkota. Get a spare prop pin.

Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925339 04/21/14 11:08 PM
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Minnkota Terrova.....never go back to foot with a remote!!


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Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Bobcat1] #9925351 04/21/14 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted By: Bobcat1
Minn Kota Fortrex. You will never want for a different trolling motor.

+1 thumb I've had both, and different models of both. Love my Fortrex!!


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Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Ketchn] #9925622 04/22/14 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted By: Ketchn
had a motor guide ...it worked well
have a minn kota it works well also


+1

I have sold more Minn Kota over Motorguide.....


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Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925726 04/22/14 01:27 AM
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I have the Minn-Kota with I-Pilot. Hate it for crappie fishing but have been getting pretty good controlling the boat with the remote but sometimes it's not as fast as the foot control. Guess I need to give David a call (Shut Up and Fish) and get a new Fortrex.

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Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925868 04/22/14 02:09 AM
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Never owned a Motorguide. All my boats have had Minn Kotas on them. I know the service on Minn Kotas are top notch. had a problem with the one that came with my boat and after a year of problems they gave me a full refund on it and I got aTerrova. After a few months, the remote on the Terrova started getting screwy, made one call and they sent me a new remote at no charge and told me to send the old one in once I received the new one. haven't had any more problems since.

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Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9925936 04/22/14 02:31 AM
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I've had both and I will never go back to Motor guide. I've saved a ton on just not having to replace the bent shafts on the motor guides and I like the foot pedal a lot more on the minn kotas

Re: Minn Kota or motor guide??? [Re: Fishing man88] #9926446 04/22/14 12:18 PM
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For crappie fishing you need a cable steer tm which means you can't get the iPilot and that is a good thing. The iPilot is good for some types of fishing but, not crappie.
And, do NOT get the US2 option (2D sonar transducer) it is much worse than the transducers that come with your unit, be it HB or Lowrance.


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