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Trolling Motors in Tournaments #11018202 08/04/15 02:02 AM
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All,

I'm new to kayak fishing and I'm also a little lazy. I mounted a trolling motor on my kayak. Do tournaments generally allow this or is it frowned upon? And yes I did register the kayak.

Thanks
Mike

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Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11018215 08/04/15 02:04 AM
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Depends on the tourney popcorn2

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Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11018223 08/04/15 02:06 AM
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Ok, thanks.

Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11018238 08/04/15 02:11 AM
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A lot of your bigger tourneys frown on it, while your smaller events accept them. Personally I don't think it matters. You can either catch fish or not. I've never seen a trolling motor catch a fish.


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Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11018244 08/04/15 02:14 AM
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Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11018250 08/04/15 02:16 AM
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Lol


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Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11018263 08/04/15 02:18 AM
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I'm going to be honest, and maybe this just shows how ignorant I am on this topic, but that thing kind of looks cool. I would fish out of it.

Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11018289 08/04/15 02:25 AM
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It is cool...

Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11018604 08/04/15 10:43 AM
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What's even cooler is when on that thing you don't need a PFD!

If a tournament is going to be for kayaks only, then you state in the rules, no TM's or TM's okay!
Then some guy shows up with his satellite disk with a trolling motor on it and calls it a kayak so what do you do?

BTW I watched the video on that thing and I give it a 9 on the cool factor chart, but it sits waaaaay too high out of the water or I'd give it a ten.

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Just one more cast!

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Originally Posted By: Jimbo
What's even cooler is when on that thing you don't need a PFD!


Can you clarify this? I'm pretty sure in Texas you have to at least have a Coast Guard approved flotation device on-board of any watercraft.


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Originally Posted By: Jerry Hamon
Originally Posted By: Jimbo
What's even cooler is when on that thing you don't need a PFD!


Can you clarify this? I'm pretty sure in Texas you have to at least have a Coast Guard approved flotation device on-board of any watercraft.


He has a trolling motor on the satellite dish so he needs TX numbers and a PFD.

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What's even cooler is when on that thing you don't need a PFD!


Can you clarify this? I'm pretty sure in Texas you have to at least have a Coast Guard approved flotation device on-board of any watercraft.


Sarcasme! bannana2

If you watch a video of the thing it sits like two feet out of the water. Any slight whisper of a breeze will blow you all over the lake. Yes, sarcasm was in play because he's not wearing one, and yes he would need it registered in Texas.

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Just one more cast!

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Gotcha, I was kinda floored that you would say that! thumb


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Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: SA Mike] #11020225 08/04/15 10:51 PM
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I apologize for the confusion Jerry!

I guess with a PFD on you wouldn't be able to read the advertisement on the back of his shirt. If anything required a PFD it would be that contraption!
The demo video I watched showed multiple people using the ultraskiff and nobody was wearing a PFD or even had one on the deck. hammer


Just one more cast!

Re: Trolling Motors in Tournaments [Re: Grease Bath] #11022978 08/05/15 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted By: Grease Bath



needs foot control...

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