The Lifetime Manta is a barebones deep, wide kayak--it's a blank canvas with lots of space for rigging
The Sport Fisher and Angler 3.0 come with two rod holders and a rear hatch.

richg and I are the only ones I know that have one.

Trolling motor and mid ship battery box install.
Trolling motor mount


Minn Kota trolling motor plug and receptacle

AGM 18ah glass mat battery


Wiring:
10 gauge electrical wire, wire cutter/crimper, fuse holder/fuse, heat shrink wrap, 10ga. butt connectors, liquid electric tape, electric tape, alligator clamps, phillips head screw driver, 1 and 1/8 circle drill bit to cut hole for trolling motor plug and receptacle.
Battery box:
Plastic box shaped with metal snips, goop, velcro, foam kneeling pads cut to shape.


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Replacing fuse and fuse holder with a circuit breaker. Will just need some 10ga wire ring connectors to modify the install. Haven't had any problems with the fuse, but I've read of several people blowing the fuse without a back up on board. Found a push button 40 amp circuit breaker with reset button for $6 at Turner Hardware in Farmers Branch--great store--has a bunch of stuff that Home Depot/Radioshack don't have.

Instead of purchasing electric wiring, I could have used jumper cables and cut off both alligator clips at one end to connect to the TM plug--Jumper cables are really well insulated and using jumper cables would have saved me making two connections. Jumper cables and jumper alligator clips are significantly heavier.

High five to a fellow Lifetime kayak owner. I've a Tamarack.

How many hours are you getting out of that battery and how many times can you recharge it?

So far the AGM glass mat battery works great. I don't use the TM very often, so I've never ran the battery down completely, but I just recharge it after the trip. My guess is, that I'd get about 6hours total using it regularly and 4 hours continuously using it.

Here's the chart I used for guestimates: