Bottom bouncer drink2/29/2024 ![]() It looks like they don’t need to be mounted on Poles…I’ve seen multiple other pics on their Facebook page with ‘em attached all different ways:ġ. Maybe they can fit the word “walleye” on there instead hahaha. If you order a pair (like I am!), make sure you tell ’em you want them to say Bass Brakes on ’em, not crappie! > Amazingly, the kits he sells – with both motors – top out at $1,350. Maybe the hardest part is pulling wire from the front to the back of the boat for that footswitch.” ![]() > His company does install ’em and it takes about 90 minutes, but he says the self-install isn’t hard: “The way we fix ’em up, we have the wire plug ‘n play ends on them, it comes with an instruction sheet, it’s really not hard at all. > Blake says the units “do not affect the performance of Power-Poles” and Jonathan backed that up. > Jonathan says he runs a 36v troller using 3 12v batteries, and he just hooks his 2 Brake motors up to one of the 12v batteries – “since you don’t use them all day long.” So we’re able to stop our boat without them ever knowing that we’re there. > “…especially these pressured fish around here, if that fish 10-15′ in front of your boat…you’re talking about a 20′ boat, these 2 trolling motors are now 35-40′ away from these fish which is a safe-enough distance that it doesn’t bother them. ![]() > “…you’re going along… for these fish…out there in front of you…if you’re going with the wind and you need to stop…you can deploy your Power-Poles down or keep ’em deployed, and you can feather that button to slow your boat down, or stop it, or back it up without ever spooking the fish up there in front of you. What it is is 2 40-lb thrust Minn Kota trolling motors…you have a stomper button switch on the front of your boat. > “Jonathan designed these brackets that go directly to your Power-Pole. That just doesn’t work – you’re gonna spook the fish, you’re gonna blow ’em out. > “If you’re boat is going too fast and you can’t get a jig on it, you have to spin your trolling motor around, turn it on high, kick it backwards to stop your boat or slow it down, then spin back around and try to find your fish and hope you haven’t spooked him. The reason for that was to be able to stop your boat if you’re going with that wind without spooking the fish in front of you. Guys started mounting trolling motors on the back of their boats, which is just a complete eyesore and a hassle. > “Since LiveScope has pretty much taken over and dominated, there’s times on that LiveScope when you’re not able to perform with it because your boat’s going too fast on these windy days. > Talked to Jonathan and a MS bass-head named Blake Daugherty (^) who’s had ’em for 6 months – said he’s never going back. But I bet you can see real quick that they’d be great for much more than just that. > Yep that’s what it looks like – trolling motors mounted on “shallow-water anchors.” They’re made by a MS company called Magnolia Tooling owned by crappie fisherman named Jonathan Johns, who made them for Scoping crappie. Big congrats, fellas! And amazing job putting that fish back in the drink. ![]() If you want to dive in a bit deeper, there’s way more info and background on the catch at those few links above.Ībsolutely outrageous fish…in a really good way. The hook that caught the monster trout was made right in Colorado by GSO Fishing. At the business end was a 6” Basstrix tube jig. > Scott was using an Abu Garcia baitcasting reel and a heavy Okuma rod to get a solid hook set, but that combination was paired with 10-lb test Seaguar fluorocarbon line. More details on his setup and the battle that ensued in this Free Range American post: > The fat female appears to be full of eggs, but…lakers spawn in the fall…the fish’s enormous belly was actually full of kokanee salmon, which are the main food source for lake trout in This quote is from an Outdoor Life write-up: Other pics and video clips of the fish were posted on Hunter’s Instagram. The fish weighed 73.29 lbs on one of their scales (it “bottomed-out” the other scale they had with that only went up to 50 lbs) which makes it nearly 23 lbs heavier than the current CO state-record laker, and over 1 lb heavier than the IGFA all-tackle world record.
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