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Hi, Marty Glorvigen here, MinnKota Pro Staff Member. Throughout the year I get a lot of
questions from consumers in regards to Bow mount Trolling Motors and which side the bow
should be mounted on. Two things that you have to look at; A: is the style of fishing
that you do and B: where do I operate the boat from. From an operation prospective,
you visually have to be able to see over the trolling motor. If I’m operating from the
console, which is on the starboard side, typically I’ll mount a Minn Kota Terrova like this
on the port side, I can visually see over the motor when I am navigating and running
the boat.
If I am running a Tiller Boat; port side or starboard side really depends on fishing style.
If I do a lot of drift fishing, I want to set the boat up so the trolling motor is not
in the way so I mount it on the starboard side. If I’m doing a lot of casting or doing
a lot of power fishing off the bow of the boat, my preference would be the port side
so that way it’s out of the way visually when I’m running the boat. There really
isn’t a wrong answer in regards to which side of the boat that I should mount the trolling
motor on, the starboard side or the port side. It depends on visual safety, secondary is
fishing style. That’s what you have to look at when you mount the trolling motor to the
bow of our boat.