Hell yea the OMC TM was bulletproof had on a 177 Aluminum Ranger for over 25 yrs And anounther one hand control on the bow on a 365V Ranger great old TM motors

Bad ass Video!!!

Andy, u gotta do history of the livewell next!

I went from MG to Garmin and haven't looked back. I love my Garmin, it's quiet and powerful. The one negative I could point out is that it seems to want to back up when you hit spot lock. I usually hit spot lock and as it starts to back peddle I take it off then quickly hit spot lock again.

My dad still runs an Evinrude Scout on his immaculate 1989 Stratos 285 Pro. I love that trolling motor. I also love the fact that boat has a ‘91 175 black max on a 6” Rapid Jack too, but that’s a discussion for another video.

Awesome video Jordan an Andy!!!

Need to mount our Shakespeare back on our little tin rig 😂😂

I have had 4 Garmins. It’s a great motor finally.

Loved my bow mounted hand control Evinrude on the front of my old Skeeter! One foot on the Big Foot handle, other on the Big Foot button, lookin like the Karate Kid skipping baits under docks.

Next step in bass boats, bow and stern thrusters with foot controls.

And they said Fords were totally useless! Wouldn’t have Minnkota without one! 😂

When I was 7 or 8 (I’m 12 now) I had a late 90s early 2000s minn kota in my shed, and I put it on a little row boat and used it almost every single day of the summer, spring and early fall for at least an hour, and about 2 years later it stopped working and I think it was because we had no fuse on it. That motor and that row boat was what got me into boating and fishing and I now know so much more. That motor served me well. A few months after it died my dad went out and surprised me with a 4 hp mercury fourstroke for my boat. It was way to heavy for it so we ended up buying a small Jon boat for the motor. Then it wasn’t the right shaft length and was sold the motor and since then I have bought/got for free from old people 6 boats, which I fixed and use to this day. It was that minn kota that started it all.

My first bass boat, a 1978 Ranger 1750A had a Silver Troll Motor on it. 24volt 24lbs of thrust (I think). About 1983 Minn Kota came out with a 50lb motor, game changer! Bought one as soon as it came out. The motor was to heavy for the shaft or bracket, bent constantly. 1984 I went to a Cajun and motor guide. 1988 another Ranger with an OMC Trolling Motor, best TM in the weeds ever invented. Went to a 36 volt Motor Guide as soon as they came out, never had a problem with running short on batteries ever since.

Should do one on graphs. My dad had one of the first in the 80s. A Lawrence i believe. He sould motor around slow and print receipt paper take it home and write notes on it. Lol. It printed on thermal paper. I was just telling my oldest about it the other day when we were fishing.

I have a oG trolling motor my grandfather gave me , used to fish the pond at 9 years old with the starter motor LMAO

You’re not kidding about that Johnson/Evinrude trolling motor. Had the Evinrude Scout model on an old Skeeter Starfire. Not the most powerful motor but basically bulletproof. Mount was solid, no vibration. Awesome little motor!

Fantastic Show . . . . when are you going to do History of Gas trolling motors. (Neptune, Hiawatha, Johnson, etc)

Motor Guides were manufactured by Herschede Hall Clock Co. in Starkville, MS, pronounced "Her-shu-dee". I was a student at Miss State Univ in 1975. I did some IT work for them one night and Rich Herschede offered to pay me. I was a starving student, but it was less than an hour, so I told him to buy me a beer sometime. He took me out in the plant and gave me their best foot-controlled TM. I put it on my 10' jon boat and used it for many years, just like all the pros- well, sorta...

Still got a omc cobra the 12/24 volt model on a 1990 stratos 285 pro.

Love the channel! your passion and energy for bass fishing and knowledge of the bass boat tech is legendary. I agree with you about the Johnson/Evinrude trolling motors, they are super reliable, thrust is way under rated. I have 3 12/24 motors , 2 are rated in the 33 lbs but move my boat very quick on 24v high, and the large prop 58 lbs thrust is great for rough water. The small prop motors go through weeds like a saladmaster and rarely load up. My first bass boats was a Skeeter Starfire 150, a rocket on the water, but wouldnt handle rough water very well. I love my second boat which i still own 1988 Ranger 363v with dual step hull, great ride and performance. Both ran Johnson / Evinrude trolling motors, the one on my Ranger is still going after 35 years, many state and local tournaments and 4 B.A.S.S. Eastern Divisionals. Keep up the History Videos, old boats, motors, electronics, the topics are many. Thanks Again for your passion for Bass fishing!

I have a 17 pound thrust gamefisher trolling motor in my shop, hoping to get it going soon so I can slow troll the mountain lakes around my house.

I had one of the metal green MinnKota in the 60's. It's pronounced Her-shed- ty that made grandfather clocks and then trolling motors I remember the Silvertroll motors too Shakespeare had a really nice trolling motor. I loved my Evinrude trolling motors. Quiet as a church mouse....

Thank You for the Heads Up on the shirts. Just ordered 2 of them!

I had a 12V Evinrude trolling motor on a ‘72 Skeeter Hawk. Great trolling motor.

My Johnson trolling motor is awesome! Got it new on my 95 stratos, still going strong today!

I still run a Minnkota Fortrexx thing is a bulletproof workhorse

loved my johnrude trolling motor.....

I had an Eagle trolling motor. It was a bow mount foot control mounted on a 1980 Lund Mr Pike 16. Manufactured in Birdseye Tennessee.

Friend of mine had one in the late 70's that had two motors and two props from one control head! It was 12 volts, probably had 25 to 30 pounds of thrust. He thought he was the s---! And we all thought so too! My first bass boat had the famous Mercury Thruster with hand control. I thought it was the greatest at that time. Except that huge prop was very fragile. It would have never stood up to my Minn Kota with the way I use it now. I have seen many of the ones you mentioned. Trolling motors have come a long, long way from Mr. O.G.! Great video as usual Andy!

I love this type of video and would like more of this content. I believe trolling motors still have a ways to go and I have a concept that would turn the industry upside down. I can’t share that but if someone was willing to team up with me and bring it to market I would consider that.

My grandpa just took his Johnson evinrude off and went to a garmin. He has 7 that all work and many for parts from when his buddies took theirs off. Great motors

The 96 logo should be THE logo imo. Clean and classic 👍

My favorite trolling motor I've ever owned had to be a Minn Kota Genesis on the front of my '89 Starfire... I loved the auto deploy and retract... The up and down trim ability was awesome. But it seemed to be a little noisy and drained batteries quicker than the other motors.

What vintage trolling motors did I miss? Let me know!

My dad has a mercury thruster stern mount he used right up til a couple years ago. Its nothing but a motorguide with mercury on the side. It finally got so loud he hung it in the rafters of the garage and bought a new minnkota.

Owned Shakespere, MinnKota, and motor guide. Every minnkota I ever had burned up in the housing. Sill have a 43lb 12v motor guide as a spare j. The garage and a tour 67 on my boat currently. Oh, forgot I have a transom mount 30 that still works…motorguide again.

I had a evinrude/johnson on my 87 Ranger 350V beat the hell out of it. Couldn’t kill it!

Have the new Tour for 2 years best trolling motor I have ever had and quiet Dead on with the spot lock Plus you can buy 2 of them for what the Move cost 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I have an old Pflueger and sears trolling motor if Andy wants one.

My Dad had one of the original Minnkota's with the motor on top with the curved shaft in the mid 60's, worked great, better than a skulling paddle by far.

Motor guide made a dual headed trolling . Also saw a trolling motor that you mount to the transom and pump it and it would move the boat a few feet.

I have an old Minnkota.....but not that old. It's a 12V transom mount from the early 80's. I wish Minnkota wouldn't have taken so long to come out with their brushless Ultrex. I waited a long time to upgrade my old (1999) 24v motor and finally went with the ghost last year.

Saw Garmin has the new Garmin Force Kraken for our deep V’s. Thinking of pre ordering the 63” or 75” for my 1875 pro V. Have a 60” 24V terrova today.

I s have a Shakespeare and it still works good!

Before I even get to the 2min mark, your haircut looks great! Haha

My favorite for years was the saltwater motorguide hand control. fished many a tourney with it. I also owned a Johnson trolling motor. But today I have the Garman and I love it. It is a great trolling motor. Took a few days to learn the cable free foot control but again I love it now. Been running it for 3.5 yrs with no issues and fish it 4 days a week. My friend has an Ultra and is now looking for the big toe power switch. And while helping him I found alot of KZfaq vids how to fix an ultra with all kinds of different problems. After I saw all those videos there is no way I would buy an Ultra.

I had a johnson evinrude trolling motor on my 201 pro stratos in the 80's agree it was a great motor.

This info couldn't be more inaccurate. Gustav Trouve was testing his electric portable propeller in 1881. In 1892 Wilbur Salibury patented his flex shaft electric trolling motor in Chicago and it was being used in New York's central park. By 1896 Samuel Newton Smith was running his electric troller in Menomonie WI. Shortly after he partnered with Tracy B Hatch designing a Submerged electric motor with a propeller mounted direct to the armature shaft running underwater and being water-cooled. They were issue a patent for it in 1899. By 1912, The Jewel portable electric boat motor was beginning to manufacture a design with an electric motor mounted on a vertical shaft connecting to a worm gear. They continued production through the mid -20’s. Finally, by the 30’s multiple designs from the like of Lejay, Minnkota and others were beginning to hit the market.

I had a Shakespeare wondertroll less than 20lb thrust or so I can't remember it yanked off the boat into the lake couple year ago. I have the even smaller version of it in the garage somewhere absolutely tiny idk what you did with that thing back in the day if the wind got up. I think it's 12lb thrust ..

OMC trolling motors had NO competition, IMO. I always ran a 24v hand control bow mount. Best motors in the history of bass fishing

The cost of everything beyond what I ever imagined.....

Perfect video to ask this question. How much does it usually cost to have a shaft replaced on a trolling motor? I have a 45" fortrex, but it's barely long enough for my boat. I want to put a 50" shaft on it. Thanks.

I wish I was close I would bring my boat to see if y'all ( if y'all still work on 2 storke ?

You have to go a bit further back to perhaps the most popular stern mount, the old Minkota 65

i wish you'd talk about the voltage. for decades folks worked with 12 volt. Now it seems mandatory to haul around 3 lithium batteries. I can imagine boats have gotten heavier, but i wonder if i run 24 volts if i'm just gonna be putzing along at a half knot

Had a Shakespeare with 11lbs of thrust lol😂

The first architectural firm I worked for in Jackson MS, the head architect told me they had a architect that worked for them years ago. He said the guy came in one day and said, I giving notice to quit. They all asked him why. He told them he had invented a foot control motor and was making so much off of the royalties that he no longer needed to work.

Great vidio guys but i'm trying to figure out where to get part's for a 1988 xr4 150hp Mercury black max. But the boat does have a moterguide 767 brute hyperdrive just bought the boat good bad dunno? Thanks.

When's the tom monsoor and Mike recap coming out?

What about a 97 astro xp2000 with a 150 mariner are they any good?

I’ve got a like new Johnson/Evinrude trolling motor you can have if you’ll pay shipping

Let’s here about our local guys destroying the MLF Invitational this week

Lazy Troll was Chevy powered LOL😅

What about Pin Point?

So Old Henry Ford had something to do with invented the trolling motor too

Motor guide is owned by Navico

Hey I love the channel. One of the best You tube channels out there. I was going to buy the shirt but the shipping was as much as the shirt. Did I do something wrong or is it just that way? I'm cool with you guys makin money but I'm not going to pay crazy shipping cost. I build dog training equipment that weighs 17 lbs. and we ship them all over the country for $22.00 why so much for shipping a shirt. Granted I'm a 3x but dam. Ok I'm done whining and bitch'n . Back in the late 80's and early 90's I had a great trolling motor from up your way it was a Ram trolling motor. It was quiet and had some good power even in the weeds it worked well. Again I love the channel. Sorry for bitch'n.

I'm listening to a yankee with a t-shirt with a Chrysler motor on the front of it😂

Plugger take a licken an kept ticking a Johnson also good for the day

Hey Andy believe it or not I have two OG trolling motors I will bring them down and trade you for a 23 pitch tempest they even work actually I will just give them to you for your wall of fame or shame

Today's POS is the MotorGuide tour pro. Going to paint it yellow and ship the piece of shit back to MotorGuide. Nothing but trouble since I owned it. Customer service is treble. Replaced with Minnkota. Thank God for OG with starter motor

Still have found motor guide to be more reliable if not as technically advanced. Just me I guess

Minnkota needs to bring back the transom mount Vectors with 3x steering. twice as reliable as the vantage and much more durable!

Well you? Got to look at this point so coming out of the depression 1934 no one had any money to do anything you got to put on your thinking cap Take a model A cost like 600 bucks or 300. That was lots of money back then 20 lbs of sugar cost $3.12 bread cost .09 wooooo look it up v8 ford cost $515.00😂

You lost my subscription with all the filthy language, sorry

It's so cool to watch this stuff. I like learning about stuff like this. Now I will be keeping my eyes open for a og trolling 🧌 motor to.