Trolling motors are becoming more popular among kayak anglers, especially among senior ones, who find it hard to paddle sometimes.
We’ll come back to this topic in the future, but at this point we’d like to recommend an article that talks about the basic differences between an electric trolling motor, whose output is measured in units of Thrust (weight, in fact), and an outboard gas engine, whose output (or throughput) is measured in Horsepower (HP).
The article is called Thrust in Electric Trolling Motors for Fishing Kayaks , and it’s written in a simple, not over-technical language, with an illustration that’s worth a thousand words…
