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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Still Afloat" data-source="post: 507355" data-attributes="member: 32426">If you have both a 5hp and electric trolling motor why not use both?  Use the gas motor for getting you to and from where you will fish and the trolling motor for fishing.  At least around here the fish sometimes like a faster trolling speed so there are times when either motor might be best for the situation.After a bad experience a couple of years ago, I won’t go out with only an electric trolling motor.  In that situation the wind came up when I was downwind from the dock. The TM would not push the boat into the wind. It was early spring and the ice had just come off the lake.  If the boat were to capsize it would have been a dangerous situation. I’ve since moved to larger boats and adequate power to push the boat in foul weather.</blockquote>