60DRB said:
I do think it will be a bow mount, and some kind of pedal control. I'll be installing a pedestal seat on a deck in the bow.
I can't afford any of the GPS type motors
Over the years we've had cable steer Motorguide, electric steer PowerDrive (Minnkota) and our latest one, a GPS Haswing which has handheld wireless remote and uses Helmsman on your cell phone for GPS features. We also have wired foot controller for it for backup. Of the three, for foot control with pedal, the old Motorguide was my favorite. For me it was a lot more natural to just rock my foot front to back to steer it than the side to side, press and stop, mechanism they use on the PowerDrive and Haswing foot controls.
The disadvantage with the Motorguide cable steer was that my wife likes to fish on the front deck and I get the rear deck. She doesn't like to mess with the trolling motor and I couldn't steer the Motorguide from the rear deck. The PowerDrive v2 was an improvement in that aspect, but didn't like the foot controller, nor the wire strung from the front of the boat to the back. The one we have now is both wired and wireless remote. We leave the foot control on the front deck and my wife can use it if she wants. While I can also control it from the rear deck with the wireless.
The Motorguide x3 12V, 45lbs will be the in the price range you're looking at, and it is a very good trolling motor (based on my experience with it).
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Other options for you, the Haswing Cayman B with the standard wireless remote is about the same price as a Motorguide x3. If you want to add on the wired foot control, that's a $100 option. This is also a very good trolling motor, same thing as we have except without GPS. Haswing motors are designed by Haswing Outdoors in California, manufactured in China.
The Minn Kota PowerDrive v2 with the standard wired foot control is about $150 more than the MotorGuide x3. I think you can add on Minn Kota's copilot system with wireless remote for an additional $150. But beware of Minn Kota because they are one that changes specs as fast as you can change your socks. A 2017 model might not be compatible, some have Bluetooth, some don't. Some you can add on iPilot for about $500, some you can't. Research what are you are getting with a Minn Kota to make sure it's compatible with available upgrades. The Minn Kota line dominates the industry, they are owned by Johnson Outdoors, the components are manufactured in China, assembled in the U.S.
There is also Watersnake trolling motors that are in your price range. I don't know anything about these, but I think they are designed in Australia, manufactured by a Chinese company. They are reportedly every bit as good as the competition.