Thread: Stick Steer: Tracker vs War Eagle

I really like the lay out of a stick steer boat but I wished somebody made the same type of boat maybe a little wider in a tiller steer model in a 18' model rated for about a 75hp with a nice livewell and good storage comparments that woud be my ideal crappie/catfish boat I see alot of v bottom bottom boats with this design but would love a modified v type so I would have a wider boat up front for spyder rigging.

Yes it is normal for steering to be lighter one way and harder the other. You might try adjusting the little tab on motor and just above and behind prop.
I mounted my charger in the rear of boat by batteries. I cut a piece of pressure treated board a little larger than charger. Used washers as spacers and made charger about 1/4 in above board for air flow. Then mounted board to floor.

If you can you might drop motor 1 bolt hole on transom. If it is already all the way down might have to go to stainless prop.

Thanks Cray, I think I'm going to mount this charger on the vertical panel in front of the battery/fuel tank compartment. There just isn't any more room in there for a charger.

I was thinking the torque of the motor/prop was causing the different in steering effort. It's no problem to steer, just noticeably different when moving the stick forward versus back.

The ipilot Terrova is such a great feature. I'll never have another boat without it. I used the cruise control feature a lot this weekend. I'd set it for .4 mph and all I had to do was make an occasional minor course correction as we fished along.

I weigh about 265, my fishing partner is considerably lighter and my wife isn't even half my weight. I'm thinking the boat is sitting more down in front and lifting the prop up. The "sweet spot" for me seems to be about 16 mph. It will easily do that with the motor trimmed all the way down. I think it's in the middle hole now, I'll probably leave it alone just for shallow clearance issues.

yesterday the lake was like glass, with an occasional light breeze. The little stick steer boat was perfect, in it's element I think. Saturday my partner caught a largemouth on a plastic worm on the bottom in 40 ft of water. I have never caught a bass anywhere near that deep. But that's where the locator said the fish were, and it was right.

Congradulations on getting the boat you wanted

Love my Tracker Panfish!

I've got my charger mounted temporarily in the back of the rod box on the port side. It works out pretty good there so I just might leave it.

Cray is right about adjusting the trim tab on the motor. When I got my Tracker it was much harder to turn left, pulling back on the stick. I've got the tab set right of center now and it steers much easier.

I wish I had upgraded the trolling motor when I bought it. I did add a Power Pole micro anchor since one of the lakes we fish is pretty shallow and it works fine, now I wish that money had gone to the TM.

Originally Posted by SuperCorona

Love my Tracker Panfish!

I wish I had upgraded the trolling motor when I bought it. I did add a Power Pole micro anchor since one of the lakes we fish is pretty shallow and it works fine, now I wish that money had gone to the TM.

What TM do you have now?

MK Edge 45 12v

Iwill try adjusting the trim tab on the motor. My setup is

Tracker Panfish 16
Mercury 40 4 stroke
MK Terrova 55# with iPilot link and US2
Humminbird 698 SI KVD
Lowrance 4x

im having some issues with the Humminbird. I think (not sure) I have a relay to switch to the US2 transducer. I get a good DI and SI return on the HB, but the depth reading jumps around all over the place, nowhere near correct. Then once in a while it will straighten out and give good depth readings, next time I look at it it will be Ben jumping between 100 and 150 when I am in 20 feet of water. Funny thing is that the imaging is good thru all this.