A Fishing Wife Shops for a Trolling Motor
Who knew that buying gifts for my fisherman husband would be such an adventure? Over the years I have had many opportunities to buy whatever was first on his wish list. At the time that I make the decision that I will purchase these items, it is apparent that I severely underestimate the choices and prices for these items.
A perfect example is when I bought him a trolling motor. Now you would think that this would be an easy task. One where the alternatives would be simple. It is a simple premise, the trolling motor is. It attaches onto the boat and takes you places on the lake or river of your choice that your boat motor may not be able to. These can be shallow areas, ones with a lot of debris such as trees and rocks, or where there is a lot of water plants. In my mind, it would seem you only needed to know the size of the boat so you could calculate how big a trolling motor you would need.
I obviously made all the wrong assumptions. Not only do you need to configure what size boat you have, but also whether or not you need to have a pedal so you can control the direction of the motor without touching it with your hands. Apparently, this is for those times when you have fish literally jumping into your boat and your hands are busy catching them mid-air. I also had no idea that there was such a thing called thrust. This is something that you are supposed to know about as it doesn’t go by engine size as in boat motors. You also have to know whether you want the trolling motor to tip up out of the way in case you are really in the shallows or really abound by rocks and trees or you may break your trolling motor.
So, after hours and hours of discussing the ins and outs of trolling motors with a knowledgeable salesman, I spent over 300 dollars and brought home the middle line trolling motor. I had spent a significant amount of time with the salesman as I figured a man would know what a man wants in a trolling motor. And apparently I was right as my husband was very happy with my purchase and has used it for the last 14 years.
