I had a motorguide 36lb thrust, sold it to a friend and bought a minn kota 30lb thrust. the minn kota will troll longer with the same battery,one of the reasons I switched. I have a 15' aluminum with 25 yamaha on it with 2 guys and gear it pushing 1000lbs, the 30lb minn kota is too much speed past speed 3. On your smaller boat if you go much higher than 30lb thrust wise you might not be able to troll slowly if needed. I have an automatic charger I leave the battery on yr round, it charges at 6 amp when needed and trickle to maintan full charge during storage. I run a diehard group size 27, not the biggest,but I can troll almost all day unless it's really windy.
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