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Trolling Motor 101: What It Is, What It Does, and How to Pick the Right One
Not sure what a trolling motor is for? We break down what it does, bow vs transom mounts, thrust and shaft sizing, and how to power it with the right...
Trolling Motor Plug & Receptacle: Elbow vs Straight — Which One Do You Need?
By BateriaPower Marine · Accessories Guide · 5 min read A flickering trolling motor at the worst possible moment isn't a "bad day" story — it's usually a loose, corroded,...
The Propeller Problem: How Prop Design Defines Your Motor
The 2,000-Year-Old Idea The concept of using a rotating screw to move through water is ancient. Archimedes — the Greek mathematician who lived in the 3rd century BCE — is...
12V, 24V, 36V: Which Trolling Motor System Is Right for You?
Why 12 Volts? The story of why your car battery is 12 volts — and why your trolling motor probably is too — begins with a man named Alessandro Volta...
How Much Thrust Do You Really Need? A Boater's Guide
A Question Older Than Motors Long before electric trolling motors existed, boat builders wrestled with a question that sounds modern but is ancient: how much force does it take to...
Why Lithium Won: The Battery That Changed Boating
The Promise and the Prison The electric boat motor is older than the gasoline outboard. In the 1880s — decades before Ole Evinrude bolted his first two-stroke to a transom...
The New Weekend on the Water: Family Boating Goes Electric
The Ritual It's 6:00 a.m., Saturday, somewhere in the lake country of the American Midwest or the Canadian Shield. The cabin is quiet. The coffee is on. Outside, the dock...
From Hand Lines to Spot-Lock: 3,000 Years of Fishing Tech
The Oldest Technology Fishing is one of the oldest human activities. Archaeological evidence of fishing spears dates back roughly 40,000 years, and the earliest known fish hooks — carved from...