Minn kota vantage install

Hey guys,

I bought this boat last summer (2012 triton allure 192) and I’m looking at possibly getting into some walleye tournaments. I see a lot of people running vantage transom mount trolling motors for back trolling. Attached are some pictures of my transom… it seems impossible to mount with the trim tabs where they are, can anyone give me some info on a situation like this? I know of the panther static mount but even with that it doesn’t seem possible

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Would 10″ be far enough back?

HRG

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It’s 9” from transom to end of trim tab.. so this is a possible solution, thanks! It says to remove motor when travelling which would get quite tedious after awhile but beggars can’t be choosers.

When you are seeing other tourney guys running them are they running them on tillers. I don’t see many on windshield boats with them. Kicker motor far more common. I think you will have issues getting the actual head unit high enough with out hitting the trim tab or dragging to much when driving. Not hundred percent confident in the triton layout but if you push the vantage back further you will be using your big motor as a seat to reach the handle.
Had one on my 18ft glass tiller boat loved it. Have a windshield boat now and I would not want one.
Just one mans opinion.

Did you just stop back trolling all together? I’ve actually seen quite a few full windshield boats with vantages, but mainly on aluminum boats.

I did for the most part and my walleye catching hasn’t declined that I can tell. The other tournament friends I fish with have not either. Could use my kicker if I really had to. Couple of days I miss my tiller but then I make a run across a big lake and it seams to go away quickly.
Look at pictures from the NWT best walleye tournament fisherman their are. I don’t think a single one runs a vantage on a windshield boat. All kickers. Big tiller guys they do mainly to slow down there big motor when back trolling. I don’t know your specific fishing needs.
just my opinion.

Ya I think that style of fishing is tailored to big lake fishing for walleyes on the Great Lakes.. I’m usually fishing walleye between 12-30’ on smaller bodies of water where covering big areas isn’t as important

Sure why not use your bow mount for that I guess. My ranger tracks much better going forward than back.
Either way I think those trim taps are going to be in the way but maybe there is an option to get it further out.

I wouldn’t worry about a Vantage. I owned tillers and loved fishing with my Vantage, but I’ve adapted to using the bowmount on my windshield boat. Off the top of my head, I can think of 3 fantastic anglers that rigged Vantages on their windshield boats and have since taken them off because they didn’t need it.

I understand if you want one, but I don’t see a good way to accomplish it with those trim tabs.

HRG, do you have any idea why the mount to the boat is poly board and not just a stainless bracket?

The poly board is for the kicker/vantage, the stainless brackets mount to the hull.

Kind of like shown below (closest example I could find).

HRG

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Ahhh I see. So why the poly board for the vantage?

Less slippage than metal on metal.

Josh Hugel wrote:

Ahhh I see. So why the poly board for the vantage?

They used to be wood, but that would deteriorate over time.

HRG