What size trolling motor for Mississippi river

You should go with an 80# terrova. That should work well for that boat in the current.

What Matt said. I have a 50# and if there’s much current I’m going backwards.

A 55 would work on that size rig most of the time but stepping up to a 80 would be better for high flow or windy days or fishing long days.

dbright wrote:

A 55 would work on that size rig most of the time but stepping up to a 80 would be better for high flow or windy days or fishing long days.

A 12v system doesn’t have the juice for even low flow.

You need an 80 or higher

Anchor and a couple cleats on each side of the boat is alot cheaper, and alot more fun to play the i think is where I should drop it game. Always can let out more line, ya can’t move farther up tho!

Id go with a 80 pound 24v

Deuces wrote:

Anchor and a couple cleats on each side of the boat is alot cheaper, and alot more fun to play the i think is where I should drop it game. Always can let out more line, ya can’t move farther up tho!

We only do this when cat fishing. And I’m sure glad

Matt Moen wrote:

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A 55 would work on that size rig most of the time but stepping up to a 80 would be better for high flow or windy days or fishing long days.

A 12v system doesn’t have the juice for even low flow.

I ran one for a decade on the Mississippi on a similar size boat. If that is what you have you absolutely can make it work. If I was buying new I definitely would not go with a 12v.

Interesting. I ran a 55 on a 17’ Lund for half a season. Wouldn’t make it 2 hours in the river.

That being said, with TM’s on the river bigger is better.

My previous boat was about that size… Fish the river as much as I can…. I had a 80 terrova…. No way I would want less…

I run a 16.5′ Sylvan that had a 12volt 55lb was not even close to being able to hold in current, it was fine maybe on a lake but not on a river! I upgraded my boat myself to 24 volt and now run 24 volt 80 lb terrova batteries last all day . Do it right, upgrade to 24 volt if you don’t have it!!