Trolling for walleye using electric trolling motor real world experience?

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Hello

New to the forum.
I will be getting a Robalo R247 in the next few months (being built at the factory)
I am hoping to get some real feedback from anyone who has used a 36v trolling motor on a boat around 6000lbs. Rhodan claims the 36v 120 lb thrust can easily pull this boat at 1 to 2 mph but I would like to have real world feedback. I really like the spot lock feature of these motors so that is the added benefit vs a gas kicker.

Have read TONS of great information on here and anxious to get started on Lake Erie this spring.

Thanks

Hey Mike, I own a 72" 120 lb Rhodan. I unfortunately do not have a 6000 lb. boat to give you exact comparisons but i can tell you it's a beast of a motor. I owned a Lund Baron and had the Rhodan on the bow. I also used the kicker with the Rhodan to steer. I will tell you one day out on Lake Michigan I was in 20 mph winds, 3 footers and thought i was trolling with my kicker and the Rhodan. At the end of the day I went to shut off the kicker and realized it was in neutral the whole time, the Rhodan was doing all the work pulling boards for salmon at over 2mph in those waves and wind. Needless to say I was pretty impressed.
If you run the boat as Capt. Porkchop suggests, which is the same way I and I would say most walleye guys do, with the kicker to provide primary propulsion and bow to steer, that the Rhodan will work wonders for you. The Rhodan has great accuracy with spotlock and jog too.
If you have any more questions about the Rhodan motor ask away, I'll be happy to answer if I can. I might even have mine on the market if my brother backs out of buying it.