Mercury’s Thruster Trolling Motor
Mercury’s Thruster Trolling Motor is a look back at Mercury’s debut trolling motor, the Mercury Thruster, a motor that changed an industry.
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Tag: Motor-Guide
Motor-Guide 1964
The most accepted folklore regarding the bow-mounted trolling motor goes back to Ray Scott’s 1967 Beaver Lake All-American. Stan Sloan has always been credited with being the first to mount the motor on the bow, saying, “it’s easier to pull a rope than to pull it.”
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The Old JohnnyRude Trolling Motors
The other thing that was really noticeable, and I didn’t understand this until physics in college, was the angle in which the motor head was placed at actually was the main reason the torque of the motor was so little
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Motor-Guide – Three Men in a Tub
Here’s an ad that’s always made me chuckle. The interesting thing about the ad, though, is my first recollection of it was from the late 70s or early 80s.
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Trolling Motors of the Past – Part Three
Here’s an ad from the 1970 Fall Issue of Bass Master Magazine showing Motor-Guide’s foot-controlled trolling motor. Notice the bracket (or what appears to be a lack thereof). The ad states, “Imagine a steering mechanism in your automobile’s accelerator pedal. That’s how Motor-Guide works. To go faster, just press down. To turn right or left, just lean your foot that way.”
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