Trolling Plates

I'm thinking about purchasing a trolling plate to slow my motor more. Can anyone give me any info on the Troll-A-Matic ? Pros and cons would be of help.I have heard that it is better because it has no pin to break.Thanks

I just baught the troll o matic looks like it won't fit on my 60hp evinrude without taking off the hydrofoil stabilizer and somme modification. Will taking the stabilizer off affect any thing? Thanks

On the trolling plates that are spring loaded and stay down all the time, does any one have trouble when you have to put their motor in reverse? Does it hinder you when unloading your boat?

I have the Ez troller. You should be good to go

I didn't think you had to worry about bend or breaking the troll a matic? Doesn't it go up as you accelerate and move out of the way on it's own. I know you don't have to use a cable to lift it like some of the others. I was going to run down to cabbalas on Sunday, so if anyone could tell me anything I need to worrly about please let me know. Thanks.

nope, If you take off with it in the down position it will bend fairly bad. What to know how I know? 3 GUESSES....

does the trolling plate affect your top end speed at all?

My buddy has the easytroller. Works great. That's about all i know about it.

you might want to think about a drift sock. you can deploy it out the back ( for going forward) or the front (for back trolling) of the boat to slow your trolling speed down and then you can also use for drift control. Just something else to think about before spending money. Now you have a piece of equipment that has dual purpose

I use the troll-a-matic with my 115 hp 4-stroke Suzuki. It works very good. I can run at speeds below 1 mph. The only issue with my motor is trying to keep a constant speed between 1.8 - 2.2. To really dial in a set speed takes a little playing around with my throttle but were talking seconds not minutes. Sure is nice that I do not have to play around with pulling up or putting down the plate.

RML