Dear anglers in England, I need your help for my thesis about trolling fishing!!! Referring to the article about lithium batteries of 13/3/20

[Student]

Dear person on the other side,

I'm an international business student who's investigating the battery market in England for trolling fishing. I have a couple of questions for you:

1) I noticed that most lithium batteries are 12V. Do you find it bad that there aren't much 24V, 36V or 48V lithium batteries available?

2) When you're going to buy a new lithium battery. Did you already know that you want that model or did you do some research? Where did you get your research from? (Magazine, internet...)

3) Did you buy your lithium battery in a physical shop or online shop? Why?

4) Do you find the warranty of 2 year good or do you want a higher warranty period?

5) Was it difficult to switch from lead-acid batteries to lithium batteries?
(for anglers who are still using lead-acid batteries, why haven't you switched (price, preference)

6) I noticed that most batteries have 90Ah or more. Do you find this important or are you still going to buy a lithium battery who has an Ah between 50 and 80?

Thank you very much for your answers, when I'm going to graduate it will be thanks to you

 

[lenten]

hi student -----the reason you are getting so few replies-----is electric motors are very rare over here ----try googling uk angling forums ----they might be able to help

 

[rotrax]

Also trolling is not a very popular way of angling in the UK. Many consider it almost cheating.

Most trolling is done with ICE outboards at sea in my experience, in places where an electric outboard or trolling motor might well be a liability if it is the only method of propulsion.

I did it in Wisconsin where the lake was huge and the fish widely scattered. It was the only logical method of covering about 3 square miles of fishable water. The other 5 square miles were stinking bog infested with the State Bird of Wisconsin - huge mosquito's!

The lures, about six each side, were fished at different depths and spread in a pattern using kite boards. Engine was a 10HP Yamaha two stroke. The water to be covered was marked with small buoys - pronounce 'booies's' by the guide - prior to making each end to end run so as to cover the water in a proper manner.

Not a good experience, even though plenty of fish - Pike - were caught.

 

[Student]

hi student -----the reason you are getting so few replies-----is electric motors are very rare over here ----try googling uk angling forums ----they might be able to help

Hey Lenten,

Thank you so much for your comment, I didn't know that electric motors are very rare in the uk.

 

[Student]

Also trolling is not a very popular way of angling in the UK. Many consider it almost cheating.

Most trolling is done with ICE outboards at sea in my experience, in places where an electric outboard or trolling motor might well be a liability if it is the only method of propulsion.

I did it in Wisconsin where the lake was huge and the fish widely scattered. It was the only logical method of covering about 3 square miles of fishable water. The other 5 square miles were stinking bog infested with the State Bird of Wisconsin - huge mosquito's!

The lures, about six each side, were fished at different depths and spread in a pattern using kite boards. Engine was a 10HP Yamaha two stroke. The water to be covered was marked with small buoys - pronounce 'booies's' by the guide - prior to making each end to end run so as to cover the water in a proper manner.

Not a good experience, even though plenty of fish - Pike - were caught.

Hey Rotrax,

Thank you so much for you comment, it was really useful for my research

 

[Murv]

As above, it's just not really done here, in fact trolling on freshwater is banned on most rivers that I know of (I believe it's an EA regulation.) It's also rarely done at sea, we just don't have the pelagic fish species here.
I've done a fair bit of trolling in tropical seas, but that was all done with big outboards, I can't imagine there would be many electric systems that would cope with the speeds and distances covered.
I think there is a big market in the states though, on the lakes for bass? Not something I've ever done personally but may be worth some research.
I do have a 12v trolling motor for the dinghies, but 9 times out of 10 I use an outboard, it simply wouldn't be worth the expense of a lithium battery for my very limited usage.