How to Install a Transom-Mount Trolling Motor on a Carolina Skiff

Carolina Skiff makes a variety of boats, ranging from smaller fishing boats, styled after flat boats, to larger boats and skiffs. For those wanting to fish, the outboard can be stored away, and a trolling motor can be mounted onto the transom of the Carolina Skiff. Mounting a trolling motor, which connects and starts directly off an extra marine battery, is not a time-consuming procedure. A trolling motor can be mounted onto the back of a Carolina Skiff in less than 30 minutes.

Things You'll Need

  • Marine battery
  • Adjustable wrench
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place the marine battery near the rear, or transom, of the Carolina Skiff.

    • 2

      Slip the trolling motor's transom mounts over the boat's transom.

    • 3

      Center the trolling motor on the transom, by hand, and then tighten the transom mount screws down with the adjustable wrench.

    • 4

      Use the wrench to attach the positive power cable running from the trolling motor to the positive terminal on the marine battery; next, attach the negative cable to the negative battery terminal.