questions on a trolling motor for my toon

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I float a tube and use a 5 speed 30lb Minn Kota and find it gives me plenty of push and pull against the wind and waves although a tube creates more drag in the water than a toon would. Of course I'm not effected neverly as badly by the wind because I present a much smaller profile on the water than a toon. I will add that while my 30lb is pulling me around in 5th speed I get about an hour+ of running time before the battery is about pooped out although I usually puddle about in 1st - 3rd speed witch gives me 3-4 good hours of running time from each battery. I do use auto batteries at this time but plan to up grade to a BIG deep cycle sooner or later.

Just my thoughts
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