RyTek Marine
Well-Known Member
Hey All, reading all the heart breaking stories about the lost fellow fishermen this week and reading stories from many others on the page and a few referrals to MOB systems I thought I would share a video I put together on my own Fell Marine system on my Lund. I personally went up and above what everyone else (at least at the time) had done with their installations.....Being a Great Lakes fisherman in a smaller boat, while trolling I 99% of the time steer with my trolling motor and use my kicker or main motor for propulsion (pushing)!!!
Fishing alone often or with my young kids, my main fear was falling overboard and having the boat drive off without me while trolling....Even if I had the kill switch properly attached to my waist and the kicker shut down the second I fell in...the boat would continue on its way heading way from me while I tread water or worse....
In my boat I used the Fell Marine System and tied the trolling motor into the system via a switched relay that cuts the flow of power to the trolling motor in the event of activating the system!
Besides the safety aspect of the system it is also great for theft prevention as the Fob's have to be within aprox 30-50ft of the boat, so for the guys that have their boats moored at a marine you can take the FOBS with you at the end of the day with piece of mind that someone else won't be able to get the boat started very easily!!!
Anyway, here is the video (yes its long and detailed). If you have any questions please just respond on this post so I can share it with everyone!
Stay safe.... Ryan
Fishing alone often or with my young kids, my main fear was falling overboard and having the boat drive off without me while trolling....Even if I had the kill switch properly attached to my waist and the kicker shut down the second I fell in...the boat would continue on its way heading way from me while I tread water or worse....
In my boat I used the Fell Marine System and tied the trolling motor into the system via a switched relay that cuts the flow of power to the trolling motor in the event of activating the system!
Besides the safety aspect of the system it is also great for theft prevention as the Fob's have to be within aprox 30-50ft of the boat, so for the guys that have their boats moored at a marine you can take the FOBS with you at the end of the day with piece of mind that someone else won't be able to get the boat started very easily!!!
Anyway, here is the video (yes its long and detailed). If you have any questions please just respond on this post so I can share it with everyone!
Stay safe.... Ryan