PERFECT SOLUTION - Trolling motors are known for lack of steering especially when the wind picks up, the water is choppy or you want to track in a straight line. Simply add a Bullnose Rudder which is designed to give you better control of your watercraft in most windy conditions, help hold a true course at most trolling speeds, and prevent the boat from spinning as much when the motor is off. Patent no. D712,341S

FIT - The Bullnose Rudder is a boat rudder that fits a 1 1/8' (1.125') transom trolling motor shaft. Please note, it will NOT work on a self deploy bow mount trolling motor. It measures 10.5' high x 4.75' wide and fits a 1 1/8' shaft diameter. It's most commonly used for 'but not limited to' minn kota trolling motor, motorguide trolling motors, newport vessel trolling motor, etc. Common tiny boats used are, inflatable pontoon, Pelican Bass Raider 10E, fishing kayak, canoes, jon boats, and more.

ESSENTIAL - In most cases it helps hold a true course at both a slow and high trolling speeds. Customers have also said, “it prevents the boat from spinning as much when the motor is off”. Most tiny boats will benefit from having some kind of a rudder set up in the back vs not having a rudder at all. Only takes a few minutes to install and you are ready to go.

QUALITY - Manufactured in the USA with high quality parts & material to help ensure you have a stress-free fishing experience. It is manufactured from impact plastic for durability and comes with stainless steel screws. It is built strong so you don't have to worry about it coming loose, allowing you to focus more on fishing. Patent no. D712,341S

BOW MOUNT - Fits the Minn Kota, EDGE, MAXXUM, and FORTREX. The bow mount motor must be a hand cable pull, NOT self deploy. Self deploy will not work because the system requires the shaft to slide up and down right where the rudder needs to be attached. However, a hand cable pull will allow you to carefully bring the motor up out of the water on the motor mount. Your bow mount setup needs to have 1' of shaft sticking out from the end of the platform allowing enough space to attach the rudder.

Will this work on a 62 thrust motor, or is there another model to work with the larger than 55?

Writing in 5/22: After looking at the manf. Info, I thought when I bought this rudder for my 62lb thrust Newport Vessel I would have to find a larger clasp or longer screws; however pls note that everything from the box/bag worked perfectly well. It works just fine without any modification or additional hardware. Yes, it DOES WORK for the 6lb thrust Newport Vessel.

Does anyone know the screw size on these? I received one that was short one mounting screw due to a small hole in the bag and I'd like to replace

Sorry you lost your screw, I can send you a replacement screw no problem. Message your shipping address through our Bullnose Products Amazon account and I will get it in the mail ASAP.

Will this rudder collect more grass and weeds around the shaft?

I don’t try to power through a lot of weeds & grass with a trolling motor, but it would seem to be a physical impossibility to add anything (other than a knife blade) to the shaft of your trolling motor & NOT collect more aquatic trash/detritus. Just my opinion, I may be wrong.

How well should this work on a trolling motor mounted out to the side of a kayak instead of directly behind?

Depending on what you are after, steering will be different because of the location. If you are after stability for side drift it will work the same.