My Thoughts on the Garmin Force Trolling Motor (Review)

[@kylemullins697]

The true North button is also a heading button. If you go into settings on the garmin locator and change the setting from true north to heading. Then you can push the true north button and constant on and it will keep the boat going the direction the boat if facing. I use it going down banks when I want the boat to be a certain distance off the bank. It’ll hold that line and keep me however far off the bank I want to be.

[@jalfreyzie7566]

*Great little trolling motor **enjoyable.fishing** recommend had it hooked up to my 15 foot old town canoe and it pushed it pretty good with me and my son (220 pounds each).*

[@greyhunter9287]

Great video! Has me pumped as I am heading over to the Bass Tank in a couple of weeks to get my new Force and 3 new Garmin w/ Livescope. Also, thanks for bringing that up on the run across Lake Erie Mark. I was in Green Bay in some rough waves and my MinnKota Terrova came loose and deployed into the water. Shocked the heck out of me and luckily nothing was broken, I also found out that my 80 Terrova actually only puts out 65 pounds of thrust which was annoying. According to two places I talked too that sell both Garmin and MinnKota the Force, even running 2 batteries as an 80 puts out 100 pounds of thrust. Big difference!!! One of the better videos I’ve seen on this topic sir and thanks again!

[@ralphw7950]

Glad you bought up it can use 24 or 36v. I have a smaller boat now, but planning on upgrading in the near future, and this ends up being perfect!

[@GD-xj3jd]

Best vid on Garmin that I have seen yet! Hey after watching various video's and the neg's because they don't know/want to use the motor, I'm in heaven...then again if bs, after spending $3.5k.... I'm trolling for U! Kidding of course.

[@NCshooter1213]

Can someone explain to me what the "north" button would even be for? I can't think if any scenario where that would be needed at all. Awesome trolling motor just out of my price range..lol

[@txbigred01]

That's the "cruise control" button

[@nedyarb2000]

It sets your boat on a fixed location. Point it and it stays there. I use it for side scanning looking for brush piles. I use my motor and trolling motor in conjunction. When I finish my line move over 80 feet and go straight again. No overlapping zones.

[@rwefree9469]

The manual calls it the “Heading Hold” button. It says, “Press to set and maintain the current heading.”

[@mcrorietube]

Great video....are you running a 24 or 36 set up for this example?

[@OkieOutdoorAdventures]

Disabling the true north button was the best decision I ever made. As someone said, 6 quick presses disables it.

[@jimknowles5483]

Thanks for sharing your Pro experience! Well done!

[@WolfPakFishingNickDeWolf]

Press the north button 6 times to turn it off. Will stay off all the time unless you press it 6 times again.

[@bassfishingtexas2637]

Thank you! I will try this, and also, do you know how to turn Auto Stow off or how to bypass? so that I can use it when I lift it out of the water some?

[@WolfPakFishingNickDeWolf]

@@bassfishingtexas2637 in the settings you can turn off auto stow

[@harleyultra1500]

I love my Garmin trolling motor but wish it had a light on the heading indicator for fishing after dark!!!!

[@stevecox6104]

Lowrance ghost has it. I love it for early morning too.

[@instantjizz]

Glow stick or glow paint my friend.

[@taushaberry7812]

Awesome !! Lots of Great info. Thanks !! Happy Fishing 😊🙏👊

[@dallaspittman6086]

Does it have the built in transducer?

[@timevans6815]

Does the trolling motor reboot if the prop comes out of the water? It did on last years model

[@scotwcates]

I have G3 sportsman 17 pfx is this trolling motor to much for my boat I currently have a edge 55 thrust on here now, mostly what I’ve read a 55 is plenty for my boat not sure, I mainly crappie fish and currently have all Garmin head units what are your thoughts on

[@robertdouglas9345]

What problem was Garmin trying to solve by adding the North button? Baffles me on that one. Keep up the good work my friend!

[@topwatertrl]

Its not really a North button. Its a heading course lock button and has its uses. Want to go toward that dock on the other side of the cove? Point your head unit toward the dock, press the heading lock button then engage your propeller and you will stay on that heading no matter the cross wind or current. Speed up or slow down at your pleasure but heading will maintain. Use it all the time to troll cranks in a straight line heading.

[@ThrillFishing]

@@topwatertrl that's actually pretty cool, beats having to control it if you want to rerig some gear

[@jasonvenjohn4023]

Could you use this for pulling plugs with 3 deep cycle batteries on a windy day for around 10 hours?

[@LukeNeidig]

Hey everybody, I have an issue w my Garmin Motor , I purchased this boat earlier this spring and everything worked fine initially, then the spot lock stopped working well so I just wouldn’t even attempt to spot lock because it would just spin me in circles , I calibrated it on the water and did the 2 full spins and all that and it still doesn’t work and now I have an even worse problem. Yesterday on the water the battery light appeared red , I know my batteries are good and now that battery light is red and flashing, I reset my Garmin fish finders thinking that had something to do with it but no dice. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@PlasmaJeti]

Great video! I’ll check but ask also do you have a video of linking it with the echomaps?

[@FourDRanch]

I have 4 garmin graphs, minnkota ultrex. May switch to force next year

[@mikebailey2119]

Great video Mark. I believe you answered any questions that I could possibly have. Do I get ten percent off if I tell them you sent me. Lol. 🎣🐟

[@ronniemartin8391]

what are the advantages of a brushless motor?

[@alexjackson2007]

Great video Mark. Based on your input and Wade Middletons, I picked one up and will get it installed next week.

[@FratBoyFishing]

Where did you find one lol? They're back ordered everywhere

[@alexjackson2007]

@@FratBoyFishing Picked it up at Bass Pro in January. They did not know they had one in stock.

[@outdoorsportsman]

Is boat speed changed by 24 vs 36 volt? I assume the # thrust is the same regardless, you just get less run time on the 24 volt. I will be putting one on (hopefully) a 16' aluminum deep-v with a 24 volt set up, so I'm sure it's going to scoot just fine.

[@Ociland]

Thrust at 24v is around 80 and 112 at 36v

[@kumaboyy.7443]

Damn, nice set up, you have there! A professional boat for a professional fisherman!👍👍👍

[@dudleybarker6052]

does 360 need to be mounted on seperate shaft???

[@bobczz3919]

Does it deploy and stow by remote control?

[@JS-gf6uc]

The 50 inch is really only 36 inches. I cant understand where they are getting these dimensions.

[@masomaf]

Good explanation thanks. I am thinking switching from terrova, 1) because bt remote sucks, it breaks easily 2) i have garmin screens/fishfinders Small comment on camera guy: If the explaining persons is pointing at something then focus on that instead of the person.

[@tablerockkid8237]

Sounds like a fantastic motor. Appreciate the great review.

[@HAAS5005]

Thanks for the info Mark!

[@OkieOutdoorAdventures]

Those 58 degree water temps have me excited :D

[@larrystolzman9337]

A good, honest and informative review. Thanks Mark! Have a great 2021 season. Catch a 10#er for me. God Bless!

[@johnnysaechao6218]

Hell yea MDJ I’m looking for zip tie now ! 👍👍

[@peoriaos6627]

Sweet! Imana get one

[@alsmalls6006]

MDJ great review.. ? Are they going to make changes for the north up 🛎🛎

[@The_Garmin_Guru]

Only downfall is the difficulty installing it. If you don’t know watch a few videos of the install.

[@mikebailey2119]

Mark, Bass Pro shops has a garman ECHOMAP UHD 93sv on sale for six hundred dollars. I don't fish tournaments but would like a good electronics but I can't afford the best. I'm hoping you can give me your opinion on this unit or if you think something else would be better. Thanks Mark.🎣🐟

[@olcaptain4491]

Can’t beat them for the price I have 2 93 SV’s and the are very nice and simple to use.

[@mikebailey2119]

@@olcaptain4491 does it have gps? Doesn't say in the add.

[@FourWheeler575]

@@mikebailey2119 hope you got your answer in time. It does have GPS. I have one and it’s awesome. I plan on adding a second one this year after I get my force.

[@mikebailey2119]

@@FourWheeler575 I tried to get one in Arkansas and drove to bass pro in Springfield Missouri but they have sold out. To bad that was just what I wanted. Thanks for answering about the gps.

[@FourWheeler575]

@@mikebailey2119 you’re welcome. I know it doesn’t help now. But they ran the same special on Black Friday. I’ve also heard people trying to get garmin direct to price match. One guy in a Facebook page I’m on for 30% off. You could see if they would do something like that.

[@bassfishingtexas2637]

Great Video Mark. Thanks for the North hack... I hate that button too... haha My main complaint about this trolling motor is the Auto stow. If you are in grass or shallow water, and need to pull it out slightly it will not work - at least for me. Thoughts or hacks?

[@thendricks9499]

Someone up in the comments said you can turn that feature off

[@Tac001]

Great video Mark, thanks.

[@bottomlineoutdoors6187]

Thanks for the great informative video

[@mwgrc]

You can hit the heading button rapidly 6 times and it will disable

[@maxnorris8082]

Thanks. Helpful.

[@frankwest3295]

Excellent presentation

[@jasonhunt6696]

What else could we ask for? Trolling motors that aren't $3k... lol

[@lightsout827]

That's a good idea with that zip tie

[@bassfishingtexas2637]

See other comments - save the zip tie, and hit that North button 6 times. It works, meaning turns it off.

[@jdpram99]

How accurate is the spot lock vs the ultrex? Seems nobody ever covers that. I primarily fish for crappie so that’s what is most important to me.

[@chrisroberts3963]

You didn’t mention the two big irritations: 1) the motor is too powerful for smaller boats. Common Garmin, I’ve been complaining about this since I got mine! All it is is a software setting to dial its strength down 2) The biggest irritant is how the prop turns off when you switch to a different mode. Numerous times you wonder why it’s doing nothing and realize that the prop is not engaged 🤔

[@ThrillFishing]

What's "smaller boats" for you? I'm planning to get this for my 169 but would like you opinion

[@rtc1184]

I love mine

[@ericlee5201]

I wanna go fishin' with you bro!!

[@TheSinglebard1]

I want to go all Garmin on my graphs and trolling motor one day

[@thomasjefferson5241]

Needs a slimmer foot pad and why the hell didnt they build the panoptix into the head unit-thats how you change the game.

[@robwilliams2265]

I mean, who couldn't use a longer shaft? Am I right!!?

[@stevenbernard9725]

Sponsor advertising. My I pilot does the same thing. Pushes my big tub of a boat 3.5 mph with 24 volt. 2 batteries.

[@micahmorton]

I feel like they should call them "dickin' around" motors. I never see anybody trolling with them.

[@regularguy8592]

nice setup but too bad nobody has any of them in stock smfh

[@rougetrader8]

Cut off the zip tie and push the button 6 time and the light will come on and it will be disabled.

[@bakervinci163]

A year??? Maybe 2 weeks

[@charlesronk2989]

I like these but like most fishing electronics it is massively overpriced. Especially with Garmin jacking the price $450 for 2022.

[@Chris_L034]

think i'd want a tether on that remote.

[@rctxtd5]

Agree, but it does float, helpfully.

[@ArkadArno]

And no one is bothered by the terrifying sound of the head turning??

[@esasaarinen2423]

its funny when gadgets are more expensive than the boat. who in the right mind would pay over 3 grand for a 2hp motor. ridiculous.

[@jasonvenjohn4023]

I'm thinking about it and avoid having to pay $3000 or so for a kicker motor