Do you guys prefer hand or foot control for bow fishing? I have a wireless #55, wondering if I should get a hand control instead before I mount it...

i have a foot control and its difficult balancing yourself on the front deck with another person while holding your beverage and your bow... all while steering

go with a hand control and possibly a hot button mounted on the deck <--my next boat

OK....the beverage containment issue in your last post disturbs me just a little bit. Nobody wants to see a cold beer get spilled, unless it is in your mouth. I bow fish a pretty good bit and drink while doing it, so I'm going to let you in on my solution for beverage containment .

Take you a foam koozie and punch you a two holes in the top of it on either side. Run a piece of string or small diameter rope through each side and tie the ends. Put your beer in the koozie and put the string around your neck, like a beer koozie necklace.

You can bow fish and never have to put your beer down and it won't spill. For the record I run the wireless 55# and it is fine.

i use to run a hand control tm while bowfishing it aggravated the shit out of me. I would stick to the wireless or a foot control. it is easier to get quick shots off when you have your hands on the bow and not the trolling motor.

I wouldn't go buy a new one just for bowfishing. Use what ya got. Hand control is the only way to go and the higher the lb the better!!!

i used to use a pd 55 and if you want to, you can make it into a tiller steer. put a split collar at the base to keep the turning motor from engaging, then use a split collar at the top, drill and tap it and screw you a handle into it. i used a piece of 2 foot, inch round plasic stock and a 5/16 stud. this way you can use it both ways. just have to keep you an allen wrench handy if you want to change depths.

The koozie deal seems simple but it works. I got tired of having to bend down and pick up my beer. I know my post seems irrelevant to the subject line that "on call" started but my point is that the koozi deal will free up a hand to run a trolling motor if you want to run a tiller steer.

Thanks for the advice, will figure this out soon enough. The koozie necklace is going to be a MUST. Thank again.

Google it.... beer koozie necklace..... they market them to kayakers. I bought one on a kayak trip a couple years back.

don't know why in the world anyone would pay money for something that is simple to make. Also....I would hate to drink beer while kayaking.

JUST SHOTGUN YOU A 12 PACK BEFORE YOU START.USE WHATEVER TROLLER YOU GOT.

That sounds like great advice...Thanks!!

i have fished out of a boat with foot controls and mine that has a hand tiller. i like mine far more than the foot control. after a long night of drinking and fishing, trying to balance on the deck of a boat aint fun.

been using hand controls for years but u can make a stick steer out of a foot control then it steers like a airboat just add a foot switch they both work great and my uncle uses a wireless he likes it to they all work just pick wut fits u best or use wut u have