What are you guys thoughts on using a stick steering instead of the wheel? I drove a true mudboat at a buddy of mines camp around Cameron, LA that had a stick steer and it seemed to work fine...anybody seen/drove one of the 4 makes with a stick steer? Pros?/Cons?
Woody

I Been wonderin the same thing. i love my stick steer outboard. i think it would be just as easy to run as a console. just my .02

it would be similar to driving an airboat i assume.

PD built a custom stick steer rig for former Gov. Mike Foster.... dat was a badass little rig. If I ever had da need for a steering rig that's definitely what it would be.

Only thing I would do different is build a custom steering stick similar to an airboat and put a hot foot for da throttle.... da little stick steering rigging kits for outboards wouldn't be enough to really work da motor in da thick shit.

sounds good stump. but i think id still put the throttle on the handle like on bowfishin rigs. 1 arm for steering with throttle on the end with like a bike brake lever style throttle would be awesome and not very in the way at all.

go look in the picture forum, it looks like a guy put a stick steer on the bowfishing rig with his PD on it. (2nd page)

You know ~ Thats a dang good idea !!! Long time ago .. mines partna had the stick-steer on his KingFisher BassBoat and I thank some manufactors have tried it since. Only big problem is thay be in the front of the boathull gittin' that ruff ride. But you know .... when you be runnin' and gunnin' fo WhitePearch .... it would be cool.

never really looked at one close. I've always seen them up in the front, but is there any rule that says they have to be up in the front and not in the back?

no... da one I mentioned was in da back

i loved the stick steering on my mudboat

Most of the jet boats run em. I'm not a fan of the hot foot. Just my opinion. Most of the jet rigs are driven from the front to help trim the boat down so they don't suck air into the tunnel and cavitate. Also helps seeing rocks before you hit them. I would think a rear seat set up for a mm would be pretty cool.

Ifin' you put the SickSteer ins the back .... where do you sit ?? Would you be in the middle .. like with a permant seat ??

only prob wit da stick steer is da boat dont turn as tight as it does without. that is just my experiance with it on my bow fishin rig.

Why won't the stick steer turn as tight as the tiller?

I was thinking of doing a center console towards the rear and then instead of a wheel, have the stick...drove an old stern-drive mudboat that way.
Woody

no reason why it shouldn't unless the steering setup doesn't allow da motor to turn stop to stop like da tillers. not familiar with PD's steering rigging.

it does wit tha regular pd setup. i wasnt reading carefully as i should have i thought yall were talkin bout bowfishin style stick steerin but now i realize yall talkin bout like whats on a basstracker my bad guys sorry for da mix up