Ahhh, luxury.

You sit back on your boat, toss
the line in the waters, and use your foot to steer the electric motor from honey hole to honey hole.

But luxury comes at a cost.

Have you checked out the
prices on those bow-mounted,
foot-controlled motors?

Aye carumba!

ProControll came up with a solution:
a system that allows less-expensive, hand-operated electric motors to be steered by foot.

The hand-operated motor is simply placed in the Pro-Controll transom mount, and the foot pedal is installed on the vessel.

Viola!  Now you're kicking back.

The ProControll, costing about $150, works with nearly any tension-screw-locked motor.

The tension screw allows the motor to be steered from the ProControll, so the shaft can be locked in place, kept from turning in its own mount.

The speed is still controlled at the motor, and the motor can be turned
on or off with switches on the pedal for either continuous or momentary operation.

For continuous operation, a switch on the left, bottom side of the pedal, not shown in the photo, is pressed in to turn the motor on. To turn the motor off, the switch is pressed again.

For momentary
operation, the same switch is pressed to
turn on the motor, and with the motor left on, another switch at the
top left of the pedal, shown in the photo, is touched -- it doesn't
need to be pressed
hard -- to turn the motor off. Touch it again, and the motor turns on.

Steering is controlled by pressing the pedal down at the toes or heel. Press at the heel, and the motor turns left. Press at the toes, and it turns right.

The ProControll is built to be rust-free, virtually indestructible, and have
a long life, made with fiberglass-reinforced nylon.

Designed to work with 12-volt motors with up to 40-pounds thrust,
the ProControll weighs less than 9 pounds.

Installation is simple and quick, the company says.

The trolling motor can still be used like before it was installed, easily removed from the ProControll.

Ahhh, affordable luxury.

For more info, visit the ProControll Web site.