![âPretty soon, kayaks will evolve into bass boats,â joked my friend when I introduced him to kayak bass fishing in my pedal-powered boat with a sonar unit. But NuCanoeâs Pursuit model rigged with MotorGuideâs new Xi3 Kayak Bow-Mount Trolling Motor surely supports my palâs prediction.
Jonathan Lake of Allendale, Mich., showed me how his Xi3-powered Pursuit allows him to stand and cast while the motor tracks down a shoreline. Top cruising speed is 4.2 mph.
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All captions: Dave Mull
![Built-in GPS can automatically retrace routes and features âSpot-Lock.â Just push the button on the wireless remote and the motor triangulates with satellites to turn, thrust and compensate for wind and current to stay in the same spot.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/yak_2handheldcontroller.jpg)
![The NuCanoeâs flat bow deck easily accommodates the mounting plate. Kayaks with curvy bow decks need a customized, intermediary plate under the mount. Shaving a piece of a thick, plastic cutting board works.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/yak_3mount.jpg)
![The motor delivers 55 pounds of thrust and has a 36-inch shaft. With GPS, it retails for $1,199.99. Without GPS, MSRP is $739.99.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/yak_4motordeployed.jpg)
![Lake saved weight with a $400 Fly Power lithium-ion battery that weighs 25 pounds â about half the weight of a comparable lead-acid battery. His battery box is on the deck behind him; he ran power wires under the deck to the bow.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/yak_5batterypluginrear.jpg)
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All captions: Dave Mull