Trolling Motor Battery??

I have a 30LB Minkota trolling motor and need a battery for it.  What should I get, and what kind of charger do I need?  Will my SLA charger work for it, or do I need more like a car battery charger?  Want to do a few trips to Loch Lomond before they close for the year with Quinn and maybe my niece and nephew bluegill fishing 

I can't wait to see the pics. Which MK did you get and how are you mounting it?

AGM battery, optima blue top or braille? I plan on using a car battery charger that I've had for some time and see how that works.

Al ive seen guys use motorclcle batteries and just use trickle chargers to charge em.

Motorcycle battery........sounds good for a one way trip but whats he gonna do when he wants to get back to the launch ramp? 

Motorcycle battery........sounds good for a one way trip but whats he gonna do when he wants to get back to the launch ramp? 

That's where the 2nd one comes into play. 

How do you plan on using it and for how long? That would help in determining the size of the battery.

I guess if you add a third and a couple solar panels, trickle charger, inverter for tv, gotta have satelite to I would imagine   

I suppose you could go AGM, gel....pair of 6 volt golf cart batteries in series are all the rage right now too but it seems like overkill for a trolling motor battery you're gonna use a couple times a year.  I have about a 4 year old delco deep cycle that I neither maintain nor regularly charge. I fish it about 4-6 times a year on the delta as a primary power source for a 65lb thrust minn kota.  I generally stick it on a crappy wal-mart battery charger the night before then fish it all day and forget about it till I need it again.  I may or may not have added distilled water to it at one point but I don't really remember.   I like things simple, simple task simple solution. 

I got marine battery that I havent use in a while if you want it you can have it Free of charge let me know..Thanks

 

  Hey Al,  My recommendation would be a marine battery, Costco has them, 115AH last, one I got was around $68?(+/- ) you should take up Darius's offer!
  When I used to use my boat at the loch, I had a minn kota 55 and 2 of the 115ah batteries (There big sob's group 27) and I could travel up and down the lake pretty much all day. I'd deplete one battery, but had the second to get back to dock with. 

I got marine battery that I havent use in a while if you want it you can have it Free of charge let me know..Thanks

Now that's NCKA style way to hook a brother up Darius!!!

Yo Al PM Boogieman that dude is a die hard trolling motor head...sheltercove....how ya been bro??? get that BUTT yet...will be down your way oct or nov...lets go after some hali/WSB....

i use a everlast deep cycle marine battery from auto zone.  think it was around $70