Need new trolling batteries any suggestions

[CMIDD]

I second the AC Delco batteries. Let me know if you want some of them, I work at a Chevy store so they are pretty easy to come by.

[372 Ranger]

I have Deca batteries and love them. they hold up real good.

[basshuntin]

Id stick with the Everstarts. Everywhere your ever gonna go fishing theres always a Wal- Mart close by if you do have a problem. I automatically take mine back every year, no questions asked and I always have new batteries.

[cherokeeref]

AC Delco Voyager, all the way. Still have an original in my boat that is getting ready for its 13th season. Replaced starting battery last year and first trolling motor battery year before last.

[MarkW]

I ALWAYS go with the Everstarts. I just replaced mine this year because I wanted too, not because I needed too. I was looking at the sticker on the side of the battery and it was labled April 04. I figured I got 4 seasons out of them and with no problems whatsoever. I run a 74 MinnKota and those batteries work great. Now, they are the 27 series batteries and I use a 31 series for the start battery.
Like everyone else said----there's always a Wal-Mart around if you have a problem.

[VMAXX]

Im like most of the other guy's that run the everstarts they last about 4 seasons....you cant just charge them and expect them to live. Maintain them,add distilled water every 2 or 3 charges(not tap water) charge them as soon as possible after using them.When buying them look on the side of the battery there is a mfg date buy the newest one you can in the store. If your batteries last 2,3,4 or more years think of how much you've fished, deep cycle battery life is not rated in years it's life span is rated in discharges the more you run it down and bring it back the sooner it dies,if you dont maintain it it dies that much quicker.

[jmike]

I just replaced my everstart with a group 31 from O'Riellys. Store manager said they were made by same company as Interstates. They were only $79.00
With trade-in.

[elnutsmalljaws]

Carquest Gold Deep Cycle. You will not be sorry and you will never be out of juice or even close to being out. Spent many 14 hour days and nights on Ky and Barkley or Dale and never had a problem. Even had one night where I put in at Cumberland around 9pm on Saturday mid to late October, fished topwater all night landing a few good Stripers and some good Smallies, then picked up my brother in law at the Jamestown ramp at daybreak and fished until 6pm that night. 21 hours straight doing everything from topwater point hopping, to live bait fishing bluffs, to chasing some busting Stipers and never had any significant loss in power. Been using these for the past 2 years and they are still going strong. Boat sat from June of last year until 2 weeks ago and never was in the water. I had charged them before parking it and I put them back on charge 2 weeks ago and it took less than 10 minutes before my on board charger said they were full and to "Go Fish"

[Tyme2fish]

Id stick with the Everstarts. Everywhere your ever gonna go fishing theres always a Wal- Mart close by if you do have a problem. I automatically take mine back every year, no questions asked and I always have new batteries.

OK Maybe it's just me, but I find that unethical. That's the reason battery costs are higher for the rest of us.

Do you also shoplift your hooks when your old ones get bent or dulled?
Batteries and hooks are the same thing to me. Steal one,steal both.

[Newlight]

I'm the same as MsgMills and VMaxx. I've used Everstarts for years and always have good luck with them. This last winter I had a prowler that got in my boat and unhooked a bunch of stuff including the charger. He also turned on the master switch along with some of the lights. I didn't discover it until the battery had been run down for a couple of weeks. He didn't steal the batteries, maybe he didn't like Everstarts? WalMart replaced the starter battery - no questions asked. My trolling motor batteries are now in their fourth season.

[MSD]

Id stick with the Everstarts. Everywhere your ever gonna go fishing theres always a Wal- Mart close by if you do have a problem. I automatically take mine back every year, no questions asked and I always have new batteries.

I also find this very unethical. I do know the local Wal-mart checks all batteries brought back for replacement. I was replacing my battery, which I do every 2 or 3 years, the associate checked the battery and said it was still good. I told him that he was welcome to buy it from me for the core charge. He said that they had to start checking all batteries because people were returning batteries just to get new ones. I think that a $70 battery that last for 3 years is a bargain. The cost per fishing trip is minimal. There is nothing worse than a weak or dead battery. I consider battery replacement as regular or preventive maintenance. I really like Everstarts and AC Delco.

[Tyme2fish]

"He didn't steal the batteries, maybe he didn't like Everstarts? Oh, he likes Everstarts: quote "Id stick with the Everstarts."

Second: Quote: "I automatically take mine back every year"

That Mr Newlight is stealing: He "automatically" takes his batteries back every year to get new batteries at no charge. You don't find anything wrong with that??

I'd hate to drop my wallet in any parking lot where you two persons are present.