Watersnake T18 ASP - 18 Pound Thrust 12v Electric Saltwater Trolling Motor with Transom Mount

Great motor of my kayak. Light weight.

Works well on kayak with mounted transom.

This watersnake is a decent trolling motor for the money. I purchased it for my lost creek angler and I’ve been happy with it. I had to make modifications for it to properly fit down where my peddle drive goes but it pushes my kayak at a good speed. You just have to remember this is no top of the line trolling motor and lower your expectations with it. For my kayak on the high setting it will push me at 3.0 mph on the low setting 2.0 mph. Yes I can peddle faster then that but the benefit is I won’t tire my self out getting to my spot to fish

This review is probably most applicable if you are using a canoe with this motor. Speeds: the slow trolling speed is a little fast for fishing in a 14.5 foot canoe. Feels like about twice as fast as is appropriate for fishing. However it works great for moving around a lake at a decent clip, even against the wind. High speed basically makes the canoe plane and is almost unnervingly fast. Shaft: The shaft length is not ideal for a standard canoe mount/distance from water. This creates a fairly shallow prop placement, at least in my canoe, and leads to quite a bit of noise. The prop kind of wallows around a bit if the canoe goes “too fast” and that action creates the unwanted prop/water noise. The amperage estimates seem correct— I’m using a 35 ah battery and it will run for several hours of continuous use. Prop is a little cheap—made from some kind of rigid plastic. The claim that it reduces weed issues seems accurate as I’ve had few issues in two relatively weedy lakes. Overall, I’ve only used the motor twice but I’m generally a fan... especially for the price. Can’t speak to wear and tear / longevity.

First off highly recommend the bull nose rudder attachment for this especially if you plan on side mounting this on your Kayak like i did. First impressions, the power is good don't have a way to measure speed but definitely was faster than I could paddle at full strength. Perfect for small lakes. The 24" is on the small end and had to make a few adjustments to my mount so that it could probably be deep enough in the water, after that it was perfect but really was considering a 30". The best part about this though is the portability of it, it's extremely light, small so easy to throw anywhere in the car or the kayak when loading. Cons 24" rod a little too small but made it work though i have to reach low hold the trolling motor handle Could use battery meter especially for it's price point Handle is small, like maybe 4" also little flimsy Propeller seems very brittle and weak, replacement oem is even worse but hasn't broke yet

Finally got out on the lake and had the Watersnake motor going for about 10 minutes. Worked great for that time. Then it just stopped. I blamed it on the battery. However, when I got home I found that the entire motor and propeller casing had broken free From the shaft. Can’t blame that on a battery!!!

Great little motor

Motor itself is great which is why I give it 3 stars. The bracket is what kills this trolling motor. It does not tighten all the way and will not stay in place on the mount. I was never worried of it falling off, however I would need to readjust it a few times while out on the water. I only had this motor for less than a month and cracked the bracket when attempting to tighten it. I did return it for a refund so I do appreciate the seller understanding. This product would get 5 stars no problem if they replaced the bracket.

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I use this to access my yacht's mooring from the shore. It drives my 2.6m lightweight inflatable dinghy well with 2 folk and plenty of luggage on board. It's light and easy to operate. If it catches weed it doesn't have sufficient power to clear itself. It wouldn't be adequate with that dinghy into a chop or a strong wind but you can always row as well. I am generally impressed with its performance and it is very easy to transport and put on and take off the dinghy while in the water. I have only used it for this season so can't comment on how long it will last. I'm very pleased with it though. 21/9/25 Now used it regularly for 4 seasons in salt water. It has been completely reliable and ideal for my purposes as it's so light and sips electricity. I didn't think it would last this long.

this motor is great i use it on an 8ft GRP boat on the Canal it pumps us along at 3mph all day long on speed 2 .. its pulling 15 amps so just remember to work out how much run time you want then buy a marine deep cycle battery my 115 amp hr AGM battery gives us 6hrs + run time remember you have to leave 20% in acid batteries... or you kill the battery basically so that gives us 92 amp hrs ÷ 15 amps pull of motor = 6 hrs run time ... great motor my advice carry a spare prop they cost approx 10 bucks .. ours was basically shot after 18 hrs running ...