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Bow-mount is definitely the way to go if you can. The maneuverability you get is worlds apart from transom-mounted electric trolling motors, and speed is more easily achieved when the motor is pulling the boat as opposed to pushing the boat in my experience.

I used the plate that is built in on the center of the bow on my Outrage 18, (originally as a mount for the bow bit), to mount my 24v MinnKota, but the drawback was when the trolling motor was not in use, I had the apparatus laid back all the way to the cooler seat in front of the console. I had better handling then than I do now with the starboard-side mount I built into the boat during the refit, but the room inside the boat was worth the remodel.

I still prefer the handling with the new side-mount, with the bow oriented mounting, over the transom mounted motors I used before on this boat.