Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - October 2023

Garmin unveils Force Kraken, expands its award-winning trolling motor series to a wider range of boats

trolling motor and more.” –Dan Bartel, Garmin vice president of global consumer sales.

Garmin, the world’s most innovative and recognized marine electronics manufacturer, today announced Force® Kraken, the most powerful trolling motor1 the recreational fishing market has ever seen. Coupled with Garmin’s most precise anchor lock technology, Kraken is designed with longer shaft lengths and a pivot style mount for easy installation on boats where bow space is limited, like skiffs, bay boats, center consoles and multispecies fishing boats. EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF THE KRAKEN TROLLING MOTOR HERE. “We are excited to build on the success of our Force trolling motor and bring new mounting options and features to even more anglers in both the saltwater and inland markets. From power and durability to integration and innovation, Kraken has everything anglers want and need from their

POWER THAT LASTS Kraken’s brushless motor uses a high-efficiency propeller to produce 100 pounds of thrust on a 36-volt system, or 80 pounds on a 24-volt system. It can move anglers from one mangrove or reef to the next more quickly, throttle back with ease when they need to fish slow and stand up better to winds and currents in rough open water conditions. Even with all that power, Kraken is extremely efficient so anglers can count on it to fish all day. It’s also whisper quiet above and below the water and less likely to spook the fish. ULTIMATE PRECISION AND ADVANCED BOAT CONTROL

Utilizing multi-band GPS signal reception