“This motor was designed for kayaks, it’s what kayak anglers have been dreaming of,” that’s how Garmin’s Carly Hysell describes the new Garmin Force Current kayak trolling motor, which also earned accolades with New Product Showcase voters at ICAST ’25 where it was voted this the best Motorized Boating Accessory of ’25. “What’s unique about our motor, the Force Current, is that it’s completely wireless,” Hysell told The Fisherman’s Jim Hutchinson while on the ICAST show floor back in July, explaining how anglers can run the kayak using just the pedals. The first hands-free wireless throttle and steering system, the Force Current trolling motor from Garmin allows anglers to keep an eye on their chartplotter and fish without ever setting the rod down