Another idea, and MAYBE more economical....maybe not...
I HAVE an old Minnkota 36# thrust transom-mount tiller trolling motor that I've had for.....prolly 20 years so....
I guess, I could try scrounging up the parts and removing the (cast metal) transom mount assembly from the shaft....
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And re-configuring it with somekindof bow-mounting hardware, like a factory rig....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MotorGuide-T...dfea28&vxp=mtr
Of course, by the time I pay $200 for a used bow mount....that money could go a LONG way toward the purchase of a brand new unit.
I'm NOT objectionable to a hand controller....but I DO have to have it up front where I can get hold of it. Once I sit down to run the boat & fish, I don't wanna have to be getting up an moving all around the boat.