So you think the motor will just randomly engage? I leave mine running at the dock all the time while parking the vehicle and trailer.
A different layout than a bass boat, but on a jet boat I did have a a decent sized blue heron land on the console right next to the throttle trying to grab a cut bait I had laying on top of top of the console. I was deploying the trolling motor at the front of the boat at the time, and had shut down the engine.
Wings were flapping as it took off and it definitely hit the throttle, and moved it a bit.
It did get me to thinking about what might have happened if the engine were running and that bird managed to move the throttle while I was deploying the trolling motor.
