Abstract: A quick release assembly for electric troller motors of the type having a motor-propeller assembly supported at the lower end of a vertical motor tube and control and starting functions supported on the tube at the upper end. The motor tube is held in a swivel bracket that in turn is operatively connected to the mounting bracket secured to the bow or transom of the boat. A quick release pin provides one pivot for the connection between the swivel bracket and the mounting bracket, while a thrust pin provides the other connection with a moveable retainer plate allowing quick release of the swivel bracket from the mounting bracket after the quick release pivot pin is removed.