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Propster

Posted 1/17/2016 9:00 AM (#800061 - in reply to #799893)
Subject: Re: Trolling motor shaft length

Posts: 1901

Location: MN

sledge51 - 1/16/2016 1:50 PM

Propster - 1/15/2016 9:19 AM

sledge51 - 1/15/2016 8:32 AM

I've got a 42" on my 681 and it is fine. When I bought the boat in 2001 I put a 45" genisus on it. Loved that thing but they had their issues. Changed to the 42" maxxim, it's plenty.

Until it gets rough on big water. You will love the 60.

Now you have an obstacle to fish around. I don't want to hit my rod on the trolling motor when setting the hook.

If you fish mostly big open water where shallow rocks are not much in play the long shaft would be the right choice.

We fish a lot of big water where shallow rocks are in play. We make multiple trips to LOTW each year and while we've never hit the trolling motor on a hook set, we have run the motor all the way up and all the way down on the same trip many times.