New (related) question:
My brother and I typically fish on pretty small lakes. This is a "budget conscious" project since I still have two daughters in college.
Would it be feasible to put a 5-10 HP four-stroke motor on the boat and just putter to our locations before we turn on the electric trolling motor and start fishing? (I think the 18' Triton is about 1400#, plus two large dudes.) We would be so far from being "on plane" that I think the boat would still be mostly horizontal.
[If that is a profoundly stupid idea, feel free to say so in the replies!]
